Russia’s Labor Dilemma
Stephen Crowley on Putinās Labor Dilemma: Russian Politics between Stability and Stagnation published by Cornell University Press.
February 18, 2022
Society
The Things of Late Soviet Life
Guest: Alexey Golubev onĀ The Things of Life: Materiality in Late Soviet Russia published by Cornell University Press.
November 15, 2021
African Students in the USSR
Guest: Constantin Katsakioris on the experience of African students in the USSR during the Cold War.
September 24, 2021
Russian Conquest of Central Asia
Guest: Alexander Morrison on The Russian Conquest of Central Asia published by Cambridge University Press.
September 3, 2021
Wine and Cheese: Komsomol Etiquette and Emily Post
SRB interns Amelia Parlier and Felix Helbing dive into the weird world of advice columns. Two unlikely parings on the blockāKomsomol decorum and the diva of dish, Emily Post. Itās wine and cheese!
July 16, 2021
Rebroadcast: Smoking Under the Tsars
Guest: Tricia Starks onĀ Smoking under the Tsars: A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia published by Cornell University Press.
July 12, 2021
Cold War Correspondents
Dina Fainberg onĀ Cold War Correspondents: Soviet and American Reporters on the Ideological Frontlines published by John Hopkins University Press.
June 25, 2021
Tolyatti’s Avtograd District
Guest: Guido Sechi onĀ Tolyatti: Exploring Post-Soviet Spaces, co-authored with Michele Cera is published by the Velvet Cell and VAC Foundation.
June 18, 2021
Prostitution in Late Imperial Russia
Guest: SiobhƔn Hearne on Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia published by Oxford University Press.
May 7, 2021
Trash in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe
Guests: Elana Resnick and Viktor Pal on waste, recycling, reuse, and race in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe.
April 9, 2021
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