Chloe Papadopoulos

@chloespumpkins.bsky.social

Asst. prof., 19c Russophone literature and visual culture, USC Slavic

#Dostoevsky, #Khvoshchinskaya, foreign novels, publishing data, #19c literacy rates, and the story of the Russian novel's rise! And all in one short-ish interview. Had such a nice experience working on this and happy to share it with the community:

North American Dostoevsky Society@dostoevskysociety.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today on the blog! Hilde Hoogenboom and Editor @chloespumpkins.bsky.social discuss Noble Sentiments and the Rise of Russian Novels: A European Literary History (2025) - a 2026 recipient of the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize by @aseees.bsky.social. Check it out: bloggerskaramazov.com/2026/09/21/a...

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

(19c) Slavists! Join us (me and Valeria Mutc) in our new @nyujordancenter.bsky.social 19v subgroup/initiative, a working group on 19th-century #conservatism and conservative imaginaries. You can find more information and a link to the sign-up form here: jordanrussiacenter.org/blog/announc...

Announcing: "19v Conservative Imaginaries"

The goal of this working group is to interrogate the relationship between aesthetics and conservative politics.

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Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms

Abstract. Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early

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Working alongside @katiabowers.bsky.social has been the absolute best and, as the new Editor of Bloggers Karamazov, I have some big shoes to fill! I am so excited to continue this work - write me with ideas, and direct interested students our way for the ongoing undergraduate series!

North American Dostoevsky Society@dostoevskysociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

@katiabowers.bsky.social has stepped down as the Editor of Bloggers Karamazov after 10 years - we cannot thank her enough for conducting the many voices that make up the blog! Read her reflections on a decade of #Dostoevsky here: bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/03/31/l...

Friends in the field (and in related disciplines!), please consider signing this petition/letter to the Dalhousie University admin. Dal has announced its intention to close the Russian Studies Department, where I had the luck to find my first academic job. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Concerned Scholars of Slavic Languages re: closure of Dalhousie's Russian Department

Dear President Kim Brooks, As concerned scholars of Slavic languages, literatures, cultures, and adjacent fields, we express our strong disapproval of Dalhousie University’s decision to close its Dep...

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