Andy Willimott
@andywillimott.bsky.social
Historian of Russia and the Soviet Union. Director of the Centre for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CEREES), QMUL. Books: 'Living the Revolution’ | 'Rethinking the Russian Revolution' | 'Openness and Idealism' (http://bit.ly/49npf7E)
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Andy Willimott
@andywillimott.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Time at Home: The October Revolution and Soviet Temporalities
The October Revolution ushered in a radical, future-orientated political agenda. Almost immediately, through the press, advice literature, activism and avant-garde planning, a lively discourse on dom...
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My latest article, "Time at Home: The October Revolution and Soviet Temporalities" - History - Wiley Online Library. OPEN ACCESS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
CEREES Paper: Monday 28 April, 6pm
"Between Sound and Silence: Arseny Avraamov’s Symphony of Sirens in Baku (1922)" by David Schwartz (McGill Uni)
Orchestrating the sound of the October Revolution through the Soviet urban soundscape
Registration essential!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-so...
"Between Sound and Silence: Arseny Avraamov’s Symphony of Sirens in Baku (1922)" by David Schwartz (McGill Uni)
Orchestrating the sound of the October Revolution through the Soviet urban soundscape
Registration essential!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-so...
Between Sound and Silence: Avraamov’s Symphony of Sirens in Baku (1922)
A screening of Arseny Avraamov's 'Symphony of Sirens in Baku' (1922)
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April 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
CEREES Paper: Monday 28 April, 6pm
"Between Sound and Silence: Arseny Avraamov’s Symphony of Sirens in Baku (1922)" by David Schwartz (McGill Uni)
Orchestrating the sound of the October Revolution through the Soviet urban soundscape
Registration essential!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-so...
"Between Sound and Silence: Arseny Avraamov’s Symphony of Sirens in Baku (1922)" by David Schwartz (McGill Uni)
Orchestrating the sound of the October Revolution through the Soviet urban soundscape
Registration essential!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-so...
Our next CEREES Lecture – Monday 10 March, 18:00-20:00 –
'Geopolitical shifts in Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine'
Speaker:
Dr Bhavna Dave (SOAS).
Registration essential!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
'Geopolitical shifts in Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine'
Speaker:
Dr Bhavna Dave (SOAS).
Registration essential!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine
Join us for the next CEREES public lecture, 'Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.'
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March 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Our next CEREES Lecture – Monday 10 March, 18:00-20:00 –
'Geopolitical shifts in Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine'
Speaker:
Dr Bhavna Dave (SOAS).
Registration essential!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
'Geopolitical shifts in Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine'
Speaker:
Dr Bhavna Dave (SOAS).
Registration essential!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
CEREES Lecture: "Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine"
Speaker: Dr Bhavna Dave, Senior Lecturer in Politics of Central Asia at SOAS
Monday 10 March, 2025, 6pm-8pm
@QMHistory @QMUL_HSS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
Speaker: Dr Bhavna Dave, Senior Lecturer in Politics of Central Asia at SOAS
Monday 10 March, 2025, 6pm-8pm
@QMHistory @QMUL_HSS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine
Join us for the next CEREES public lecture, 'Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.'
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
CEREES Lecture: "Central Asia’s relationship with Russia after the invasion of Ukraine"
Speaker: Dr Bhavna Dave, Senior Lecturer in Politics of Central Asia at SOAS
Monday 10 March, 2025, 6pm-8pm
@QMHistory @QMUL_HSS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
Speaker: Dr Bhavna Dave, Senior Lecturer in Politics of Central Asia at SOAS
Monday 10 March, 2025, 6pm-8pm
@QMHistory @QMUL_HSS www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/central-as...
Paul Mason writes up his paper "Ukraine: The Endgame of Leninism?" Delivered to @qmul.ac.uk Centre for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CEREES) open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/u...
Ukraine: The Endgame of Leninism?
As the tankies pile in with Musk and Trump, what theory is driving them?
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February 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Paul Mason writes up his paper "Ukraine: The Endgame of Leninism?" Delivered to @qmul.ac.uk Centre for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CEREES) open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/u...
