New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies
Latest Episodes
John McCannon, "Nicholas Roerich: The Artist Who Would Be King" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2023)
An interview with John McCannon
Ostap Kin, "Babyn Yar: Ukrainian Poets Respond" (HURI, 2022)
An interview with Ostap Kin
Evert van der Zweerde, "Russian Political Philosophy: Anarchy, Authority, Autocracy" (Edinburgh UP, 2022)
An interview with Evert van der Zweerde
Volodymyr Rafeyenko, "The Length of Days: An Urban Ballad" (HURI, 2023)
An interview with Sibelan Forrester
Crispin Brooks and Kiril Feferman, "Beyond the Pale: The Holocaust in the North Caucasus" (U Rochester Press, 2020)
An interview with Crispin Brooks and Kiril Feferman
The Future of Eastern Europe: A Discussion with Zsuzsanna Szelényi
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with a range of responses in Eastern Europe with some leaders offering muted solace to Vladimir Putin and others arming Ukraine. To learn more about why that has happened and the future Eastern Europe Owen Be
Paul Hansbury, "Belarus in Crisis: From Domestic Unrest to the Russia-Ukraine War" (Hurst, 2023)
An interview with Paul Hansbury
Elena Pedigo Clark, "Trauma and Truth: Teaching Russian Literature on the Chechen Wars" (Academic Studies Press, 2023)
An interview with Elena Pedigo Clark
Vitalii Ogiienko, "The Holodomor and the Origins of the Soviet Man: Reading the Testimony of Anastasia Lysyvets" (Ibidem Press, 2022)
An interview with Vitalii Ogiienko
A Warning to the West: A Conversation with Sergiu Klainerman
Sergiu Klainerman is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. Born in communist Romania, he sees disturbing parallels between life in the Soviet Bloc and the "soft totalitarianism" or "pre-totalitarianism" taking root in Americ