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The Eurasian Knot

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To many, Russia, and the wider Eurasia, is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. But it doesn’t have to be. The Eurasian Knot dispels the stereotypes and myths about the region with lively and informative interviews on Eurasia’s complex past, present, and future. New episodes drop weekly with an eclectic mix of topics from punk rock to Putin, and everything in-between. Subscribe on your favorite podcasts app, grab your headphones, hit play, and tune in. Eurasia will never appear the same.

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Episodes

Masculinity in the Long Soviet Sixties

Guest: Marko Dumančić on Men out of Focus: The Soviet Masculinity Crisis in the Long Sixties published by the University of Toronto Press. The post Masculinity in the Long Soviet Sixties appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 13, 20211 hr 8 min

The US-Russia Rivalry

Guest: Andrei Tsygankov on the ongoing US-Russia rivalry. The post The US-Russia Rivalry appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 04, 20211 hr 7 min

The US-Russia-China Triangle

Guest: Thomas Graham on the new "Cold War," the United States, Russia, and China. The post The US-Russia-China Triangle appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 28, 20211 hr 17 min

Gulag Criminal Subculture

Guest: Mark Vincent on Criminal Subculture in the Gulag: Prisoner Society in the Stalinist Labour Camps published by Bloomsbury. The post Gulag Criminal Subculture appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 14, 202154 min

Prostitution in Late Imperial Russia

Guest : Siobhán Hearne on Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia published by Oxford University Press. The post Prostitution in Late Imperial Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 07, 202152 min

Blind Activism in the Cold War

Guest: Cristina Galmarini on international blind activism from the communist bloc during the Cold War. The post Blind Activism in the Cold War appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 30, 202158 min

Environmental Activism in Russia

Guests: Konstantin Fokin and Angelina Davydova on environmental activism in Russia. The post Environmental Activism in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 23, 202159 min

Gogol’s Town of N

Guest: Anne Lounsbery on Life Is Elsewhere: Symbolic Geography in the Russian Provinces, 1800–1917 published by Cornell University Press. The post Gogol’s Town of N appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 16, 202150 min

Trash in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe

Guests: Elana Resnick and Viktor Pal on waste, recycling, reuse, and race in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe. The post Trash in (post-)Communist Eastern Europe appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 09, 20211 hr 3 min

Navalny and Next

Guests: Ilya Budraitskis, Svetlana Erpyleva, and Greg Yudin on Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition, and the prospects of political pluralism in Russian society. The post Navalny and Next appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 27, 20211 hr 17 min

Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the USSR

Guest: Karl Qualls on Stalin’s Niños: Educating Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the Soviet Union, 1937-51 published by the University of Toronto Press. The post Spanish Civil War Refugee Children in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 19, 20211 hr 1 min

Zoos and Animals in Eastern Europe and Russia

Guests: Tracy McDonald and Marianna Szczygielska on zoos, non-humans, and Animal Studies in Eastern Europe and Russia The post Zoos and Animals in Eastern Europe and Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 13, 20211 hr 8 min

Welcome to Chechnya

Guest: David France on his film Welcome To Chechnya . The post Welcome to Chechnya appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 05, 202157 min

Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine

Guests: Valerie Kivelson and Christine Worobec on witches, magic, spells in their new sourcebook Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900 published by Cornell University Press. The post Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 26, 20211 hr 15 min

From Soso to Stalin

Guest: Ronald Suny on Stalin: Passage to Revolution published by Princeton University Press. The post From Soso to Stalin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 12, 20211 hr

Watering the Soviet Lands

Guests: Maya Peterson and Christopher Ward on water and the environment in the Soviet Union. The post Watering the Soviet Lands appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 05, 20211 hr 22 min

The Texel Uprising

Guest: Eric Lee on Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler’s Revenge – April-May 1945 published by Greenhill Books. The post The Texel Uprising appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 29, 202153 min

REEES Faculty Spotlight: James Pickett

Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh’s historian of Russia and Central Asia--James Pickett. The post REEES Faculty Spotlight: James Pickett appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 202112 min

REEES Faculty Spotlight: Iknur Lider

Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh's Turkish instructor Iknur Lider. The post REEES Faculty Spotlight: Iknur Lider appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 202113 min

The Soviet-Third World Cultural Nexus

Guest: Rossen Djagalov on From Internationalism to Postcolonialism: Literature and Cinema between the Second and the Third Worlds published by McGill-Queen's University Press. The post The Soviet-Third World Cultural Nexus appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 15, 202149 min

Dmytro Dontsov and Ukrainian Nationalism

Guest: Trevor Erlacher on Ukrainian Nationalism in the Age of Extremes: An Intellectual Biography of Dmytro Dontsov published by Harvard University Press. The post Dmytro Dontsov and Ukrainian Nationalism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 08, 202154 min

Belarus Protests in Pittsburgh

I attended a Belarus solidarity rally in Pittsburgh. Here's what some of the protesters told me. The post Belarus Protests in Pittsburgh appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 04, 202110 min

Russian Other, American Other

Guests: Dina Fainberg and Victoria Zhuravleva on the history of Russian and American mutual perceptions. The post Russian Other, American Other appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 18, 20201 hr 32 min

Putin Kitsch in America

Guest : Alison Rowley on Putin Kitsch in America published by McGill-Queen's University Press. The post Putin Kitsch in America appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Dec 11, 202058 min

The Wired Cold War

Guests: Ekaterina Babintseva and Slava Gerovitch on cybernetics in the United States and Soviet Union. The post The Wired Cold War appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 04, 20201 hr 13 min

Grand Duke Alexis Visits America

Guest: Lee Farrow on Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke's Tour, 1871-72 published by Louisiana State University Press. The post Grand Duke Alexis Visits America appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 20, 202051 min

Black Radicalism and the USSR

Guests: Meredith Roman and Minkah Makalani on Black radicalism, the Comintern, and Soviet antiracism. The post Black Radicalism and the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 13, 20201 hr 21 min

American Tourism to the USSR

Guest: Andrew Jacobs on American tourism to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The post American Tourism to the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 09, 202056 min

Pogroms and Race Riots

Guests: Steven Zipperstein and Michael Pfeifer on anti-Jewish and anti-Black violence in Russia and the United States. The post Pogroms and Race Riots appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 30, 20201 hr 28 min

From Aliaska to Alaska

Guests: Bathsheba Demuth and Ilya Vinkoveysky on Russian and American colonialism and the environment in Alaska. The post From Aliaska to Alaska appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 23, 20201 hr 17 min
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