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Music and Slavic Prof, Princeton U
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Lit Hub
18 days ago
@simonmorrison.bsky.social
explores the ex-pat life in Moscow after the collapse of Soviet communism.
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Living the Ex-Pat Life in Moscow at the End of the Soviet Empire
Russia (Rossiya) has never been called Russia, not officially. Itâs been the Tsardom of Russia, Imperial Russia, Soviet Russia, and the Russian Federation but never just Russia. That place doesnât âŠ
https://buff.ly/5TmoTkA
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Living the Ex-Pat Life in Moscow at the End of the Soviet Empire
Russia (Rossiya) has never been called Russia, not officially. Itâs been the Tsardom of Russia, Imperial Russia, Soviet Russia, and the Russian Federation but never just Russia. That place doesnât âŠ
https://lithub.com/living-the-ex-pat-life-in-moscow-at-the-end-of-the-soviet-empire/
18 days ago
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The Literate Lizard
19 days ago
Our weekly post also featured notable new nonfiction of the week, including books by
@mkn.bsky.social
@serenakutchinsky.bsky.social
@korystamper.bsky.social
@simonmorrison.bsky.social
@meganeaves.com
@drsuzannesimard.bsky.social
Titles/authors in alt-text. Come buy from us:
theliteratelizard.com
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Jack El-Hai
21 days ago
"Defined by its survival and reinvention." Today's
#history
book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of
#popularhistory
. Congrats to author
@simonmorrison.bsky.social
&
@aaknopf.bsky.social
! Read/subscribe to Damn History:
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Muscular Russian history
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For my colleagues and friends who have asked about pre-orders of âA Kingdom and a Village,â Barnes & Noble has a member discount running from March 24â26. Using the code PREORDER25 will take 25% off the price.
bit.ly/BN-Morrison-...
@barnesandnoble
#RussianHistory
#MoscowHistory
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The loneliest metropolis
Many cities are hard to love. Some, like Paris or Istanbul, try desperately to win you over. Moscow doesnât really care. One of the most treasured films
https://www.the-tls.com/history/twentieth-century-onwards-history/a-kingdom-and-a-village-simon-morrison-book-review-charles-king
about 1 month ago
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Ron Filipkowski
about 1 month ago
Not really breaking any news here.
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The Moscow Times
about 2 months ago
Schulmann is also facing terrorism charges due to her connection to the Russian Anti-War Committee.
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Exiled Political Analyst Yekaterina Schulmann Jailed 1 Year in Absentia for Breaking âForeign Agentâ Law - The Moscow Times
A judge in Moscow on Monday sentenced exiled political commentator Yekaterina Schulmann to one year in prison in absentia after finding her guilty of violating Russiaâs âforeign agentâ law.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/02/exiled-political-analyst-yekaterina-schulmann-jailed-1-year-in-absentia-for-breaking-foreign-agent-law-a92096
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Simon Rosenberg
2 months ago
Incredible.
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Mindciteđ„
2 months ago
You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late. --Emerson â±
#ShareGreatNotHate
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Musicology Duck
2 months ago
Hey Leon i'm still looking through the files and a long weekend is coming just fyi
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Renee D. Becerra
2 months ago
Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
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www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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Why a Musicology Societyâs Members Are in Revolt
The leading organization for music scholars is facing an uproar from hundreds of members, who are threatening a boycott unless it meets a chorus of demands.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-a-musicology-societys-members-are-in-revolt
5 months ago
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Princeton University
5 months ago
Princeton professor emeritus Anthony Grafton has received the 2025 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters.
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Anthony Grafton receives Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement
Grafton and seven additional Princeton faculty members were also invested as new members of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters.
https://bit.ly/47UMVzQ
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Kevin M. Kruse
6 months ago
Right in the middle of a White House event promoting their bizarre vision of "health," one of them passed out and required medical attention. The writers are getting lazier and lazier.
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shauna
6 months ago
democrats are having such a good night that the polls here just closed and theyâre already calling it lol
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George Conway âïžđșđž
6 months ago
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CBS News
6 months ago
Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber on addressing challenges facing higher education.
