Hey, my article is out! "The Invalid Fund: Disabled Afghan War Veterans, Violence, and Organized Crime in Post-Soviet Russia." Very excited to be a part of this cluster on disability in Eastern Europe and Russia

ASEEES Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies@aseees.bsky.social · 2d ago

Spring 2026 Issue 85.1 #SlavicReview is out now! This issue includes the Cluster "Disability in Eastern Europe and Russia," the Critical Forum "Crucibles of Power," and articles by Nathaniel D. Wood, Jagoda Wierzejska, Ernest A. Zitser, and Nikolay Smirnov. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 New article online! 'The Ukrainian Football Federation Declares Independence (1959–65)', by Yacov Zohn Muldoon Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Back from a Latvia research trip with my brilliant friend and co-author Mike Loader. We are working on the history of the planned Riga metro and its cancellation following widespread public protest in the 1980s. It's such a joy to work together in a place that we both adore at the best time of year

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

The @conteurohistory.bsky.social article prize opens for submissions on 1 July. The prize aims to recognize and promote high-quality research among PGRs and ECRs working broadly in the field of contemporary European history. You can find the full announcement here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I was interviewed about my book, Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service. My thanks to @peripheralhist.bsky.social for the thoughtful questions and the chance to share my thoughts! bsky.app/profile/peri...

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For all those interested in the history of the Second World War and Latvia, we have a new author interview for you. Check out our conversation with @harrymerritt.bsky.social on his recently-published book 'Latvian Soldiers of World War II' www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/latvian...

We are heading to Georgia for our latest post. Stefan Applis examines the changing architecture of Tusheti mountain villages in the north of the country www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/the-cha...

The changing architecture of Tusheti mountain villages in northern Georgia

Stefan ApplisTusheti is a historic region in the Caucasus. To the north,t is separated from the Republic of Chechnya within the Russian Federation by a mighty mountain range. To the west, another moun...

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I edited this article; it's very good.

Michele Di Donato@micdido.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New article out on @conteurohistory.bsky.social: "The Left-Wing Case for Austerity: Planning and Consumption Restraint in 1970s Europe" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 New #OpenAccess article online! 'Unveiling Hidden Russophilia or Paradoxical Pragmatism? Slovak–Soviet Relations Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact', by Anton Hruboň www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We have a brand new author interview up on @peripheralhist.bsky.social. This time, we spoke with @harrymerritt.bsky.social about his brilliant new book 'Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service' www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/latvian...

Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service

In Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service (Oxford University Press, 2026), Harry C. Merritt explores the wartime experiences and postwar legacies of the...

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Join us for our next seminar on 20 May, when Dr Bogdan Iacob will be discussing how the notion of ‘tropicality’ has shaped the international history of health since the 19th century. Location: Online (link below) Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Tropicality as international governance: Bridging colonial, post-imperial and

This presentation examines how the notion of ‘tropicality’ has shaped the international history of health since the 19th century. Its target audience are students and staff interested in colonial and

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Happy to announce the publication of my article on international volunteers in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War @euroreviewhistory.bsky.social. Thanks to @sdanisimova.bsky.social & Robert Gerwarth for their support and to the reviewers for their advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Commissars for the ‘world civil war’: recruiting and educating internationalists in the Russian Civil War, 1918–1920

Nearly 18,000 people enlisted in international volunteers’ units in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. With many of them being former prisoners of war and foreign workers, the technical and...

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Next year, again! Please, distribute, apply, consider coming as mentor, discussant, chair! @dacretu.bsky.social @giannako.bsky.social @johannamellis.bsky.social @zorapiskacova.bsky.social @rkpejsova.bsky.social www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

A very special day: In Our Own Words: Documenting the Queer Everyday in Central Asia is now open access via @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social books.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-di... Funded by AHRC and created through collective effort. My deepest thanks to all contributors.

A great new article on Stalinist repression, 1937-45, showing how Soviet women formed a significant and systematically targeted group, and more so than previously understood.

I am organising a workshop at Manchester on 11-12 June entitled 'HIV/AIDS and the Boundaries of Europeanness'. Abstracts are due 29 April and you can find the full call for papers here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please share with interested colleagues!

Call for Papers

Call for Papers HIV/AIDS and the Boundaries of Europeanness Workshop held at the University of Manchester 11–12 June 2026 This workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to ex...

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New post alert! This week we have Stanisław Edward Boridczenko on interwar Polish memoirs and the power of irony www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/peasant...

Peasant Memoirs from Interwar Northeastern Poland and the Power of Irony

Stanisław Edward Boridczenko  Writing from the MarginsIn much of Eastern Europe, as elsewhere, contemporary national histories have traditionally been written from the perspective of elites, with a fe...

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We have an interesting new post up on the website by Giorgi Meladze on Soviet legal legacies in Georgia and democratic decline www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/why-his...

Why History Matters: Georgia’s soviet legal inheritance and the structural origins of democratic decline

Giorgi MeladzeMore than three decades after independence, Georgia continues to confront a persistent paradox of rule of law reform. In recent years, as concerns about democratic decline and institutio...

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An incredible cover has landed for an incredible book - Philippa Hetherington's "Circulating Subjects: Sex Work and Migration in Russia, 1885–1935." More on how to pre-order a copy of her "riveting" and "radical" @cornellupress.bsky.social book here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

I am delighted that the special issue ‘Socialist Humanitarianism in the Twentieth Century’ has now been published in the Journal of Contemporary History. This special issue was a joy to edit and brings together a dream team of contributors. I'll post the contributions in this thread...

This is my first article on Soviet history relied exclusively on declassified American and British archives. It is also my first piece to be reviewed by five peer reviewers. The story of the Cold War, the KGB, and same-sex entrapment that no one has ever written about. direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...

The Cold War and the Soviet KGB's Same-Sex Entrapment Operations in the 1950s and 1960s: The Perpetrator in Focus

In August 1963, The New York Times informed its readers that a U.S. citizen had been arrested in the USSR.1 According to the newspaper, the Soviet travel agency Intourist had announced that Bernard L....

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Colleagues and friends: if we are meeting online, Monty (a contender for the world's neediest cat) will be joining us. We now come as a package deal.

A call for papers that may be of interest to our readers - The 'Hybrid Identities in Imperial Spaces of Northern Eurasia' conference will be held at the University of Szczecin in October networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

🧵CEH's second digest is out now, detailing our latest special issues, journal news, and more. And once again our six editors have each highlighted a recent article they've enjoyed - read on to see which ones they picked, and why! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ [1/7] www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Contemporary European History digest, no. 2, August to December 2025 « News# « Cambridge Core Blog

As we - like many other journals - transition towards digital-only publication, we have become acutely aware of how difficult it can be to find out what is happening with Contemporary European History...

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My review essay on "The Work That Never Ends" has been published open access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It reviews an edited volume on #emotions and #work, two books on #NS concepts of work and a monograpgh on a #GDR enterprise. Check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #skystorians

Check out the latest @conteurohistory.bsky.social digest for journal news and editors' picks. I chose Elena Serina's excellent article on transnational Catholic humanitarianism and the making of postwar Europe. Hot off the press & a must read for historians of humanitarianism! tinyurl.com/mbu92vx2

Contemporary European History digest, no. 2, August to December 2025 « News# « Cambridge Core Blog

As we - like many other journals - transition towards digital-only publication, we have become acutely aware of how difficult it can be to find out what is happening with Contemporary European History...

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Glad to share a new paper, “Reproductive responses to revolution and repression in Finland, 1917–1919”, now open access in The History of the Family! doi.org/10.1080/1081... 1/11

Happy to share my new Past & Present article: “Protecting Soviet Muslims: Muhajir Activism and the Minority Treaties, 1917–1934.” OA: academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Protecting Soviet Muslims: Muhajir Activism and the Minority Treaties, 1917–1934∗

Abstract. It is a historiographical convention to view interwar debates over the protection of vulnerable populations through the prism of ‘minority rights

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I interviewed Adelina Stefan for @peripheralhist.bsky.social about her book on international tourism in communist Romania and Franco's Spain. Take a look here! www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/vacatio...

Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain.

Adelina Stefan talks to Peripheral Histories about researching and writing a transnational history of tourism in two peripheral postwar European dictatorships (Romania and Spain).

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Excited to share details of my first monograph, Revolutionary Connections, coming out Open Access with OUP this year! It explores diverse forms of international engagement in revolutionary Russia and Ireland, including responses to Ireland in Russian-language texts. global.oup.com/academic/pro...