Nuclear Bombs and Bomb Shelters
Guest: Edward Geist on Armageddon Insurance: Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 published by University of North Carolina Press.
January 17, 2020
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Russia in Global Affairs
Guest: Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia in the Middle East: Viewpoints, Policies, Strategies published by East View.
January 7, 2020
Ivan the Terrible
Guest: Charles Halperin on Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish published by University of Pittsburgh Press.
December 30, 2019
The Stuff of Red Army Soldiers
Guest: Brandon Schechter on The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects published by Cornell University Press.
December 18, 2019
Russia, China and Inbetween
Guest: Ed Pulford on Mirrorlands: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between published by Hurst.
December 7, 2019
Memory
Investigating Hitler’s Remains
Guest: Lana Parshina on The Death of Hitler: The Final Word published by Da Capo Press.
September 16, 2019
Soviet Secret Police, Collaborator Trials, and the Holocaust
Partial transcript of the event “Shaping National Memory: Ukrainian Secret Police Archives and WWII” at the University of Pittsburgh featuring Jared McBride.
May 7, 2019
Russia’s Long Hangover
Guest: Shaun Walker on The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past published by Oxford University Press.
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March 23, 2018
The Force of Custom in Kyrgyzstan
Guest: Judith Beyer on The Force of Custom: Law and the Ordering of Everyday Life in Kyrgyzstan.
May 31, 2017
Searching for Postcommunist Sincerity
Guest: Ellen Rutten on Sincerity after Communism: A Cultural History.
May 10, 2017
Working Class Life in Anytown Russia
Guest: Jeremy Morris on Everyday Postsocialism: Working-class Communities in the Russian Margins.
January 30, 2017
October 24, 2016
Soviet Nostalgia in the South Caucasus
Guest: Maxim Edwards on historical memory in the south Caucasus.
July 22, 2016
A Journey into Putin’s Country
Guest: Anne Garrels on Putin’s Country: A Journey into the Real Russia.
June 8, 2016
May 7, 2015