One week left to apply to the Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies Conference (Yerevan, January 2026). Was the previous conference the best one I attended? Yes. Will this be even better? It certainly might! www.posocomesyerevan2026.com

Thanks to our colleagues in the Mis(Translating) Deceit project, our typology of temporal relations in memory politics is now available in a more digestible form!

Chișinău, Tallinn… and now Yerevan! The Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies conference is heading to Armenia for its third (!) edition, and I still can’t believe it’s happening!

An important detail about our latest paper (🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1468...): It’s co-authored by me, Boris, and our anonymous colleague, "GN."

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...

New #OpenAccess book out! Our former colleague @mgabo.bsky.social (now JGU Mainz) together with his co-author Mykola Homanyuk just released "Monuments and Territory. War Memorials in Russian Occupied Ukraine" (with CEU Press).

Belated announcement that I have finally released an openly-licensed collection of textual datasets extracted from Russia's main government websites. Yearly update expected. https://tadadit.xyz/posts/2024-10-russian-institutions-dataset/

Great news for the #BlueSkyStorians - Check out this *blue and bold* cover for Félix Krawatzek, Friedemann Pestel, Rieke Trimçev, and Gregor Feindt's forthcoming "Shades of Blue." Intrigued? You should be! More at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

It is happening! My second book is out and it can be yours 😁

The whole country in one ad. Hi, the US, it’s always an experience visiting you

🚨 PoSoCoMeS has launched its blog, and I’ve contributed a reflection on post-socialist memory. No breakthroughs here, but this is where my thinking is at right now: "With the earlier emphasis on transitional justice and addressing violations of political and civic rights...

One unexpected perk of teaching outside my research (human rights/memory) is that course prep can double as family movie night inspiration. While preparing for a class on posthumanism & care, I stumbled on The Biggest Little Farm—my kids loved it!

A protest against massive budget cuts in Dutch higher education was set for today—until, in a familiar move, the municipality called it off less than 24 hours prior due to "safety concerns." This sparked a whirlwind of messages, rumors, and a scramble to organize a smaller protest instead.