Polly Jones
@drpollyjones.bsky.social
Professor of Russian, University of Oxford
Last chance to register for Friday’s workshop (in person or online)!
September 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Last chance to register for Friday’s workshop (in person or online)!
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Polly Jones on an account of the transition between Soviet leaders
Power beyond the grave
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May 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Polly Jones on an account of the transition between Soviet leaders
Really enjoyed this conversation!
📻 @drpollyjones.bsky.social joins Polina Popova on the
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss her book Gulag Fiction: Labour Camp Literature from Stalin to Putin.
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@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss her book Gulag Fiction: Labour Camp Literature from Stalin to Putin.
👂 Listen 👉 bit.ly/3EH9wWl
📙 Discover the book 👉 bit.ly/3GIo3S6
May 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Really enjoyed this conversation!
Fantastic early career opportunity here: three-year junior research fellowship at University College, Oxford. Great colleagues, great wisteria!
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April 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Fantastic early career opportunity here: three-year junior research fellowship at University College, Oxford. Great colleagues, great wisteria!
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Hugely enjoyed this book, and my last year as Nove judge. What a pleasure to read so many wonderful books over the last three years.
Some more good academic news: "Dynasty Divided" has been awarded BASEES's Alexander Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies. I could not be happier with the positive reception the book has met.
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Nove prize awarded to Fabian Baumann — Basees
The BASEES judging panel was delighted to award this year’s Nove Prize to Dr Fabian Baumann of Heidelberg University for his monograph, 'Dynasty Divided’. Baumann, Fabian. Dynasty Divided: A Family...
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February 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Hugely enjoyed this book, and my last year as Nove judge. What a pleasure to read so many wonderful books over the last three years.
Never really post anything here but the actual BLUE SKY today merits a mention!
February 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Never really post anything here but the actual BLUE SKY today merits a mention!
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Very happy to have written a few words about @drpollyjones.bsky.social's excellent new book on Gulag fiction for @thetls.bsky.social. Really terrific overview and close readings of various texts and trends, older and recent!
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Gulag Fiction by Polly Jones | Book review | The TLS
Polly Jones observes, in her fascinating Gulag Fiction: Labour camp literature from Stalin to Putin, that many of the Soviet state’s “grandiose
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January 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Very happy to have written a few words about @drpollyjones.bsky.social's excellent new book on Gulag fiction for @thetls.bsky.social. Really terrific overview and close readings of various texts and trends, older and recent!
www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...
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Happy publication day to me! Now available as paperback, hardback and e-book, for all your format needs!
November 14, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Happy publication day to me! Now available as paperback, hardback and e-book, for all your format needs!