Marci Shore
@marcishore.bsky.social
Historian, professor, author "The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution;" "The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism;" "Caviar and Ashes."
An invitation for those in Montreal this Wednesday:
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
An invitation for those in Montreal this Wednesday:
This is a man for whom no one else's life has any meaning at all. A terrifying illumination of pure narcissism.
September 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is a man for whom no one else's life has any meaning at all. A terrifying illumination of pure narcissism.
For those in London, please go listen to these exceptional people and give them hugs from me.
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For those in London, please go listen to these exceptional people and give them hugs from me.
Let's play "guess the country":
September 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Let's play "guess the country":
With gratitude to my brave Belarusian translator, and with hopes of freedom for all.
August 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
With gratitude to my brave Belarusian translator, and with hopes of freedom for all.
Tim and I with the kind, brave, modest, and philosophically astute Ukrainian journalist Maksym Butkevych, who survived over 2 years in Russian captivity. Maksym is thinking every day about those who are still in captivity, and how to bring them home. Please help.
#People1st
#People1st
August 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tim and I with the kind, brave, modest, and philosophically astute Ukrainian journalist Maksym Butkevych, who survived over 2 years in Russian captivity. Maksym is thinking every day about those who are still in captivity, and how to bring them home. Please help.
#People1st
#People1st
Zachęcam do czytania "Wojna w moim domu," nowej książki Pawła Pieniążka o trzech wojnach i o tych, którzy starają się je oswoić. Bohaterowie w Kabulu, Słowiańsku i Stepanakercie znajdują w sytuacji, gdzie są zmuszeni do udomowienia wojny, której wcale nie wybrali.
August 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Zachęcam do czytania "Wojna w moim domu," nowej książki Pawła Pieniążka o trzech wojnach i o tych, którzy starają się je oswoić. Bohaterowie w Kabulu, Słowiańsku i Stepanakercie znajdują w sytuacji, gdzie są zmuszeni do udomowienia wojny, której wcale nie wybrali.
The Belarusian translation of The Ukrainian Night was declared "extremist" in Belarus, but has found good company on the shelves of a bookstore in Vilnius.
July 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Belarusian translation of The Ukrainian Night was declared "extremist" in Belarus, but has found good company on the shelves of a bookstore in Vilnius.
For friends in Vienna this Friday morning:
June 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For friends in Vienna this Friday morning:
The happy occasion when you meet the students of your own students and see the love of thinking being passed on. Thank you @ymonastyrskyi.bsky.social for sending your KSE students to the Kyiv Book Arsenal.
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova.
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova.
June 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The happy occasion when you meet the students of your own students and see the love of thinking being passed on. Thank you @ymonastyrskyi.bsky.social for sending your KSE students to the Kyiv Book Arsenal.
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova.
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova.
Two of my Yale students, who studied Hannah Arendt with me in New Haven, came to the Kyiv Book Arsenal to engage with Arendt in the midst of war, in a city that believes in freedom.
Photo by Sofia Yermakova.
Photo by Sofia Yermakova.
June 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Two of my Yale students, who studied Hannah Arendt with me in New Haven, came to the Kyiv Book Arsenal to engage with Arendt in the midst of war, in a city that believes in freedom.
Photo by Sofia Yermakova.
Photo by Sofia Yermakova.
An animated discussion on "Yiddish as a Ukrainian Language"
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova
June 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An animated discussion on "Yiddish as a Ukrainian Language"
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova
Photo by Sofiia Yermakova
One of my favorite war correspondents, @terrelljstarr.bsky.social talking about building bridges in Kyiv.
Photo by Roman Shalamov.
Photo by Roman Shalamov.
June 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One of my favorite war correspondents, @terrelljstarr.bsky.social talking about building bridges in Kyiv.
Photo by Roman Shalamov.
Photo by Roman Shalamov.
A Ukrainian military veteran with the cat he adopted on the front, listening to a conversation about Hannah Arendt and the problem of evil. At the Kyiv Book Arsenal, photo by Sofiia Yermakova
June 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A Ukrainian military veteran with the cat he adopted on the front, listening to a conversation about Hannah Arendt and the problem of evil. At the Kyiv Book Arsenal, photo by Sofiia Yermakova
With Mariam Nayem and her beautiful new book, A Brief History of the Long War, at the Kyiv Book Arsenal
June 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
With Mariam Nayem and her beautiful new book, A Brief History of the Long War, at the Kyiv Book Arsenal
Dwie moje ulubione osoby, ucieleśnienia duchu "za wolność naszą i waszą," w stolicy wolności 🥰
May 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Dwie moje ulubione osoby, ucieleśnienia duchu "za wolność naszą i waszą," w stolicy wolności 🥰
I can only hope that someone like Jon Stewart at @thedailyshow.com brilliantly juxtaposes this tweet with the Trump-Gaza video. It calls for a whole new genre of political satire.
April 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I can only hope that someone like Jon Stewart at @thedailyshow.com brilliantly juxtaposes this tweet with the Trump-Gaza video. It calls for a whole new genre of political satire.
Please join us on Monday, April 28, 2025, 18:00 (CET) by zoom
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April 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Please join us on Monday, April 28, 2025, 18:00 (CET) by zoom
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“We’ve seen this movie before, and it ends with yellow stars,” Nara Milanich, a Barnard history professor, told The New York Times.
April 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“We’ve seen this movie before, and it ends with yellow stars,” Nara Milanich, a Barnard history professor, told The New York Times.
April 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
History shows there are no messiahs, no flawless political leaders, no perfect people. There are, however, extraordinary moments, illuminating our potential to do the extraordinary. Cory Booker's 25-hr Senate speech was such a moment. It was an honor to meet you in New Haven, @booker.senate.gov
April 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
History shows there are no messiahs, no flawless political leaders, no perfect people. There are, however, extraordinary moments, illuminating our potential to do the extraordinary. Cory Booker's 25-hr Senate speech was such a moment. It was an honor to meet you in New Haven, @booker.senate.gov
I couldn't resist building on the present popularity of penguins to recommend a wonderful novel by Andrey Kurkov.
April 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I couldn't resist building on the present popularity of penguins to recommend a wonderful novel by Andrey Kurkov.
For those in Toronto this coming Wednesday, an invitation to think about Ukraine, Russia, and totalitarianism in a postmodern key.
April 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
For those in Toronto this coming Wednesday, an invitation to think about Ukraine, Russia, and totalitarianism in a postmodern key.