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General History July 28, 2022

The Pursuit of Europe

A History

Anthony Pagden

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The European Union, we are told, is facing extinction. Most of those who believe that, however, have no understanding of how, and why, it become possible to imagine that the …

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Ukrainian Studies July 26, 2022

Making Ukraine

Negotiating, Contesting, and Drawing the Borders in the Twentieth Century

Olena Palko and Constantin Ardeleanu

Hosted by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine have brought scholarly and public attention to Ukraine's borders. Making Ukraine aims to investigate the various …
General History July 26, 2022

Russia Resurrected

Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order

Kathryn E. Stoner

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks significantly behind the US and China …
Ukrainian Studies July 18, 2022

KGB Operations Against the USA and Canada in Soviet Ukraine 1953-1991

Sergei Zhuk

Hosted by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
Oriented for a general reading audience, Sergei Zhuk's book KGB Operations Against the USA and Canada in Soviet Ukraine 1953-1991 (Routledge, 2022) gives a unique and rare perspective on the …
Human Rights June 30, 2022

War and Peace

America's Humane War and the Crisis in Ukraine

Samuel Moyn, Silja Vöneky, Frauke Lachenmann, and James Cavallaro

Hosted by Jim Cavallaro
This podcast is a recorded panel discussion on “War and Peace: America's Humane War and the Crisis in Ukraine.” The panel was part of the Annual Conference of the …
Nordic Asia Podcast June 24, 2022

Japan’s Reaction to Russia’s War in Ukraine

Kamila Szczepanska and Silja Keva

Hosted by Ari-Joonas Pitkänen
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has dramatically affected international politics, and the effects are also felt in East Asia. We have heard a lot about China’s position regarding the war, but …
Arguing History June 21, 2022

Ukrainian Nationalism in Historical Context

A Discussion with John-Paul Himka, David R. Stone, and Alexander Watson

John-Paul Himka, David R. Stone, and Alexander Watson

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
In the midst of the ongoing war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, it is vital that the lay-educated public understand the historical origins of the conflict. It is with …
Russian and Eurasian Studies June 20, 2022

Russian Grand Strategy in the Era of Global Power Competition

Andrew Monaghan

Hosted by Stephen Satkiewicz
The status of Russia as a world power has been fiercely debated since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although often ignored, Russia came back into the international limelight in …
Media June 17, 2022

Tyrants on Twitter

Protecting Democracies from Information Warfare

David L. Sloss

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
When Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram were first introduced to the public, their mission was simple: they were designed to help people become more connected to each other. Social media …
Economics June 17, 2022

Spin Dictators

The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally …
Russian and Eurasian Studies June 17, 2022

Geographies of Nationhood

Cartography, Science, and Society in the Russian Imperial Baltic

Catherine Gibson

Hosted by Steven Seegel
Geographies of Nationhood: Cartography, Science, and Society in the Russian Imperial Baltic (Oxford UP, 2022) examines the meteoric rise of ethnographic mapmaking in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as …
Eastern European Studies June 8, 2022

Great Power Competition and the Path to Democracy

The Case of Georgia, 1991-2020

Zarina Burkadze

Hosted by Christian Nielsen
In her book Great Power Competition and the Path to Democracy: The Case of Georgia, 1991-2020 (University of Rochester Press, 2022), Zarina Burkadze argues that great power competition may distribute …
Ukrainian Studies June 6, 2022

In the Labyrinth of the KGB

Ukraine's Intelligentsia in the 1960s-1970s

Olga Bertelsen

Hosted by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
Olga Bertelsen's In the Labyrinth of the KGB: Ukraine's Intelligentsia in the 1960s-1970s (Lexington Books, 2022) focuses on the generation of the sixties and seventies in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine, a …
Middle Eastern Studies June 3, 2022

Zionism and the Melting Pot

Preachers, Pioneers, and Modern Jewish Politics

Matthew Mark Silver

Hosted by Roberto Mazza
Zionism and the Melting Pot: Preachers, Pioneers, and Modern Jewish Politics (U Alabama Press, 2020) moves away from commonplace accounts of the origins of Jewish politics and focuses on the …
General History June 3, 2022

Eastern Europe!

Everything You Need to Know about the History (and More) of a Region That Shaped Our World and Still Does

Tomek Jankowski

Hosted by Lia Paradis
Prime Minister Pierre Eliot Trudeau once gave a press conference while visiting Washington, during which he famously said: "Living next to [the United States] is in some ways like sleeping …
Jewish Studies May 26, 2022

So They Remember

A Jewish Family's Story of Surviving the Holocaust in Soviet Ukraine

Maksim Goldenshteyn

Hosted by Amber Nickell
When we think of Nazi camps, names such as Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Dachau come instantly to mind. Yet the history of the Holocaust extends beyond those notorious sites. In the …
Jewish Studies May 25, 2022

Polish Jews in the Soviet Union (1939-1959)

History and Memory of Deportation, Exile, and Survival

Katharina Friedla and Markus Nesselrodt

Hosted by Amber Nickell
The majority of Poland’s prewar Jewish population who fled to the interior of the Soviet Union managed to survive World War II and the Holocaust. Polish Jews in the Soviet …
Arguing History May 24, 2022

Putin's War on Ukraine in Historical Perspective

Jeremy Black, Thomas Otte, David R. Stone, and Alex Watson

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
With the war in Ukraine showing no signs of stopping anytime soon, it was thought a worthwhile idea to have an informed discussion with four expert historians of 19th and …
Scholarly Communication May 24, 2022

How to Start a Successful Academic Podcast

A Discussion with Sean Guillory

Sean Guillory

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Today I talked to Sean Guillory. Sean did something pretty remarkable (and hard): He started a successful academic podcast. It's called the SRB Podcast and deals with Russian and Eurasian affairs. In …
Eastern European Studies May 20, 2022

In the Labyrinth of the KGB

Ukraine's Intelligentsia in the 1960s–1970s

Olga Bertelsen

Hosted by Anna Bisikalo
Olga Bertelsen’s timely book, In the Labyrinth of the KGB: Ukraine’s Intelligentsia in the 1960s-1970s (Lexington Books, 2022), focuses on the generation of the sixties and seventies in Kharkiv, Soviet …