Daria Khlevniuk
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Daria Khlevniuk
@khlevniuk.bsky.social
Memory studies, human rights, conspiracies, museums, and social media. Regional focus: Russia | Postdoc at the University of Amsterdam | PoSoCoMeS Working Group at the Memory Studies Association.
One week left to apply to the Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies Conference (Yerevan, January 2026). Was the previous conference the best one I attended? Yes. Will this be even better? It certainly might! www.posocomesyerevan2026.com
a night time view of yerevan is armenia
ALT: a night time view of yerevan is armenia
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April 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Thanks to our colleagues in the Mis(Translating) Deceit project, our typology of temporal relations in memory politics is now available in a more digestible form!
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Chișinău, Tallinn… and now Yerevan! The Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies conference is heading to Armenia for its third (!) edition, and I still can’t believe it’s happening!
PoSoCoMeS Yerevan 2026
www.posocomesyerevan2026.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
An important detail about our latest paper (🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1468...): It’s co-authored by me, Boris, and our anonymous colleague, "GN."
December 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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...
The temporality of memory politics: An analysis of Russian state media narratives on the war in Ukraine
This paper seeks to enhance memory studies' conceptual toolkit by reconsidering established perspectives on “memory politics.” The paper theorizes various modes of temporal connectivity cultivated th...
doi.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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New #OpenAccess book out! Our former colleague
@mgabo.bsky.social (now JGU Mainz) together with his co-author Mykola Homanyuk just released "Monuments and Territory. War Memorials in Russian Occupied Ukraine" (with CEU Press).
December 15, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Belated announcement that I have finally released an openly-licensed collection of textual datasets extracted from Russia's main government websites.

Yearly update expected.

https://tadadit.xyz/posts/2024-10-russian-institutions-dataset/
November 27, 2024 at 10:07 AM
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Great news for the #BlueSkyStorians - Check out this *blue and bold* cover for Félix Krawatzek, Friedemann Pestel, Rieke Trimçev, and Gregor Feindt's forthcoming "Shades of Blue." Intrigued? You should be! More at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
November 27, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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It is happening! My second book is out and it can be yours 😁
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
The whole country in one ad. Hi, the US, it’s always an experience visiting you
November 20, 2024 at 9:37 PM
🚨 PoSoCoMeS has launched its blog, and I’ve contributed a reflection on post-socialist memory. No breakthroughs here, but this is where my thinking is at right now: "With the earlier emphasis on transitional justice and addressing violations of political and civic rights...
November 18, 2024 at 2:04 PM
One unexpected perk of teaching outside my research (human rights/memory) is that course prep can double as family movie night inspiration. While preparing for a class on posthumanism & care, I stumbled on The Biggest Little Farm—my kids loved it!
November 17, 2024 at 7:26 PM
A protest against massive budget cuts in Dutch higher education was set for today—until, in a familiar move, the municipality called it off less than 24 hours prior due to "safety concerns." This sparked a whirlwind of messages, rumors, and a scramble to organize a smaller protest instead.
November 14, 2024 at 11:28 AM