Some big news: the University of Birmingham is launching a new MA in Gender & Sexuality. It's interdisciplinary, with a focus on combining theory & practice. It's going to be amazing. I'm convening it: message or email with questions. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr... @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Job for Ukrainian citizen: Deputy Director of the European Think Tank Office in Kyiv Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies @sceeus-ui.bsky.social The Swedish Institute of International Affairs @uisweden.bsky.social

Guerre en Ukraine : ne rien faire, c’est laisser Poutine l’emporter. Kyiv a besoin d’un soutien occidental franc pour espérer une issue au conflit favorable aux Ukrainiens. ✍️ L'édito de @hamdammostafavi.bsky.social‬ :

Hi colleagues, Could you list the best pieces (academic or outreach papers) you recently read that discuss the use of the term 'post-Soviet'? Don't hesitate to cite your own work! Many thanks!

Hi colleagues, Could you list the best pieces (academic or outreach papers) you recently read that discuss the use of the term 'post-Soviet'? Don't hesitate to cite your own work! Many thanks!

*RESEARCH SEMINAR* 19 June, 5pm (Paris Time) For the last session of our seminar "L’univers des choses soviétiques", we'll have the pleasure to welcome online: Mollie Arbuthnot (Harvard University) A Building Containing the Universe: The Materiality of Heritage and Atheism in Soviet Tashkent

Really enjoyed this conversation!

Kyiv came under a massive air assault, as Putin’s forces launched waves of Shahed drones and ballistic missiles. Authorities report casualties and significant damage. www.kyivpost.com/post/53265

Don't forget to submit your paper for our 2nd event on 'Rethinking Internationalism' - we're looking for papers/panel proposals focused on methods and new ways of writing history. Perfect if you've been trying to figure out how to push beyond (or find new ways of approaching) the 'official' archive!

Apropos of nothing, here's a book about how bad art drives out the good in authoritarian states, as artists' careers depend on producing art which flatters those in power rather than the ability to make quality art. AI art supercharges this process by not requiring any actual artists.

L'aéroport de Volgograd renommé Stalingrad, V.Poutine explique qu'il est aussi possible que la ville reprenne son nom soviétique. On nage dans la nostalgie morbide, c'est un marronnier russe...

The hacker group NoName said the DDoS attacks were retaliation for the Netherlands’ military assistance to Ukraine.

⚡️Ukrainian orchestra musician, Olena Kohut killed in deadly Russian attack on Sumy. Ukrainian orchestra musician, Olena Kohut, was killed in a deadly Palm Sunday Russian attack on Sumy, which killed at least 34 and injured 117 people on April 13.

📕 Happy to see this presentation of our book published on the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia's blog! Time and Material Culture: Rethinking Soviet Temporalities (Routledge, 2025), ed. with Antony Kalashnikov and Federica Rossi. 👉 jordanrussiacenter.org/blog/time-ob...

📕 Happy to see this presentation of our book published on the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia's blog! Time and Material Culture: Rethinking Soviet Temporalities (Routledge, 2025), ed. with Antony Kalashnikov and Federica Rossi. 👉 jordanrussiacenter.org/blog/time-ob...

We’re looking for someone to review ‘Nationalism and Internationalism Intertwined: A European History of Concepts Beyond the Nation State’. Reviewer will receive a free copy of the book and their review published in the journal. DM us if you’re interested or email [email protected]

Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed the so-called “international LGBT movement” as an “extremist” organization in November 2023.

One year the death of Alexey Navalny, @mlallouet.bsky.social reflects on the crisis at the organisation he created, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, in an op-ed for the @themoscowtimes.com www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/16/t...

I’m incredibly relieved to share that the Judicial Court of Créteil acquitted me yesterday in the libel suit filed by RT France against both my publisher, INA, and me! 1/9

Happy and relieved with the acquittal of one of our founding members, @maudinet.bsky.social, sued by Russia Today for libel ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Soutien à Benjamin Quénelle, correspondant du Monde à Moscou. Violation flagrante de la liberté de la presse, l'annulation de son accréditation par les autorités russes nous prive d'informations essentielles à notre travail. www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-et-...

Save the date ! @maudinet.bsky.social interviendra @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social : « En quête de "désoccidentalisation" : la stratégie d’influence de la Russie en Afrique subsaharienne ». 11 février 2025 de 14:30 à 17:30 www.sciencespo.fr/fr/evenement...

