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Discussion published by Tomasz Grusiecki on Sunday, June 19, 2022

ESSA Travel Grant 2022

The Graduate Student Travel Award Committee of the Early Slavic Studies Association is seeking applications for a $300 grant to assist with the travel expenses of a graduate student who will be presenting a paper in person in the early Slavic f

Discussion published by Lawrence Langer on Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Russian History Table of Contents 48 no. 2, 2021

ARTICLES

ANDREY DVORNICHENKO, Why the GDL? Why Muscovy? The Early States of Eastern Europe in Comparative Historical Discourse

CHARLES J. HALPERIN, Josephians and the History of the Grand Prince of Moscow Revisited

ALEXANDER KAMENSKII, Church and State and the Conflict over the Erosion of Morals in 18th-Centruy Russia

OLEG RUSAKOVSKIY, Foreign Military Law and Mercenary Contract in Seventeenth-Century Russia: The Case of the Smolensk War, 1632-1634

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Discussion published by Talia Zajac on Saturday, May 7, 2022

Part-time Research Opportunity (Medieval Ukraine) at the Index of Medieval Art

Dear Colleagues,

Please see the website of the Index of Medieval Art for a new research opportunity for a four-month, remote, part-time research position to assist in incorporating key mosaics and paintings of medieval Kyiv into the Index database with preference given to Ukrainian scholars affected by the war:

Discussion published by Tomasz Grusiecki on Sunday, April 3, 2022

From Kyivan Rus’ to Modern Ukraine: Virtual Conversations on History, Art, and Cultural Heritage

Dear Colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting),

Please find attached the poster with the registration link for the Virtual Lecture and Conversation Series: 
From Kyivan Rus’ to Modern Ukraine: Virtual Conversations on History, Art, and Cultural Heritage

Inaugural Lecture by Olenka Z. Pevny: “Lacunae of Art History and Kyiv’s Visual Culture”

Date: April 22, 2022, at 12:00pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom