Weddings and Power in Early Modern Russia

Russell Martin on The Tsar’s Happy Occasion: Ritual and Dynasty in the Weddings of Russia’s Rulers, 1495–1745 published by Cornell University Press.

Blind Activism in the Cold War

April 30, 2021

Guest: Cristina Galmarini on international blind activism from the communist bloc during the Cold War.

Environmental Activism in Russia

April 23, 2021

Guests: Konstantin Fokin and Angelina Davydova on environmental activism in Russia.

Gogol’s Town of N

April 16, 2021

Guest: Anne Lounsbery on Life Is Elsewhere: Symbolic Geography in the Russian Provinces, 1800–1917 published by Cornell University Press.

Trash in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe

April 9, 2021

Guests: Elana Resnick and Viktor Pal on waste, recycling, reuse, and race in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe.

Navalny and Next

March 27, 2021

Guests: Ilya Budraitskis, Svetlana Erpyleva, and Greg Yudin on Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition, and the prospects of political pluralism in Russian society.

Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the USSR

March 19, 2021

Guest: Karl Qualls on Stalin’s Niños: Educating Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the Soviet Union, 1937-51 published by the University of Toronto Press.

Zoos and Animals in Eastern Europe and Russia

March 13, 2021

Guests: Tracy McDonald and Marianna Szczygielska on zoos, non-humans, and Animal Studies in Eastern Europe and Russia

Welcome to Chechnya

March 5, 2021

Guest: David France on his film Welcome To Chechnya.

Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine

February 26, 2021

Guests: Valerie Kivelson and Christine Worobec on witches, magic, spells in their new sourcebook Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900 published by Cornell University Press.