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juliedeschepper.bsky.social
Cultural & art historian of (Post-)Soviet Russia Assistant Professor in Heritage and Museum Studies - Utrecht University (Post-)Socialist Heritage I Socialist Material Culture I Global Iconoclasm I Weaponization of Heritage in Ukraine
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Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed the so-called “international LGBT movement” as an “extremist” organization in November 2023.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

One year the death of Alexey Navalny, @mlallouet.bsky.social reflects on the crisis at the organisation he created, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, in an op-ed for the @themoscowtimes.com www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/16/t...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I’m incredibly relieved to share that the Judicial Court of Créteil acquitted me yesterday in the libel suit filed by RT France against both my publisher, INA, and me! 1/9

submitted 22 days ago • 8 comments

Happy and relieved with the acquittal of one of our founding members, @maudinet.bsky.social, sued by Russia Today for libel ⬇️⬇️⬇️

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Soutien à Benjamin Quénelle, correspondant du Monde à Moscou. Violation flagrante de la liberté de la presse, l'annulation de son accréditation par les autorités russes nous prive d'informations essentielles à notre travail. www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-et-...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Save the date ! @maudinet.bsky.social interviendra @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social : « En quête de "désoccidentalisation" : la stratégie d’influence de la Russie en Afrique subsaharienne ». 11 février 2025 de 14:30 à 17:30 www.sciencespo.fr/fr/evenement...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

New publication by a member of our collective ! "Soviet Monuments in Ukraine (1990-2024) by @juliedeschepper.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Many thanks to Ihab Saloul & Britt Baillie for inviting me to contribute to this important encyclopedia, with an entry on Soviet Monuments in Ukraine (1990-2024) Any additional references are welcome as it can be updated! 👉 link.springer.com/referencewor...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Many thanks to Ihab Saloul & Britt Baillie for inviting me to contribute to this important encyclopedia, with an entry on Soviet Monuments in Ukraine (1990-2024) Any additional references are welcome as it can be updated! 👉 link.springer.com/referencewor...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

CORUSCANT's first international conference was a great success! We reflected on the state of knowledge production on Russia, forged the path to propose New Russian Studies and engaged a dialogue between Russia experts & policy makers. Many thanks to all participants and the active audience!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

A new paper, co-authored with my fantastic colleagues, explores not what is remembered in politics but how the past and present are connected in narratives. We propose a typology of temporal distances in memory politics. Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/1468...

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

CORUSCANT's first international conference was a great success! We reflected on the state of knowledge production on Russia, forged the path to propose New Russian Studies and engaged a dialogue between Russia experts & policy makers. Many thanks to all participants and the active audience!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

My first academic paper is out (open access). It's a study of the organisation of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group, based on a dataset of 818 CVs of its employees downloaded shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. doi.org/10.1080/1075... The main findings are in the thread below.

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

It's on! Our first international conference @irsem.bsky.social in Brussels: Russia and Europe in Wartime. coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/tpost/nzgb3v...

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Hi colleagues, Could you list the best pieces (academic or outreach papers) you read on Russian imperialism and/or Russian colonialism? I already have good ones, but I would like to be sure I did not miss anything, especially recently. Don't hesitate to cite your own work! Many thanks!

submitted 40 days ago • 5 comments

Hi colleagues, Could you list the best pieces (academic or outreach papers) you read on Russian imperialism and/or Russian colonialism? I already have good ones, but I would like to be sure I did not miss anything, especially recently. Don't hesitate to cite your own work! Many thanks!

submitted 40 days ago • 5 comments

[reminder] In three weeks, our research collective will have its first international conference: "Russia and Europe in Wartime" Monday 27 January 2025 // 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (CET) @irsem.bsky.social in Brussels coruscant.therussiaprogram.org

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Check out this event we organize with our research collective CORUSCANT @coruscant-eu.bsky.social “Russia and Europe in Wartime” See you in Brussels! Registrations required 👇🏻

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

I see that everyone is doing “starter packs,” but I’m still an old-school list guy. So, here is the Blueskified version of my world-famous Anglophone Russia Twitter list. As always, drop me a line if you think I’ve left someone off (though I probably did it on purpose). bsky.app/profile/did:...

