#IzolyatsiaMustSpeak Before Russia’s war against Ukraine, “Izolyatsia” was a vibrant cultural space housed in a former factory in Donetsk. Its Cold War-era bunkers, administrative buildings and warehouses became an international hub for contemporary art. 1/4

#CFP: The North American #Dostoevsky Society invites nominations for our biennial undergraduate and graduate essay competitions! Send us your papers/nominations! Submissions are welcome on a rolling basis until June 22, 2026. bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/12/02/c...

Compiled this list for the blog and it’s safe to say there will be lots of Dostoevsky at ASEEES!

Featured Review published in the October 2025 issue! "Russian Realist Fiction in the Shadow of Autocratic Power" Kate Holland *Open Access* doi.org/10.1111/russ...

What happened in Alaska will repeat in Budapest: The Russian president delivered a historical discussion spanning medieval princes such as Rurik of Novgorod and Yaroslav the Wise, along with the 17th century Cossack chieftain Bohdan Khmelnytsky, to support his claim Ukraine and Russia are one nation

Excited to be giving a virtual talk tomorrow on Minin and national fundraising in the arts for UBC’s Sawchen Series! cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

Go go go!!’

On Oct 14 @ 12:30pm Pacific @chloespumpkins.bsky.social is giving a Sawchen Lecture! It's about how #19thC artistic production evaluates and represents history (using the example of Koz'ma Minin). It's virtual! All are welcome, and you can learn more & register here: cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

We have a job going in my department! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Self Portrait at the Dressing Table,1909 by Zinaida Serebriakova #WomensArt

“As scholars of literature, we have something desperately important to teach our students: what and how we read matters.” Today on the blog, Vadim Shneyder sits down with Melissa Frazier to discuss #Dostoevsky, #science, and the power of #language: bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/09/15/a...

We are delighted to invite you to a September lecture in the SHERA's 30th Anniversary Lecture Series: Monoliths: Art, Industry, and the Marvelous Objects of the Russian Empire by Molly Brunson. Thursday, September 25, 2025, 12:00-1:15 pm NY time. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/monoliths-...

Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉

📣 This only happens once a year! 📣 The Yale Review is now open for general submissions through September 30. Send us your poems, stories, essays, and translations. For full guidelines and to submit: yalereview.org/about/submis...

Excited to announce the launch of the new and improved International #Dostoevsky Society website! Check it out and please consider joining today: dostoevsky.org

Please note that the deadline for proposals has been extended until September 15! #cfp #buenosaires #dostoevsky

Please consider signing the #petition coming out of U #Oregon: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...

A timely reminder! The deadline for proposals for the XIX International #Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires is August 31! Check out the #CFP: bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/05/27/c...

New on the blog! “Can money have a story?” An interview with Ekaterina Pravilova on money, narrative, and economic history: bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/07/07/m...

We are excited to announce that the #CFP for the XIX International #Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina is now available! bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/06/18/c...

A new #DigitalDostoevsky blog post is up! @fyodor76.bsky.social discusses the choices we made doing data cleaning for our network graphs work. Check it out! digitaldostoevsky.com/2025/03/31/r...

Working alongside @katiabowers.bsky.social has been the absolute best and, as the new Editor of Bloggers Karamazov, I have some big shoes to fill! I am so excited to continue this work - write me with ideas, and direct interested students our way for the ongoing undergraduate series!

End of an era as I step down after 10 years as editor of Bloggers Karamazov, honestly one of the most unexpected but rewarding academic service roles I have done. But don't worry! The blog continues under the capable editorship of @chloespumpkins.bsky.social bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/03/31/l...

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

Had such a wonderful time working out new ideas with colleagues at the 2025 @modernlanguage.bsky.social convention earlier this year!

Friends in the field (and in related disciplines!), please consider signing this petition/letter to the Dalhousie University admin. Dal has announced its intention to close the Russian Studies Department, where I had the luck to find my first academic job. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️ Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...

So exciting!

The New Yorker published this beautiful poem by associate professor Anna Journey about the Palisades fire: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Pasadena Humane in Pasadena, CA are currently working tirelessly to support emergency intakes of animals impacted by the wildfires in CA. If you are able, they have been asking for monetary donations to support displaced and injured animals in their care! give.pasadenahumane.org/give

LA Fire Dept #LAFD is soliciting emergency donations: supportlafd.kindful.com?campaign=104...

Studio City Fire Knocked Down. Way to go #LAFD

I’m somewhat frightened to think that people might believe this was the kind of money I made as an adjunct. It would explain some of their disbelief about why I left it behind. (I was making 5k a course at OSU, which is actually ahead of the national average).

Had a very fun text exchange with @katiabowers.bsky.social about which of #Tolstoy ‘s works might be the next candidates for BookTok stardom. Which would you choose? (wrong answers only)

This self-portrait by the prolific illustrator (and caricaturist) Vasilii (George) Timm from 1845ish is amazing. He looks like Freddy Mercury dressed up like a moth. And he's holding a pen like a sword!

This series is ongoing - please keep it in mind and share it with students as final papers come in and your semesters wrap up! @dostoevskysociety.bsky.social bloggerskaramazov.com/2024/01/08/c...

There is a whole series of chocolates of Russian writers. I have to say, the mind boggles at what flavor Dostoevsky was.

I created a thing! It is definitely missing people - if you are a person who should be on it, pls let me know! go.bsky.app/8HazBeR

Attn: Dostoevsky in Boston at @aseees.bsky.social, with panels and roundtables starting tomorrow! @fyodor76.bsky.social @katiabowers.bsky.social @dostoevskysociety.bsky.social bloggerskaramazov.com/2024/11/20/d...

Are you a student working on #Dostoevsky? Would you like to share your research with an international audience? The #cfp for our Graduate and Undergraduate Research Forums on Dostoevsky is now up! Apply by December 15 for consideration. Details here: bloggerskaramazov.com/2024/11/15/c...

Happy to report that the latest talk in our erstwhile but intrepid Virtual Speaker Series is up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/CXU-_jKqqrQ?.... @katiabowers.bsky.social speaks about "Physiological Petersburg, #Dostoevsky, and the Rise of #Gothic #Realism," hosted by @drkatyajordan.bsky.social.