Join us to discuss Ukraine, war, and the British Left 📅 Monday, 10 Feb 2025, 18:00 - 20:30 GMT 📷 Queen Mary University of London Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-britis... #CEREES
The British Left and Ukraine
Join us in discussing the historical and contemporary political aspects of whether the UK Left still has a blind spot with regard to Ukraine
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February 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Join us to discuss Ukraine, war, and the British Left 📅 Monday, 10 Feb 2025, 18:00 - 20:30 GMT 📷 Queen Mary University of London Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-britis... #CEREES
CEREES Hybrid Event – The British Left and Ukraine – Monday 10 February, 18:00-20:30 – @QMUL
Speakers:
@paulmason.bsky.social (journalist)
Christopher Ford (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign)
Yuliya Yurchenko (Uni of Greenwich)
Registration essential!
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
Speakers:
@paulmason.bsky.social (journalist)
Christopher Ford (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign)
Yuliya Yurchenko (Uni of Greenwich)
Registration essential!
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
CEREES Panel – Centre for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
CEREES Hybrid Event – The British Left and Ukraine – Monday 10 February, 18:00-20:30 – @QMUL
Speakers:
@paulmason.bsky.social (journalist)
Christopher Ford (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign)
Yuliya Yurchenko (Uni of Greenwich)
Registration essential!
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
Speakers:
@paulmason.bsky.social (journalist)
Christopher Ford (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign)
Yuliya Yurchenko (Uni of Greenwich)
Registration essential!
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
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Today made a trip to Dunfermline, Fife, birthplace of the great Andrew Carnegie, a man to whom library-lovers owe an enormous debt of gratitude!
#libraries
#libraries
December 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Today made a trip to Dunfermline, Fife, birthplace of the great Andrew Carnegie, a man to whom library-lovers owe an enormous debt of gratitude!
#libraries
#libraries
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Hello Bluesky, I am a historian based in Ankara. A few months ago, Oxford University Press published my first book, which explores the way that Russian and Turkish revolutionaries arrived at a statist partnership as they responded to post-WWI liberal internationalism.
November 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Hello Bluesky, I am a historian based in Ankara. A few months ago, Oxford University Press published my first book, which explores the way that Russian and Turkish revolutionaries arrived at a statist partnership as they responded to post-WWI liberal internationalism.
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My first #Delighted post on here! Delighted to receive a copy of @clairelanghamer.bsky.social’s expertly edited collection A Cultural History of Love. Includes my chapter on ‘Love and the Divine’ - featuring Virginia Woolf, the Beatles and Sun Myong Moon - and many other brilliant contributions!
December 12, 2024 at 10:57 AM
My first #Delighted post on here! Delighted to receive a copy of @clairelanghamer.bsky.social’s expertly edited collection A Cultural History of Love. Includes my chapter on ‘Love and the Divine’ - featuring Virginia Woolf, the Beatles and Sun Myong Moon - and many other brilliant contributions!
CEREES Event, QMUL - ‘The British Left and Ukraine’
Join us on Monday 10 February
Speakers: Paul Mason (journalist - @paulmason.bsky.social); Christopher Ford (Ukrainian Solidarity); Yuliia Yurchenko (Greenwich)
Registration essential:
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
Join us on Monday 10 February
Speakers: Paul Mason (journalist - @paulmason.bsky.social); Christopher Ford (Ukrainian Solidarity); Yuliia Yurchenko (Greenwich)
Registration essential:
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
December 11, 2024 at 2:24 PM
CEREES Event, QMUL - ‘The British Left and Ukraine’
Join us on Monday 10 February
Speakers: Paul Mason (journalist - @paulmason.bsky.social); Christopher Ford (Ukrainian Solidarity); Yuliia Yurchenko (Greenwich)
Registration essential:
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
Join us on Monday 10 February
Speakers: Paul Mason (journalist - @paulmason.bsky.social); Christopher Ford (Ukrainian Solidarity); Yuliia Yurchenko (Greenwich)
Registration essential:
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
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Having spent many years behind the Readers’ Enquiry Desk in the British Museum’s famous round reading room, I would have to disagree. As Lenin said:
“Let me tell you, there is no better library than the British Museum. Here there are fewer gaps in the collections than in any other library.”
December 10, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Having spent many years behind the Readers’ Enquiry Desk in the British Museum’s famous round reading room, I would have to disagree. As Lenin said:
“Let me tell you, there is no better library than the British Museum. Here there are fewer gaps in the collections than in any other library.”
CEREES Event, QMUL - "New Directions in Ukrainian Film History"
Join us on Monday 3 February
We will launch a joint special issue of 'Culture of Ukraine (Kharkov)' and 'Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema'.
Registration essential
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
Join us on Monday 3 February
We will launch a joint special issue of 'Culture of Ukraine (Kharkov)' and 'Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema'.
