Dzerzhinsky will return to Lubyanka, having been toppled in 1991, and debated ever since. I never quite thought this would happen. Dismal. dzen.ru/a/ahs8EwxNDw...

TWO full time researcher positions in Oxford and Sheffield now open for applications, as part of our Leverhulme project “The 101st Kilometre: Soviet marginalization, migration, memory and mapping”. Please spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRE941/p... jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

New piece for Moscow times on the 70th anniversary of the secret speech.

#OpEd The city of Magadan was built by forced labor and lay at the heart of one of the largest and deadliest Gulag settlements. Authorities want to silence that fact, stopping Russians confronting the truth about Soviet atrocities warns Polly Jones.

To say I enjoyed writing this would be wrong, but it gave me a chance to try to make sense of the most recent gulag memory developments.

Last chance to register for Friday’s workshop (in person or online)!

Polly Jones on an account of the transition between Soviet leaders

Really enjoyed this conversation!

Fantastic early career opportunity here: three-year junior research fellowship at University College, Oxford. Great colleagues, great wisteria! www.univ.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

Hugely enjoyed this book, and my last year as Nove judge. What a pleasure to read so many wonderful books over the last three years.

Never really post anything here but the actual BLUE SKY today merits a mention!

Very happy to have written a few words about @drpollyjones.bsky.social's excellent new book on Gulag fiction for @thetls.bsky.social. Really terrific overview and close readings of various texts and trends, older and recent! www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...

First review of Gulag Fiction, in the first TLS of the year! www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...

Happy publication day to me! Now available as paperback, hardback and e-book, for all your format needs!