Recent Posts

REEES Faculty Spotlight: James Pickett

Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh’s historian of Russia and Central Asia–James Pickett.

January 21, 2021

REEES Faculty Spotlight: Iknur Lider

Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh’s Turkish instructor Iknur Lider.

January 21, 2021

The Soviet-Third World Cultural Nexus

Guest: Rossen Djagalov on From Internationalism to Postcolonialism: Literature and Cinema between the Second and the Third Worlds published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.

January 15, 2021

Dmytro Dontsov and Ukrainian Nationalism

Guest: Trevor Erlacher on Ukrainian Nationalism in the Age of Extremes: An Intellectual Biography of Dmytro Dontsov published by Harvard University Press.

January 8, 2021

Belarus Protests in Pittsburgh

I attended a Belarus solidarity rally in Pittsburgh. Here’s what some of the protesters told me.

January 4, 2021

Leaving for Russia

After a month or so of delays (mostly from the visa) I leave for Moscow this Sunday. Yeah, its Halloween, but I think I outgrew trick or treating years ago. Well, its really because I doubt anyone would give me any candy if I did. I should get to Moscow a day before the US election. Hopefully, Bush will not be back!