Belarus Protests in Pittsburgh
I attended a Belarus solidarity rally in Pittsburgh. Here’s what some of the protesters told me.
January 4, 2021
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Russian Other, American Other
Guests: Dina Fainberg and Victoria Zhuravleva on the history of Russian and American mutual perceptions.
December 18, 2020
Putin Kitsch in America
Guest: Alison Rowley on Putin Kitsch in America published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
December 11, 2020
The Wired Cold War
Guests: Ekaterina Babintseva and Slava Gerovitch on cybernetics in the United States and Soviet Union.
December 4, 2020
Grand Duke Alexis Visits America
Guest: Lee Farrow on Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke’s Tour, 1871-72 published by Louisiana State University Press.
November 20, 2020
Book Reviews
Recommended Reading
Yesterday I received the new issue of the New Left Review in the mail. NLR is one of my favorite journals and its arrival in
July 14, 2006
Muslims in the Russian/Soviet Empire
The historiography on the relationship between Muslims, the Russian Empire, and then the Soviet Union has become a cottage industry in Eurasian historical studies. A
June 16, 2006
Georgi Derluguian’s Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus
On the right side of this page you will find a “Currently Reading” section. The only reason why I mention this is because of the
April 21, 2006
The Complete Dictionary of the Language of Council of Worker, Peasant and Red Army Deputies
Have you forgotten all of your Sovietese? Can’t remember what ???? (????????? ???????????????? ????????? ??????????, Kazakh Socialist Soviet Republic), ??? (??? ????? ?????????, without the
September 26, 2005
Slezkine’s Mercurian Century
“The Modern Age is the Jewish Age, and the twentieth century, in particular, is the Jewish Century.” Such is the opening line of Yuri Slezkine’s
August 19, 2005