Steven Seegel
@stevenseegel.bsky.social
professor & associate chair of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, dog lover, slow marathon runner, opinions mine
Day one, fall 2025 teaching. 📚
August 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Day one, fall 2025 teaching. 📚
The Gathering of the Books. Fall 2025 lecture prep. This week.
August 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The Gathering of the Books. Fall 2025 lecture prep. This week.
My article on Ukraine, disinformation, and online digital solidarity is published today. (link to the full issue below)
June 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My article on Ukraine, disinformation, and online digital solidarity is published today. (link to the full issue below)
Cześć from Kraków!
May 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Cześć from Kraków!
Honored to speak today and read my Polish-American poems and stories at the Oratorium Marianum, in the beautiful baroque main hall at the University of Wrocław
May 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Honored to speak today and read my Polish-American poems and stories at the Oratorium Marianum, in the beautiful baroque main hall at the University of Wrocław
Proofs back from Germany! Good start to a busy week. My article will be published in the June 2025 issue of the Giessen-based online journal. www.on-culture.org
May 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Proofs back from Germany! Good start to a busy week. My article will be published in the June 2025 issue of the Giessen-based online journal. www.on-culture.org
Last day of my "Hidden Lives of Maps" lecture course. Another semester is in the books (after grading)! We finished with The Decolonial Atlas and how to make maps into better arguments for broader community audiences. It was good intellectual fun.
April 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Last day of my "Hidden Lives of Maps" lecture course. Another semester is in the books (after grading)! We finished with The Decolonial Atlas and how to make maps into better arguments for broader community audiences. It was good intellectual fun.
Sunday 10k run and rest with a purpose 🏃♂️
April 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sunday 10k run and rest with a purpose 🏃♂️
Dictators attack and destroy intelligentsias. They go for judges. I don't see how this is surprising for anyone who bothers to read 20th C history. I wrote books on the subject. I teach books on the subject. So they're coming for us. Please don't plead ignorance now! Find and read a goddamned book.
April 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Dictators attack and destroy intelligentsias. They go for judges. I don't see how this is surprising for anyone who bothers to read 20th C history. I wrote books on the subject. I teach books on the subject. So they're coming for us. Please don't plead ignorance now! Find and read a goddamned book.
Last night in Ukraine. Does this look like a Russian "peace plan" or some mission to end a war? All lies and deceptions. The US is complicit in this advanced stage of Kremlin terror, mass violence, and criminality.
April 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Last night in Ukraine. Does this look like a Russian "peace plan" or some mission to end a war? All lies and deceptions. The US is complicit in this advanced stage of Kremlin terror, mass violence, and criminality.
I did an interview with a sophomore student journalist today (doing a feature) on uses of maps as propaganda, tools, and weapons. He asked good questions and came historically prepared!
April 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I did an interview with a sophomore student journalist today (doing a feature) on uses of maps as propaganda, tools, and weapons. He asked good questions and came historically prepared!
Scholarships! Scholarships! Funding is now available to study these languages with us and to study abroad! @utcreees.bsky.social @universityoftexas.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Scholarships! Scholarships! Funding is now available to study these languages with us and to study abroad! @utcreees.bsky.social @universityoftexas.bsky.social
More winning. When will the US citizenry wake up?
April 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
More winning. When will the US citizenry wake up?
Markup America Great Again
April 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Markup America Great Again
nothing like the gnome liberation front
April 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
nothing like the gnome liberation front
Article edits in, Ukraine-themed. Octopus map arms. (I forget if I am the octopus or trying to defeat the octopus. I think it's the latter.)
April 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Article edits in, Ukraine-themed. Octopus map arms. (I forget if I am the octopus or trying to defeat the octopus. I think it's the latter.)
Welcome to the occupation
April 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Welcome to the occupation
Not for nothing, but I did say this months ago and before the US election. Note the date. Note that Trump's tariff plan does not apply to Russia. We may hesitate to make predictions, but I do continue to study historical patterns for a reason.
April 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Not for nothing, but I did say this months ago and before the US election. Note the date. Note that Trump's tariff plan does not apply to Russia. We may hesitate to make predictions, but I do continue to study historical patterns for a reason.
They killed it. RIP to international scholarship. We are allowing ourselves to get dumber by the minute. @wilsoncenter.org
April 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They killed it. RIP to international scholarship. We are allowing ourselves to get dumber by the minute. @wilsoncenter.org
Just a remarkable day here in the US
April 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Just a remarkable day here in the US
all the better if we don't have to speak or socialize
April 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
all the better if we don't have to speak or socialize
