Alex Oberländer
@alexoberlaender.bsky.social
Russian/Soviet history
Cultural History of Work
History of Sexual Violence
History of Emotions
associate editor @ Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History
OEI/FU Berlin
FSO Bremen
#skystorians
Cultural History of Work
History of Sexual Violence
History of Emotions
associate editor @ Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History
OEI/FU Berlin
FSO Bremen
#skystorians
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It's time for some visuals!!! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 has a cover. Out this fall with @cambridgeup.bsky.social
#envhist #skystorians #PeatSky #energysky
#envhist #skystorians #PeatSky #energysky
April 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's time for some visuals!!! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 has a cover. Out this fall with @cambridgeup.bsky.social
#envhist #skystorians #PeatSky #energysky
#envhist #skystorians #PeatSky #energysky
Rant of a book review editor: Getting publishers to send out review copies to the reviewers is the absolute worst! Reminds me of this one "bibliograf" in Peterburg's Publichka who always joked that a librarian's job is to make sure that books stay safe, by which he meant ...
March 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rant of a book review editor: Getting publishers to send out review copies to the reviewers is the absolute worst! Reminds me of this one "bibliograf" in Peterburg's Publichka who always joked that a librarian's job is to make sure that books stay safe, by which he meant ...
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found this beauty materialized! stay tuned for more on content and contributors following around publication day, March 25
March 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
found this beauty materialized! stay tuned for more on content and contributors following around publication day, March 25
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‘His self-conscious marginality became a posthumous badge of authenticity: it helped reassure countless liberals and leftists that one could oppose the Soviet Union without giving up on the dream of liberation from capitalism.’
Greg Afinogenov on Victor Serge:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Greg Afinogenov on Victor Serge:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Greg Afinogenov · Thank God for Dynamite: Victor Serge in the Archives
Victor Serge’s self-conscious marginality, the cause of enormous struggle during his life, became a posthumous badge...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
‘His self-conscious marginality became a posthumous badge of authenticity: it helped reassure countless liberals and leftists that one could oppose the Soviet Union without giving up on the dream of liberation from capitalism.’
Greg Afinogenov on Victor Serge:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Greg Afinogenov on Victor Serge:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Can't wait! #skystorians #newbookalert
There is a website, so it must be real: "Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy", an #envhist of peat in imperial & Soviet Russia, will drop in September in Studies in Environment & History @cambridgeup.bsky.social #energysky
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
February 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Can't wait! #skystorians #newbookalert
It's gonna get a lot crazier than this...
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's gonna get a lot crazier than this...
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Unfortunately, Trump’s actions only bolster the argument that U.S. involvement in Ukraine should be understood as a proxy war. This doesn’t mean the Ukrainians were American puppets, but Washington’s intervention fits the “proxy war” formula m*ore* than ever.
February 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Unfortunately, Trump’s actions only bolster the argument that U.S. involvement in Ukraine should be understood as a proxy war. This doesn’t mean the Ukrainians were American puppets, but Washington’s intervention fits the “proxy war” formula m*ore* than ever.
This is just another day for a manuscript under the leadership of a lady named Alex Oberländer. #academicchatter
Hm. Insanity seems to be contagious after all.
Hm. Insanity seems to be contagious after all.
Trump declares another victory for himself, in Germany. Three cheers for the man who's never lost (in his own head). A great day for a "gentleman" named The Donald.
February 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is just another day for a manuscript under the leadership of a lady named Alex Oberländer. #academicchatter
Hm. Insanity seems to be contagious after all.
Hm. Insanity seems to be contagious after all.
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finally someone is asking the important questions
February 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
finally someone is asking the important questions
In terms of buying spare parts for things which still work fine, I sometimes feel like a citizen of the Soviet Union. And this is not me saying the USSR and capitalism are essentially the same. This is me saying throw-away culture s*cks. (I am trying to find a fitting lid for my thermos...)
February 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In terms of buying spare parts for things which still work fine, I sometimes feel like a citizen of the Soviet Union. And this is not me saying the USSR and capitalism are essentially the same. This is me saying throw-away culture s*cks. (I am trying to find a fitting lid for my thermos...)
It is those times again when it is better to read the news with some delay. In the beginning of #нетвойне it was 2 to 3 days later, now with Trump it is four days. I am about to raise it to 5. And we are only in the second month of this madness... #academicchatter
February 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It is those times again when it is better to read the news with some delay. In the beginning of #нетвойне it was 2 to 3 days later, now with Trump it is four days. I am about to raise it to 5. And we are only in the second month of this madness... #academicchatter
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Silent Zoom co-working sessions, everyone.
February 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Silent Zoom co-working sessions, everyone.
Can't decide if this is the most timely or untimely book announcement.
Rather than reduce the Gaza Strip to an arena of war and violence, Abreek-Zubiedat resurrects the urban and architectural history of Gaza’s cities and the varied perspectives and identities of the people who shaped them.
A Territory in Conflict is out next month upittpress.org/books/978082...
A Territory in Conflict is out next month upittpress.org/books/978082...
A groundbreaking study of urban and architectural history in Gaza, A Territory in Conflict is the first book to present the cultural architecture and urban history of the Gaza Strip in the wake of Israel’s occupation of the territory in 1967.