Registration essential
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
December 11, 2024 at 1:01 PM
CEREES Event, QMUL - "New Directions in Ukrainian Film History"
Join us on Monday 3 February
We will launch a joint special issue of 'Culture of Ukraine (Kharkov)' and 'Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema'.
Registration essential
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
Join us on Monday 3 February
We will launch a joint special issue of 'Culture of Ukraine (Kharkov)' and 'Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema'.
Registration essential
projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/cerees/2024/...
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"For the past few yrs, Kingston Univ has been asking businesses what skills they need but currently aren’t finding in potential employees. Top ... are the ability to communicate, analyse, adapt, problem-solve & think creatively." (Telegraph)
A recent @royalhistsoc.bsky.social briefing agrees 1/3 👇
A recent @royalhistsoc.bsky.social briefing agrees 1/3 👇
December 11, 2024 at 11:56 AM
"For the past few yrs, Kingston Univ has been asking businesses what skills they need but currently aren’t finding in potential employees. Top ... are the ability to communicate, analyse, adapt, problem-solve & think creatively." (Telegraph)
A recent @royalhistsoc.bsky.social briefing agrees 1/3 👇
A recent @royalhistsoc.bsky.social briefing agrees 1/3 👇
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We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY
Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians
Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians
December 9, 2024 at 7:37 AM
We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY
Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians
Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians
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9th Annual SEEES Online Dissertation Research Workshop
March 6, 2025
9:00 am – 12:45 pm CT
Register https://buff.ly/3VpoEg5
The Slavic Reference Service (SRS) with ASEEES invites doctoral students in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and affiliated disciplines to attend this annual event.
March 6, 2025
9:00 am – 12:45 pm CT
Register https://buff.ly/3VpoEg5
The Slavic Reference Service (SRS) with ASEEES invites doctoral students in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and affiliated disciplines to attend this annual event.
December 8, 2024 at 10:13 AM
9th Annual SEEES Online Dissertation Research Workshop
March 6, 2025
9:00 am – 12:45 pm CT
Register https://buff.ly/3VpoEg5
The Slavic Reference Service (SRS) with ASEEES invites doctoral students in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and affiliated disciplines to attend this annual event.
March 6, 2025
9:00 am – 12:45 pm CT
Register https://buff.ly/3VpoEg5
The Slavic Reference Service (SRS) with ASEEES invites doctoral students in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and affiliated disciplines to attend this annual event.
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Wrote a blog about the collapse of the Barnier government and the political crisis. How to find a Goldlilocks government in a parliament of bears? awmsmith.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/5...
5, 4, 3…. To gone
The logic of the Fifth Republic is stability, yet increasingly it is clear that this much-vaunted stability rests on the say-so of 289 Deputies in the Assembly. Whoever can build a winning majority…
awmsmith.wordpress.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Wrote a blog about the collapse of the Barnier government and the political crisis. How to find a Goldlilocks government in a parliament of bears? awmsmith.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/5...
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100+ archives & library special collections accounts have now joined Bluesky!
Welcome to
@britrecs.bsky.social
@guildhalllibrary.bsky.social
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
@archives76.bsky.social
& catch up with more new arrivals in our starter pack at go.bsky.app/4EpKvv2
Welcome to
@britrecs.bsky.social
@guildhalllibrary.bsky.social
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
@archives76.bsky.social
& catch up with more new arrivals in our starter pack at go.bsky.app/4EpKvv2
December 4, 2024 at 10:56 AM
100+ archives & library special collections accounts have now joined Bluesky!
Welcome to
@britrecs.bsky.social
@guildhalllibrary.bsky.social
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
@archives76.bsky.social
& catch up with more new arrivals in our starter pack at go.bsky.app/4EpKvv2
Welcome to
@britrecs.bsky.social
@guildhalllibrary.bsky.social
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.social
@archives76.bsky.social
& catch up with more new arrivals in our starter pack at go.bsky.app/4EpKvv2
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Our workshop on using archives and libraries in Eastern Europe & Eurasia is on 6 December 14:00-15:30 UK time. Join us to learn about conducting research in Central and Southeast Europe, Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, the Baltic States, the Caucasus & Central Asia. All welcome! forms.gle/hAC9jrrsdYbj...
November 20, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Our workshop on using archives and libraries in Eastern Europe & Eurasia is on 6 December 14:00-15:30 UK time. Join us to learn about conducting research in Central and Southeast Europe, Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, the Baltic States, the Caucasus & Central Asia. All welcome! forms.gle/hAC9jrrsdYbj...