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Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber on addressing challenges facing higher education
Universities have found themselves under pressure from President Trump â from blocked funds for research, to attacks on their admission policies and diversity programs. Princeton's president says, "The stakes are really high."
https://cbsn.ws/3LhQngx
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Give âem what they want
Composersâ memoirs range from self-aggrandizing autofiction (think Hector Berlioz) to tales of struggle and overcoming (Richard Wagner), nostalgia for the days before music grew too dissonant (Nikolai...
https://www.the-tls.com/lives/biography/passport-to-paris-vernon-duke-book-review-simon-morrison
6 months ago
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Quoting my idol: âItâs rape. Brutalizing the building where women worked. Tearing away FDRâs legacy â the New Deal. He already destroyed Jackie Kennedyâs Rose Garden.â
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Ron Filipkowski
6 months ago
This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.
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Cancelled as well
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brungomide on Instagram: "Em 2026O pessoal do curso de cultura russa jĂĄ pode ficar de olho"
Em 2026O pessoal do curso de cultura russa jĂĄ pode ficar de olho
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPl7EfPDckr/?igsh=NWlwN243azZ4c2t4
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Could not have done this without a lot of help from treasured friends
6 months ago
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Honored to receive this honor from ASEEES.
7 months ago
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Ryan
8 months ago
Bills/Ravens
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Boehlert Media Busters
8 months ago
South Park Episode 3 did not disappoint.
#Sickofancy
Only the horrors of the
#TrumpRegime
could make me feel bad for Satan!
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Gabe OrtĂz
11 months ago
Stevie said âYou'll never get away from the sound/Of the woman that loved youâ and she meant it âš
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James Fallows
8 months ago
Just to hammer this in: I don't know of an example in US history of comparable *in-person humiliation* for a US president. And of course for the country. Trump will soon realize how visibly he was "owned." In view of the whole world.
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Olga Nesterova
8 months ago
These two a friends. Period. End of story. Iâve covered a variety of summits. And I know what admiration looks like. Thatâs the end of the world order as we knew it. A sad day for everyone.
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My book on Stevie Nicks makes the cut!
www.women.com/1941065/book...
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5 Books That Give Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl Energy - Women
Get pumped for Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" album by checking out these fiction titles and memoirs about being a woman in the spotlight.
https://www.women.com/1941065/books-with-taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-energy/
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
10 months ago
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. Iâm sorry we have to live through this.
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shauna
10 months ago
let this be a lesson: people are pissed and they want fucking CHANGE
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Zohran Mamdani leads New York City mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes: âHe wonâ
âTonight is his night,â says ex-governor as progressive state representative is top in first round of counting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-york-mayoral-primary-results?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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In Just a Few Minutes, This Music Will Change Your Day
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/a...
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In Just a Few Minutes, This Music Will Change Your Day
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/arts/music/brahms-romance-piano.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
10 months ago
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Kevin Rothrock
10 months ago
the American ĐĐ”ĐœŃ ĐżĐŸĐ±Đ”ĐŽŃ sucks
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Asawin Suebsaeng
11 months ago
Everything good and terrible in America is hyper accentuated in Los Angeles county. In a way like No Other place in the United States and its territories, you will see every great thing in America to the max there, and every awful, horrifying aspect there turned up to 11. Itâs just the way theâŠ
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Teargas Sunday (it sucks but this regime sucks more)
11 months ago
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shauna
11 months ago
put his face on money
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Kevin M. Kruse
11 months ago
And it's
@drewmagary.bsky.social
from the top rope:
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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Jake Tapper is the reason America is doomed
"With people like Jake Tapper around, news isn't working the way it's supposed to."
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/jake-tapper-original-sin-book-20361676.php
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@sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social
Hi Sarah, I hope you might remember me from Bolshoi ballet encounters. Might I DM you about my forthcoming history of Moscow? Thank you! Simon
11 months ago
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Xenta
11 months ago
Meanwhile in Kyiv metro people are hiding from the shelling Stations are overcrowded
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Only a Chat-GPT-addled bro could write this misogynistic slop.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as weâve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/will-the-humanities-survive-artificial-intelligence?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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JoJoFromJerz
11 months ago
If I were BeyoncĂ©, the Boss and Bono I would host the biggest free concert in the history of fucking time on the same day as Trumpâs teeny peen birthday parade.
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