New publication by a member of our collective ! "Soviet Monuments in Ukraine (1990-2024) by @juliedeschepper.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Many thanks to Ihab Saloul & Britt Baillie for inviting me to contribute to this important encyclopedia, with an entry on Soviet Monuments in Ukraine (1990-2024) Any additional references are welcome as it can be updated! 👉 link.springer.com/referencewor...

Many thanks to Ihab Saloul & Britt Baillie for inviting me to contribute to this important encyclopedia, with an entry on Soviet Monuments in Ukraine (1990-2024) Any additional references are welcome as it can be updated! 👉 link.springer.com/referencewor...

CORUSCANT's first international conference was a great success! We reflected on the state of knowledge production on Russia, forged the path to propose New Russian Studies and engaged a dialogue between Russia experts & policy makers. Many thanks to all participants and the active audience!

A new paper, co-authored with my fantastic colleagues, explores not what is remembered in politics but how the past and present are connected in narratives. We propose a typology of temporal distances in memory politics. Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/1468...

CORUSCANT's first international conference was a great success! We reflected on the state of knowledge production on Russia, forged the path to propose New Russian Studies and engaged a dialogue between Russia experts & policy makers. Many thanks to all participants and the active audience!

My first academic paper is out (open access). It's a study of the organisation of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group, based on a dataset of 818 CVs of its employees downloaded shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. doi.org/10.1080/1075... The main findings are in the thread below.

And you can read our manifesto here coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/manifesto_en

You'll find the full programme here coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/tpost/nzgb3v...

It's on! Our first international conference @irsem.bsky.social in Brussels: Russia and Europe in Wartime. coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/tpost/nzgb3v...

Hi colleagues, Could you list the best pieces (academic or outreach papers) you read on Russian imperialism and/or Russian colonialism? I already have good ones, but I would like to be sure I did not miss anything, especially recently. Don't hesitate to cite your own work! Many thanks!

Hi colleagues, Could you list the best pieces (academic or outreach papers) you read on Russian imperialism and/or Russian colonialism? I already have good ones, but I would like to be sure I did not miss anything, especially recently. Don't hesitate to cite your own work! Many thanks!

[reminder] In three weeks, our research collective will have its first international conference: "Russia and Europe in Wartime" Monday 27 January 2025 // 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (CET) @irsem.bsky.social in Brussels coruscant.therussiaprogram.org

Check out this event we organize with our research collective CORUSCANT @coruscant-eu.bsky.social “Russia and Europe in Wartime” See you in Brussels! Registrations required 👇🏻

I see that everyone is doing “starter packs,” but I’m still an old-school list guy. So, here is the Blueskified version of my world-famous Anglophone Russia Twitter list. As always, drop me a line if you think I’ve left someone off (though I probably did it on purpose). bsky.app/profile/did:...

Check out this event we organize with our research collective CORUSCANT @coruscant-eu.bsky.social “Russia and Europe in Wartime” See you in Brussels! Registrations required 👇🏻

Our research collective is organising its first international conference: "Russia and Europe in Wartime" Monday 27 January 2025 // 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (CET) @irsem.bsky.social in Brussels coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/en/tpost/x9p...

Incredible new frontiers in academic backronyms

De plus en plus de terrains deviennent inaccessibles. Comment dès lors continuer de produire de la connaissance sur ces espaces ? Nous étions hier sur France Culture avec Delphine Allès pour discuter de ce sujet crucial pour le savant ET pour le politique www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

CORUSCANT, the Research Collective on Contemporary Russia for the Analysis of its New Trajectories is here! You can read our manifesto ⬇️⬇️⬇️https://coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/manifesto_en

Notre collectif @coruscant-eu.bsky.social fait surface dans cette excellente émission de @juliegacon.bsky.social sur France Culture, consacrée aux terrains entravés et aux "terrains numériques", avec @kevinlimonier.bsky.social et Delphine Allès. 1/2 www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Christmas vibe in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. Via @poliakova.bsky.social

⚡️Coffin prices in Russia have soared by 74% since start of full-scale invasion, media reports. The price of coffins in Russia has soared by 74% since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Moscow Times reported on Dec. 5, citing Russia's Federal State Statistics Service.

A ghoul from the Russian Federation laughed in the UN hall as the Ukrainian representative reported about the Russian missile strike that murdered an entire family in Ukraine.

Présentation à Sciences po des ouvrages de Jules-Sergei Fediunin ("Les nationalismes russes") et Guillaume Sauvé ("Un conservatisme à la carte en Russie", à l'occasion d'une table-ronde dédiée au nationalisme et au conservatisme en Russie lundi 9 décembre à 16h30. www.sciencespo.fr/agenda/ceri/...

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