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Mass media in the post-soviet world
This collection covers the major trends of the media environment of the post-Communist world and their recent development, with special focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. The term "media environment" covers not just traditional print and electronic media, but new media as well, and ranges...
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The euromaidan’s effect on civil society
Sophie Falsini presents a fascinating analysis of the current state and future prospects of Ukrainian civil society in light of the 2013–2014 events. Since then, the country has been shaken by both sociopolitical disorders and a deep humanitarian emergency, also exacerbated by the crisis of inter...
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Confronting catastrophes
This exhibition catalog presents a collaborative work of Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, scholar and artist, and the key Ukrainian and Jewish writers, art scholars, politicians, educators, journalists, and poets.
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The hungarian-soviet cultural society
Adam Farkas examines the Hungarian-Soviet Cultural Society, founded in 1945 to promote Soviet culture in Hungary. Through new archival research, he highlights its complex role beyond propaganda, exploring its challenges, political agenda, and eventual collapse in Hungary's undemocratic environment.
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The man who would be man enough for betty velasquez
Johnny Tricorn, an anxious movie critic in L.A., is in love with Betty Velasquez, but his life takes a turn when he interviews the princess of Angora and encounters his abusive ex, Carolina. Over two intense days, Johnny must confront his past to secure his future with Betty.
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The making of a media nation
This book explores the evolution of socialist media in Soviet Ukraine from the 1950s to the 1980s. Through archival research and oral history, Shumylovych examines how media influenced public life, reflecting state ideologies while shaping Ukraine's post-Soviet national identity.
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The battle for georgia
This timely volume examines whether NATO doctrine can counter large conventional forces like Russia’s, using the 2008 Battle of Tskhinvali as a test case. Frederic Labarre analyzes Georgia’s defense reforms, revealing key flaws in NATO-guided strategies through field research and eyewitness accou...
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A village in revolutionary ukraine
This book explores the unique 30-year diary of Kostiantyn Sambursky, a villager from Huzhivka in Chernihiv province. His daily entries offer rare insights into rural life, local history, and revolutionary events, highlighting personal, social, and political dynamics often missing from official hi...
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Replaying the second world war
Oleksa Drachewych explores how Russia’s use of WWII memory fuels its war against Ukraine. She traces parallels in rhetoric, war crimes, and ideology, linking Soviet history to present violence through propaganda, policy, and historical reinterpretation.
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Fortius quo fidelius?
This book examines how the unrecognized “republics” of Transnistria and Abkhazia, despite their loyalty to Russia, have occasionally challenged Moscow's authority. Both regions have used economic and cultural leverage to influence Russian policies, revealing a more nuanced dynamic in their relati...
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Freedom shock
Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk’s Freedom Shock examines East Germany’s 1989/1990 upheaval as a struggle for freedom. The book explores the legacy of the GDR, the rise of the AfD, and why many East Germans align with Putin, advocating for personal responsibility and a realistic view of history.
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Regionalization as eu foreign policy
The European Union (EU) is not only a model of integration but also a regionalizing actor. This book shows how, through a twofold approach of clustering states and promoting cooperation, the EU has shaped its engagement with the post-Soviet South Caucasus, offering insights into its wider foreign...
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Journal of soviet and post-soviet politics and society
This special issue explores the Kremlin-driven politics of war memories as they unfold in the northernmost parts of Norway and European Russia, two regions that share not only a border but also a long history of interaction.
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The political system of post-soviet ukraine
This volume offers an in-depth analysis of Ukraine’s political system, exploring its constitutional framework, semi-presidential model, and institutional functioning. It examines the role of informal mechanisms, non-political actors, and future resilience-building in post-war reconstruction.
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Dress rehearsal
This book explores life in Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway region between Moldova and Ukraine. Journalist Larisa Kalik blends memoir and reportage to reveal how this frozen conflict shapes identity, daily life, and Russia’s strategies for hybrid warfare in Ukraine and beyond.
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Memeing war
Memeing War explores how Ukrainians used memes as digital folklore and survival tools during Russia’s 2022 invasion, reflecting national identity, resilience, and humor in the face of violence and loss.
