Immortalism and Transhumanism in Russia
Guest: Anya Bernstein on The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia published by Princeton University Press.
March 27, 2020
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Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary
Guest: Martha Lampland on the commodification of labor in Socialist Hungary.
March 20, 2020
Political Diary from Russia
Friends of the show Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev on the latest news from Russia.
March 13, 2020
Structurally Adjusting Socialism
Guest: Johanna Bockman on neoliberalism, socialist globalization, and the Non-Aligned Movement.
March 6, 2020
The Nobility and the Russian Novel
Bella Grigoryan on Noble Subjects: The Russian Novel and the Gentry, 1762-1861 published by Northern Illinois University Press.
February 28, 2020
US Politics
Russians on Trump (Rebroadcast)
Guest: Laurence Bogoslaw on Russians on Trump: Press Coverage and Commentary published by Eastview.
July 13, 2019
Mapping the American Left
I wrote an article with Rafael Khachaturian on the American Left for the Russian journal Социология власти (Sociology of Power). You can download it here.
January 1, 2019
Russophobia in America: A Genealogy
My talk at the Kennan on the history of russophobia.
April 24, 2017
April 12, 2017
The American Mission to Save Russia
Guest: David Foglesong on the American mission to save Russia.
September 19, 2016
Title VIII and Ambassador McFaul
Carl Schreck, who is so far the only journalist to cover the defunding of Title VIII, has done a service by writing another article on
October 26, 2013
Defunding Title VIII
News that the State Department didn’t allocate funding for Title VIII, which provides funding for research and language programs related to the study of Eastern
October 23, 2013
Boston Conspiracy Theories Unite Americans and Russians
This week’s Russia! Magazine column, “Tsarnaev Conspiracy Theory Simulacrum“: The bombings in Boston carried out by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev brought the United States and
April 25, 2013
The Tsarnaevs’ Traumatic Narratives
I don’t have much to add about the biographies of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. I certainly won’t presume the cause or intent of their bombings
April 21, 2013