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I thought I'd share some recent research for the new crowd. A few months ago my article on Soviet HIV-AIDS activism was published in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social. It examines the local/global entanglements of AIDS activism in Moscow and Riga in the twilight years of Soviet power tinyurl.com/3a7xdsp6
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November 18, 2024 at 10:08 AM
I thought I'd share some recent research for the new crowd. A few months ago my article on Soviet HIV-AIDS activism was published in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social. It examines the local/global entanglements of AIDS activism in Moscow and Riga in the twilight years of Soviet power tinyurl.com/3a7xdsp6
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Looking for radical histories on Bluesky?
We've made a Starter Pack of people & organisations who stretch our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for.
Please share and let us know if you'd like to be added.
🗃️ & ✊🗃️
go.bsky.app/Bb57VmV
We've made a Starter Pack of people & organisations who stretch our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for.
Please share and let us know if you'd like to be added.
🗃️ & ✊🗃️
go.bsky.app/Bb57VmV
Radical Histories
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
December 3, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Looking for radical histories on Bluesky?
We've made a Starter Pack of people & organisations who stretch our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for.
Please share and let us know if you'd like to be added.
🗃️ & ✊🗃️
go.bsky.app/Bb57VmV
We've made a Starter Pack of people & organisations who stretch our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for.
Please share and let us know if you'd like to be added.
🗃️ & ✊🗃️
go.bsky.app/Bb57VmV
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Applications for the Royal Historical Society's Workshop Grants for 2025 are now invited. Grants offer £1,000 to enable a day-long project meeting for historians bit.ly/3Omeg4T
The scheme supports a wide range of activities to promote networking and project development. Closing date 24 January.
The scheme supports a wide range of activities to promote networking and project development. Closing date 24 January.
December 3, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Applications for the Royal Historical Society's Workshop Grants for 2025 are now invited. Grants offer £1,000 to enable a day-long project meeting for historians bit.ly/3Omeg4T
The scheme supports a wide range of activities to promote networking and project development. Closing date 24 January.
The scheme supports a wide range of activities to promote networking and project development. Closing date 24 January.
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We've created our first Starter Pack, collecting accounts from all our schools, faculties, institutes, research centres and departments.
We'll keep adding to this list as our university Bluesky community grows.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
We'll keep adding to this list as our university Bluesky community grows.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 28, 2024 at 4:51 PM
We've created our first Starter Pack, collecting accounts from all our schools, faculties, institutes, research centres and departments.
We'll keep adding to this list as our university Bluesky community grows.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
We'll keep adding to this list as our university Bluesky community grows.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
CEREES Event:
‘Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen’
Monday 2 December, 18:00-20:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cerees-dec...
‘Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen’
Monday 2 December, 18:00-20:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cerees-dec...
CEREES: Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen
Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen explores the ambivalent legacies of the Soviet Union through a cinematic lens.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 11:47 AM
CEREES Event:
‘Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen’
Monday 2 December, 18:00-20:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cerees-dec...
‘Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen’
Monday 2 December, 18:00-20:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cerees-dec...
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🖋️NEW #MEIBlog🖋️
After the death of the former Deputy Prime Minister, #JohnPrescott, was announced this morning, @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's Tony McNulty reflects on the gravitas, personal warmth and political nous of a #LabourParty giant.
🔗 www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and...
After the death of the former Deputy Prime Minister, #JohnPrescott, was announced this morning, @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's Tony McNulty reflects on the gravitas, personal warmth and political nous of a #LabourParty giant.
🔗 www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and...
November 21, 2024 at 3:50 PM
🖋️NEW #MEIBlog🖋️
After the death of the former Deputy Prime Minister, #JohnPrescott, was announced this morning, @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's Tony McNulty reflects on the gravitas, personal warmth and political nous of a #LabourParty giant.
🔗 www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and...
After the death of the former Deputy Prime Minister, #JohnPrescott, was announced this morning, @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social's Tony McNulty reflects on the gravitas, personal warmth and political nous of a #LabourParty giant.
🔗 www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and...
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Join us at the ICCEES World Congress in London next summer! The deadline for submitting paper, panel, and roundtable proposals has been extended to midnight (GMT) on November 30, 2024. Remote attendance is also possible! Visit iccees2025.org for more details.
November 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Join us at the ICCEES World Congress in London next summer! The deadline for submitting paper, panel, and roundtable proposals has been extended to midnight (GMT) on November 30, 2024. Remote attendance is also possible! Visit iccees2025.org for more details.