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The age of revisionism
Political revisionism is reshaping global relations in an era marked by rising powers, nuclear threats, AI, migration, and climate change. Drawing on 30 years of diplomatic experience, the author revisits key concepts in international relations to provide a new understanding of today’s complex an...
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Exploring fields of the ineffable in literary anthropology
Maja Nazaruk explores Vincent Crapanzano’s poetic anthropology, focusing on themes like otherness, the body, and trauma. She highlights his use of literary slippage to convey cultural indeterminacy, linking his work to broader debates in literary and philosophical thought.
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Journal of soviet and post-soviet politics and society
This special issue proposes to approach Ukrainian resistance from the cultural studies perspective. It brings together scholars from different disciplines who address different aspects of resilience and resistance focusing on gender, humor, literature, visual representations, and memes.
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Annihilation by intent
This book examines the realities of Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territories since 2022—its regime, repression, and the impact on daily life. It exposes how Russia seeks to erase Ukraine’s identity through violence, displacement, and forced assimilation, turning war into a brutal ‘new normal’.
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Ukraine’s nato accession discourse
Ukraine long faced obstacles to NATO integration due to internal divisions and conflict. Iryna Zhyrun analyzes how shifts in national identity among political elites shaped foreign policy. Her study links Ukraine’s NATO debate (1990s–2010s) to changing identity through discourse analysis.
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Occupation and migration in eastern europe
This first hand account explores the nature of the military occupation of Ukraine by Russian forces and their proxies in Crimea, Donbas, and Southern regions of Ukraine.
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The analytic couch and power
This book critically examines the symbolic role of the couch in psychoanalysis, questioning its impact on therapeutic dynamics. It explores concerns about power imbalances, potential abuse, and the prioritization of theory over patient well-being, addressing the ethical challenges within psychoan...
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Postmodern bengali theatre
This volume explores postmodern Bengali theatre and its global significance through essays by scholars and practitioners. It highlights key dramatists like Bratya Basu and Badal Sircar, examining how their works challenge Western norms and shape Indian and Commonwealth theatre in the 21st century.
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An ontological solution to the mind-body problem
This book explores the mind-body problem through phenomenology, arguing that consciousness is inherently embodied. It challenges the traditional split between mind and body, showing that time and space—and thus mind and body—are mutually dependent.
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Law: from concept to reality
This book addresses the gap in legal scholarship regarding the concept of law. It critiques traditional views that equated law with government mandates, exploring the impact of value shifts on human rights and the necessity of redefining law to ensure it aligns with constitutional principles.
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How ukraine’s elites work
This sociological study examines how Ukrainian elites adapt during major crises, from Yanukovych to Zelensky. Using Bourdieu’s theory, it reveals how power is embodied through habitus, symbolic capital, and field dynamics—offering a nuanced view beyond corruption and democratization clichés.
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Annexation, secession, occupation—confusion
This book explores territorial conflicts worldwide and argues that historical claims often hinder resolution. It offers a legal and philosophical framework to assess such disputes objectively, with case studies from South Tyrol to Palestine. For scholars and curious citizens alike.
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What did russia’s occupation of crimea mean?
Twelve Ukrainian women share powerful accounts of exile from Crimea after Russia’s 2014 invasion. A vital record to preserve truth and memory. The world must not forget Crimea.
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The vlasov case: history of a betrayal
A famous Soviet general who fought in the Battle of Moscow (1941/1942) and the siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), Andrey Vlasov (1901–1946) was captured by Nazi troops and then defected to the Third Reich. Supported by Nazi propaganda, he created a “Russian Liberation Committee” that later became th...
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Re-forming world literature
The groundbreaking essays gathered in this volume argue that global paradigms of world literature, often referencing the major metropolitan centers of cultural and literary production, do not always accommodate voices from the margins and writing within minority genres such as the short story. Ka...
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In the eye of the storm
This volume focuses on a highly controversial unit within the Ukrainian military, the Azov (former regiment) Brigade.
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Ambiguity revisited
ambiguity revisited is concerned with the manner in which pictures communicate with the spectator. Its focus lies in those fluid, indeterminate spaces where our reading of images, in art and photography, exercises and draws upon our imagination, memory, and experience.
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The european handbook of central asian studies
This handbook is the first collection of comprehensive teaching materials for teachers and students of Central Asian studies. It presents 22 chapters, clustered around five themes, with contributions from leading experts. The collection addresses postcolonial frameworks and also untangles topics ...
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Pc on earth
The authors of PC on Earth take issue with a fashionable phenomenon emerging from North American campuses: the dangerous consequences of identity politics and pre-emptive conformism. This book is a collection of short stories, satire, philosophical analysis, travel reports, political analysis, an...
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Journal of soviet and post-soviet politics and society
Issue 5.1 deals with Russia’s post-Maidan foreign policy towards the so-called “near abroad,” or the former Soviet states. The contributors to this special issue are all regional specialists based either in Europe or the United States.
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The child of the sun
The first two queen consorts of the Romanian monarchy, Elisabeth (Carmen Sylva) and Marie of Romania, became famous as writers during their lifetime. This affectionately collected, critically edited volume comprises the most notable tales and essays by the queen consorts.
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Creative industries in syria
Syria is undergoing a stage of transformation, including political and social changes. This unique book focuses on the transformations in creative industries and presents a collection of research papers describing and analyzing this pivotal period, in which their role evolved from producing tangi...
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Contemporary life and witchcraft
Witchcraft is very much alive in today's post-communist societies. Stemming from ancient rural traditions and influenced by modern New Age concepts, it has kept its function as a vibrant cultural code to combat the adversities of everyday life. Intricately linked to the Orthodox church and its ri...
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The vesels
This book deals with the Slovak National Uprising that was launched on 29 August 1944 in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. In the West, the uprising is an under-researched topic in the history of WWII. The Slovak state was an ally of Nazi Germany, but the uprising proved that the population did not shar...
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Religion, expression, and patriotism in russia
This volume presents seven case studies that probe into the politics of religion and culture in today's Russia. The contributions highlight the diversity of Russia's religious communities and cultural practices.
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Romania’s strategic culture 1990–2014
Romania’s communist regime cultivated a thorny relationship with the Soviet Union, which facilitated the development of a national security narrative legitimizing a highly isolationist foreign policy. These factors have heavily weighed on Romanian postcommunist strategic thinking and complicated ...
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A cry of despair
This book showcases and provides context for Danylo Movchan’s art in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine vis-à-vis russia and the eu
This book investigates the making of Ukraine’s foreign policy towards the European Union and Russia between February 2014 and February 2015.
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Staging the ottoman turk
In the wake of the fear that gripped Europe after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, English dramatists, like their continental counterparts, began representing the Ottoman Turks in plays inspired by historical events. The Ottoman milieu as a dramatic setting provided English audiences with a co...
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Multilingual construction of identity
Reporting on a linguistic ethnographic study, Işıl Erduyan explores multilingual identity construction of high school students of Turkish descent enrolled in a downtown high school (Gymnasium) in Berlin. She focuses on naturally occurring classroom interactions across German, Turkish, and Englis...
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From microfinance to business planning
This groundbreaking book shows how innovative microfinance solutions can help billions to avoid 'poverty traps' and escape atavistic misery. While the success of microfinance has globally exceeded even the wildest expectations, there are still many obstacles – above all the lack of proper busines...
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Russia before the full-scale war vol. i
This first volume reflects upon some critical characteristics of the late Soviet and post-Soviet elites, institutions, and society of Russia.
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Janet frame’s world of books
This study investigates how Janet Frame weaves together literary sources from her extensive reading to create a web of intertextual relationships. Patricia Neville traces Frame’s passion for books beginning with her childhood and earliest published work.
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Intellectual self-destruction
This study is an urgent plea to safeguard our cultural and intellectual heritage from the encroaching shadows of ideological subversion.
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