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August 30, 2026
Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner
Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner: The South Caucasus and Scandinavia, 1880s–1920s (Northern Illinois University Press, 2026) tells the story of the …
August 29, 2026
Educating for an Uncertain Future in Interwar Poland
In the two decades between the First and Second World Wars, Jewish parents in Poland faced a proliferation of choices when it came to educating their …
August 27, 2026
Ukrainian Men Fleeing Conscription
Our conversation focuses on a groundbreaking article by Dan Storyev recently published in The Nation: “Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel C…
August 25, 2026
After Putin
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, at 73 years old, is still very much alive, yet the “After Putin” conversation is an active one inside and outside of Ru…
August 24, 2026
Replaying Communism
Repercussions of communism are still felt throughout Central and Eastern Europe. In fact, specters of communism remain vivid enough to inspire a w…
August 22, 2026
Denialism
Holocaust distortion in Poland involves reshaping or minimizing facts about the Holocaust, often emphasizing Polish victimhood while obscuring instanc…
August 19, 2026
Europe
What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe: A New History (Allen Lan…
August 13, 2026
Good Mothers , Nations and Nationalisms
In this episode, host Andrea Talabér (CEU Press, 2026) talks with Yulia Gradskova and Ieva Bisigirskaitė, two of the three authors behind Good Mothers…
August 12, 2026
In the Shadow of the Shtetl
Drawing from some four hundred Yiddish-language interviews conducted by the Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories project, Jeffrey …
August 10, 2026
Visions of the Village
The Bartered Bride, a comic opera by Bedrich Smetana, premiered in Prague on March 30, 1866. Its pastoral love story and setting in a rural Czech vill…
August 8, 2026
Russia’s Jews in World War I
When World War I began, the Russian Empire was home to more than 5.7 million Jews, the most densely settled Jewish population in the world. Thirty yea…
August 6, 2026
176 Laura Jockusch on Jewish Revenge after the Holocaust (JP)
After a great human-wrought tragedy, how are victims and their kin made right? What does it mean to take revenge, to exact vengeance, to seek redress,…
August 6, 2026
Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust
The Light of Learning (Oxford UP, 2024) tells the story of an unexpected Hasidic revival in Poland on the eve of the Holocaust. In the aftermath of Wo…
July 25, 2026
Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe
Jews have been active participants in shaping the healing practices of the communities of Eastern Europe. Their approach largely combined the ideas of…
July 21, 2026
From Life Itself
From Suzy Hansen, whose previous book, Notes on a Foreign Country, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Ne…
July 19, 2026
Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971–2001
In Female Art and Agency in Yugoslavia, 1971–2001 (Bloomsbury, 2024), Anja Foerschner offers a compelling exploration of the women artists, curators, …
July 19, 2026
Refusing Sustainability
Sustainability has become a touchstone for development worldwide, promising an antidote to environmental degradation and capitalism's excess: waste. R…
July 15, 2026
Armenia moves West, Georgia moves East
Armenia just re-elected populist PM Nikol Pashinyan, confirming voters are ready to move on from the lost Karabakh war and lean toward Europe over Rus…
July 7, 2026
BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland
In BDSM Practices in Poland: Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025), cultural anthropologist and …
July 5, 2026
Here Where We Live Is Our Country
Molly Crabapple joins Michael Stauch to discuss the history of the Jewish Labor Bund, the subject of her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Count…