On sale: 3/18/25: upittpress.org/books/978082...
On sale: 3/18/25: upittpress.org/books/978082...
February 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Can't decide if this is the most timely or untimely book announcement.
Not excatly a #newbookalert, but: nlo.media/catalog/umny...
Как мы жили в СССР: разговор с Дмитрием Травиным
Подкаст — как мы жили в ссср: разговор с дмитрием травиным
nlo.media
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Not excatly a #newbookalert, but: nlo.media/catalog/umny...
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"How did the Russo-Ukrainian war become possible, and what role did ideology play in enabling it?"
This is the question that begins this superb analysis by Marlene Laruelle of the networks, structures & beliefs of the current Russian state.
Just published by Stanford University Press.
This is the question that begins this superb analysis by Marlene Laruelle of the networks, structures & beliefs of the current Russian state.
Just published by Stanford University Press.
February 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"How did the Russo-Ukrainian war become possible, and what role did ideology play in enabling it?"
This is the question that begins this superb analysis by Marlene Laruelle of the networks, structures & beliefs of the current Russian state.
Just published by Stanford University Press.
This is the question that begins this superb analysis by Marlene Laruelle of the networks, structures & beliefs of the current Russian state.
Just published by Stanford University Press.
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E. P. Thompson was born 100 years ago today. My forthcoming book *may contain traces* of Thompson. As Denys Gorbach's book is perhaps the first Thompson-inspired work on today's Ukraine, so is mine on Russia. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everyday-...
Everyday Politics in Russia
What do Russians really want? Do they want authoritarianism and are they prepared to go along with a war of conquest and destruction? Or do they want something…
www.bloomsbury.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
E. P. Thompson was born 100 years ago today. My forthcoming book *may contain traces* of Thompson. As Denys Gorbach's book is perhaps the first Thompson-inspired work on today's Ukraine, so is mine on Russia. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everyday-...
In 1960 the there were plans to pay Soviet workers 1300 rubles in 1980. In the first moment when reading this I thought: fantastic! They wanted to make money redundant by essentially flooding their society with it. But then I realized: Shoot! 1960. Old rubles, before the reform of 1961.
January 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In 1960 the there were plans to pay Soviet workers 1300 rubles in 1980. In the first moment when reading this I thought: fantastic! They wanted to make money redundant by essentially flooding their society with it. But then I realized: Shoot! 1960. Old rubles, before the reform of 1961.
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I made a book!
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
January 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I made a book!
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
It’s about the wild Russian book industry as the Soviet Union fell; it’s got interviews with authors, publishers, and critics, close readings and bestseller stats—all while showing how capitalism emptied out Russian culture and how it might be coming for us next.
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The ethnographic research by PS Lab about ordinary #Russian's support of the #war is making international headlines, e.g. @newyorker.com just published an interesting long read. The dataset (75 semi-structured interviews, 3 ethnographic diaries) is on Discuss Data: discuss-data.net/dataset/0842...
January 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The ethnographic research by PS Lab about ordinary #Russian's support of the #war is making international headlines, e.g. @newyorker.com just published an interesting long read. The dataset (75 semi-structured interviews, 3 ethnographic diaries) is on Discuss Data: discuss-data.net/dataset/0842...
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Buryat saying pre-1917: "May you have (many) horses to tie to the tethering-post. May you have (many) sons to enter the army." And during socialism: "May you have (many) horses to tie to the tethering-post. May you have (many) sons to work in the Party Central Committee." #skystorians
January 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Buryat saying pre-1917: "May you have (many) horses to tie to the tethering-post. May you have (many) sons to enter the army." And during socialism: "May you have (many) horses to tie to the tethering-post. May you have (many) sons to work in the Party Central Committee." #skystorians
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Olessia’s book is out! Can’t wait to read it
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
January 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Olessia’s book is out! Can’t wait to read it
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Wendy Goldman at her best: 'Like the ever-adaptable cockroach predicted to outlast nuclear war, women’s responsibility for household labor will also likely survive the big blast. When the dazed human survivors crawl out of the rubble, women will undoubtedly have to clean up the mess." In her review
December 20, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Wendy Goldman at her best: 'Like the ever-adaptable cockroach predicted to outlast nuclear war, women’s responsibility for household labor will also likely survive the big blast. When the dazed human survivors crawl out of the rubble, women will undoubtedly have to clean up the mess." In her review
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Interested in joining us?
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Interested in joining us?
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Doctoral Programme in History and Civilisation
The Department of History and Civilisation offers a distinctive fouryear PhD programme of transnational and comparative European history supported by a unique
loom.ly
December 19, 2024 at 10:12 AM
We offer a 4-years fully funded #PhD programme on transnational and comparative #History supported by an international multicultural faculty
Interested in joining us?
🗓️ Apply by 31 January 2025 👉 loom.ly/pvk17dc
📢 #Grant #PhDLife #historysky #skystorians
Interested in joining us?
🗓️ Apply by 31 January 2025 👉 loom.ly/pvk17dc
📢 #Grant #PhDLife #historysky #skystorians
Когда вернётся 2003? Или хотя бы 2013?
December 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Когда вернётся 2003? Или хотя бы 2013?