The Eurasian Knot

By The Eurasian Knot

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... more

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The Eurasian Knot episodes:

April 27, 2017 The Tsarist Exile System
Guest: Daniel Beer on The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile under the Tsars.
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48min
April 27, 2017 The Tsarist Exile System
Guest:
Daniel Beer is a senior lecturer in the History Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. He’s written widely on 19th century Russia and is the author of Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880–1930, published by Cornell University Press. His new book is The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile under the Tsars published by Knopf.
Music:
Adam & the Ants, “King of the Wild Frontier,” Antbox, 2000.
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48min
April 24, 2017 Russophobia in America: A Genealogy
My talk at the Kennan on the history of russophobia.
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27min
April 24, 2017 Russophobia in America: A Genealogy
This podcast is a talk I gave titled “Russophobia in America: A Genealogy” at Kennan Institute on April 11, 2017. It’s been re-purposed here with the kind permission of the Kennan.
I refer to many images in the talk. You can view the accompanying presentation below:
https://prezi.com/embed/z_hqcvyzhwwn/?bgcolor=ffffff&lock_to_path=0&autoplay=0&autohide_ctrls=0&landing_data=bHVZZmNaNDBIWnNjdEVENDRhZDFNZGNIUE43MHdLNWpsdFJLb2ZHanI0c2tMU1FLOU5JQUNzY2tDMTJLbXRVSld3PT0&landing_sign=aQKXdVIc0B9GrFvbDlZTC9Ew5ToKsZ1MKucdWcVk7aM
Music:
Made for TV, “So Afraid of the Russians,” 1983.
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27min
April 19, 2017 Georgian Diaspora and the Soviet Empire
Guest: Erik Scott on Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of Soviet Empire.
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46min
April 19, 2017 Georgian Diaspora and the Soviet Empire
Guest:
Erik Scott is an Associate professor of history at the University of Kansas who specializes in Modern Russia, comparative empires, migration and diasporas. He is the author of several publications on contemporary Russia and Eurasia. His most recent book is Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of Soviet Empire published by Oxford University Press.
Music:
Blackalicious, “Blazing Arrow,” Blazing Arrow, 2002.
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46min
April 12, 2017 The Russian Propaganda Machine
Guest: Alexey Kovalev on Russian propaganda.
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53min
April 12, 2017 The Russian Propaganda Machine

Guest:
Alexey Kovalev is a journalist living and working in Russia. He was a senior editor at RIA Novosti, Russia’s largest state news agency, and edited inosmi.ru, a website that translates news articles from foreign publications into Russian. He is the founder and editor of noodleremover.news, a Russian-language fact-checking and anti-propaganda website. He writes a bimonthly column for the Moscow Times on the maneuverings of the Russian media.
Music:
Carson Robinson, “I’m No Communist,” 1952.
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53min
April 03, 2017 Experiencing the Russian Revolution
Guest: Mark Steinberg on the experience of the Russian Revolution.
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49min
April 03, 2017 Experiencing the Russian Revolution
Guest:
Mark Steinberg is a professor of Russian History at the University of Illinois. He’s the author of many wonderful books including, Proletarian Imagination: Self, Modernity, and the Sacred in Russia, 1910-1925; Voices of Revolution, 1917; Petersburg Fin de Siecle; and with Nicholas Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, now in its 8th edition. His most recent book is The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 published by Oxford University Press.
Listen to my interview with Mark Steinberg on his St. Petersburg Fin de Siecle on the New Books Network.
Music:
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Coma Girl,” Streetcore, 2003.
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49min

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