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

Check out this event we organize with our research collective CORUSCANT @coruscant-eu.bsky.social “Russia and Europe in Wartime” See you in Brussels! Registrations required 👇🏻

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Our research collective is organising its first international conference: "Russia and Europe in Wartime" Monday 27 January 2025 // 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (CET) @irsem.bsky.social in Brussels coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/en/tpost/x9p...

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Incredible new frontiers in academic backronyms

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

De plus en plus de terrains deviennent inaccessibles. Comment dès lors continuer de produire de la connaissance sur ces espaces ? Nous étions hier sur France Culture avec Delphine Allès pour discuter de ce sujet crucial pour le savant ET pour le politique www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments

CORUSCANT, the Research Collective on Contemporary Russia for the Analysis of its New Trajectories is here! You can read our manifesto ⬇️⬇️⬇️https://coruscant.therussiaprogram.org/manifesto_en

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Notre collectif @coruscant-eu.bsky.social fait surface dans cette excellente émission de @juliegacon.bsky.social sur France Culture, consacrée aux terrains entravés et aux "terrains numériques", avec @kevinlimonier.bsky.social et Delphine Allès. 1/2 www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Christmas vibe in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. Via @poliakova.bsky.social

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

⚡️Coffin prices in Russia have soared by 74% since start of full-scale invasion, media reports. The price of coffins in Russia has soared by 74% since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Moscow Times reported on Dec. 5, citing Russia's Federal State Statistics Service.

submitted 85 days ago • 32 comments

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submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

A ghoul from the Russian Federation laughed in the UN hall as the Ukrainian representative reported about the Russian missile strike that murdered an entire family in Ukraine.

submitted 85 days ago • 157 comments

Présentation à Sciences po des ouvrages de Jules-Sergei Fediunin ("Les nationalismes russes") et Guillaume Sauvé ("Un conservatisme à la carte en Russie", à l'occasion d'une table-ronde dédiée au nationalisme et au conservatisme en Russie lundi 9 décembre à 16h30. www.sciencespo.fr/agenda/ceri/...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Job Opportunity!

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

New Special Collection at Bibliotheca Hertziana: 900 open-access photos of more than 400 works of art and architecture in Bolivia, from the pre-contact era to the present. View the presentation (https://buff.ly/3XT81Lw), or access the collection directly (https://buff.ly/4ewWAhR).

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

Fellowship Opportunity! Visiting Fellowships at the German Historical Institute Washington The fellowships will be granted for a period of 6-12 months for History of Knowledge; Migration, Kinship & Belonging; History of Race & Ethnicity; History of the Americas. www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

submitted 90 days ago • 2 comments

Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”

submitted 91 days ago • 25 comments

🎯JOB ALERT!🎯 I am looking for a RA to work with me and my team on several projects. You should be interested in poverty in developed economies, labour, gender or meta-analysis.

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

Dear academic friends and colleagues, please join us in signing our open letter with the RUTA Association and expressing our support and solidarity with Georgian students and scholars in their ongoing fight for academic freedom, sovereignty, democracy and justice ruta-association.org/news/open-le...

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Déposition forte et émouvante de @jalazard.bsky.social ce matin au procès Paty. Justice, reconnaissance et mémoire pour apaiser un deuil collectif.

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

and this could be well applicants from Africa, Asia, Latin America...!

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Ukraine’s electricity grid operator announced emergency blackouts nationwide as it works to stabilize the damaged network following the overnight attacks.

submitted 92 days ago • 3 comments

Interested in doing research in Global Environmental History and the Environmental Humanities in Germany? I am scouting! Offering an up to 2 year research fellowship with the Humboldt Foundation. Deadline, December 13. www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet...

submitted 92 days ago • 5 comments

Des centaines de milliers d'Ukrainiens sans électricité après une attaque aérienne massive russe contre les infrastructures énergétiques, annonce Kiev.

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments