It’s official. If everything goes according to plan, starting in October the book Transnational Communism During the Cold War: The Spanish Communists and their European Networks will be available from @routledgebooks.bsky.social , edited by @MencheAstur, Emanuele Treglia, and myself🙂

Our journal Slavic Queer Studies now has been issued an ISSN by the @librarycongress.bsky.social. Another step toward greater visibility for queer studies work in the Slavic field. Check out our first two issues at sqsjournal.org

Red Migrations has received an honourable mention by the American Comparative Literature Association for the 2026 René Wellek Prize! Congratulations, @bgorski.bsky.social and @dr-tg.bsky.social! Learn more about the book: bit.ly/47aPhet #SovietHistory #EasternEuropean #MigrationStudies

Discover the dynamic history of Soviet literary journals in Subscribing to Sovietdom, an analysis of the ways journals shaped everyday life, sparked intellectual debate, and became enduring symbols of a unique cultural era. Read more: bit.ly/47gCEiL #SlavicStudies @dr-tg.bsky.social

Folks, we started a journal! Send us your articles and reviews about queer culture in Central and Eastern Europe!

We are looking for panelists for the 2025 ASEEES convention @aseees.bsky.social: Provincializing Internationalism: Periodicals, Publishers and Practices We are seeking participants for a panel or series of panels titled “Provincializing Internationalism.”

Any recommendations for affordable book scanners for home and office use? Our library doesn't have quite the right options that will help me digitize materials for some small-scale data sets...

My book is on @uoftpress.bsky.social 's website, so it must be real. Out in May 2025, stay tuned!!

Just accepted a grant to develop an interdisciplinary class "Cultures of Manufacturing" with a study abroad component in the Czech Republic. The goal is to triangulate intercultural competence, studying how culture is shaped by (post-)industrial modernity, and Czech studies... Should be fun!

I love conferences but have always felt ambivalent about the MLA (English/US-centric). But from #mla25 I carry impressions that make me not want to go back again: ad-hominem attacks and defamation, the yelling that could be heard down the hallway across panels, “from the river to the sea” signs

My goal on here for the spring: share about my teaching. Queer Comrades: LGBTQ+ Lives in Eastern Europe. Day 1: Roster. 52 students have signed up to learn about East European queer history in the 20th century. How exciting is that?

Convincing to me. But would it really be convincing to all of our students?

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An intro post! I am Philip Tuxbury-Gleissner (formerly only Gleissner). I'm a professor of Slavic and East European culture in the Midwest, teaching and writing about: print culture in the USSR and Czechoslovakia digital humanities queer culture migration and food.