History postdoc; the Soviet Union collapse and the 1990s Russian crises witness; originally Russian, naturalized Canadian living in Switzerland.
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Now full special issue that I and Dr. Burak Sayim co-edited is out! "#ColdWar internationalisms of/in the #decolonizing world." Most of articles are #openaccess
The Global Sixties: Vol 19, No 1 tandfonline.com/toc/rsix21/1…
In Madison! Tomorrow our panel where I will talk about my book project on Soviet influence in India in the 1960s. – at Wisconsin, USA
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I have an article out (open access) in a special issue of @GlobalSixties on Cold War internationalisms of/in the decolonizing world. Thank you to @Severyan and @burak_sayim for organizing it!
OPEN ACCESS: In her article, @_yasminamartin reconstructs the African National Congress's exile experience in 1960s Dar es Salaam after the Sharpeville Massacre, uncovering 'contingent solidarities' between Tanzania and the ANC. Read: doi.org/10.1080/27708888.202…
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OPEN ACCESS: Rethinking the Cold War beyond superpower rivalry, this special issue introduction by @Severyan and @burak_sayim centers internationalist projects from the decolonizing world.
Read: doi.org/10.1080/27708888.202…
#globalsixties
doi.org/10.1080/27708888.202…. Link to our historiographical introduction to the issue.
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"[former ICRC delegate] Junod's vague vision, rigid management style, and paternalistic if not racist views alienated African students [including FRELIMO's Eduardo Mondlane], who resisted his oversight and boycotted his lectures."
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“Space Conquest” (1976), Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR. Artist: Vladimir Gerasimovich Mishin.
On May 28–29, we will welcome participants to our workshop at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Across the Bamboo Curtain: Economic, Political, and Technological Exchanges Between East and West During the Cold War
Roundtable on the first comprehensive book on history of Red Cross and Communism. The Red Cross Museum.
The book is in open access!
Jean-François Fayet, Marie-Luc Desgrandchamps, Marie Cugnet, Donia Hasler (eds.)
georg.ch/la-croix-face-a-l-e…
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Section of tiled mural in Halle-Neustadt titled "Einheit der Arbeiterklasse und Gründung der DDR" (Unity of the Working Class and Founding of the GDR), designed by Josep Renau, 1970s.
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My book, The Young Turk International: How Islamic Bolshevism Shaped the Global Order at the End of the Ottoman Empire, is coming out soon with the Columbia Series in International and Global History (@ColumbiaUP)! cup.columbia.edu/book/the-yo…
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Leipzig Central Station, decorated with symbols commemorating the 20th anniversary of the GDR, 1969.
#CfP for PhDs/ECRs: Across the Bamboo Curtain: Econ, Polit, and Tech Exchanges Between East and West During the Cold War, 1950s-1970s
Geneva, Switzerland, May 28-29, 2026
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organizers @YiLiu0318929 and me
Image: Brit airplane China, 1961
A little report on my first digitization project. So I completed making pictures of each page of the archive for Ukrainian Red Cross Abroad, 1939-45. You see it all in the box. It took me six working days. Now the new step - text recognition and playing with AI tools for output.
