Soyuz is formally constituted as the Post-Communist Cultural Studies Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and is also recognized as an official unit of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).

Announcements

Discussion published by Tatiana Klepikova on Sunday, September 5, 2021

New Special Issue: Digital Selves: Embodiment and Co-Presence in New Media Cultures in Central Europe and Eurasia

Dear H-Soyuz subscribers,

Cassandra Hartblay and I have guest-edited a special issue of Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media, titled "Digital Selves Embodiment and Subjectivity in New Media Cultures in Eastern Europe and Eurasia" that may be of interest to some colleagues on this network, especially as we work on updating our syllabi for the Fall term.

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Conferences

Discussion published by Alexey Kotelvas on Monday, January 24, 2022

"The USSR and the External World" (Graduate Student Conference, CfP)

CfP

"The USSR and the External World"

Graduate Student Conference (panel)

 

Date: April 16, 2022

Deadline: February 15, 2022

Who can participate: MA students, PhD students, independent scholars

Who organizes: Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

Keynote speakers: Eleonory Gilburd, Igor Orlov, Dimitri Filimonov

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Discussion published by Alexey Kotelvas on Monday, January 24, 2022

"The USSR and the External World" (Graduate Student Conference, CfP)

CfP

"The USSR and the External World"

Graduate Student Conference (panel)

 

Date: April 16, 2022

Deadline: February 15, 2022

Who can participate: MA students, PhD students, independent scholars

Who organizes: Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

Keynote speakers: Eleonory Gilburd, Igor Orlov, Dimitri Filimonov

Discussion published by Bogdan Popa on Monday, January 24, 2022

book publication: De-centering Queer Studies: Communist Sexuality in the flow during and after the Cold War (Manchester Up, 2021)

Dear Colleagues,

Allow me to draw your attention to my new book titled "De-centering Queer Studies: Communist Sexuality in the flow during and after the Cold War".

Here is the abstract:

 

Discussion published by Antony Kalashnikov on Monday, January 24, 2022

Call for Abstracts: edited volume "Time, Objectified: Soviet Temporalities and Material Culture"

In what ways were Soviet temporalities unique, from a global perspective? How can studies of Soviet material culture provide a vantage point from which to address this question? In what ways were Soviet temporalities unique, from a global perspective? How can studies of Soviet material culture provide a vantage point from which to address this question?