The Cultural is Political: Intersections of Russian Art and State Politics
In the last decade, culture and art have become arenas of forceful political controversy in Russia. Bringing together an international group of scholars from various disciplines – Russian media studies, the history of ideas, political science, literature and gender studies – this book combines assessments of Russian cultural policies, political ideologies and intellectual trends with case studies on Russian literature, film, rap and memory culture.
Irina Anisimova, University of Bergen; Ingunn Lunde, University of Bergen; Jardar Østbø, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies; Ulrich Schmid, University of St Gallen; Kåre Johan Mjør, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences/University of Bergen; Dinara Yangeldina, University of Bergen; Johanne Kalsaas, University of Bergen; Stehn Aztlan Mortensen, University of Bergen
Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research — Open Access Journal
Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research offers scholars from Russia and other countries an international platform to publish results of their empirical studies across social sciences. The journal seeks to assist Russian scholars with integration into the international scientific field, as well as to promote in Russia contemporary work by foreign researchers. Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research is a bilingual publication printing articles in Russian and English.
Russia File is a blog of the Kennan Institute offering insights into Russia’s politics, history, culture and society, and its relationship with the surrounding region and the Unites States.
The SRB Podcast’s mission is simple: to provide a space for the many, many interesting thinkers who do amazing work to express their views, discuss their work, and contribute to the larger public discussion on the region. The show also seeks to give the public access to the wonderful and growing body of research that rarely reaches a broad audience but is crucially important, especially as tensions with and in the region flare. It is my hope the SRB Podcast will make a modest contribution to paint a picture of Eurasia in all its complexity and the spread knowledge about it to an interested public.
The project’s main aim is to improve the understanding of Russia and the U.S.-Russian relationship among America’s policymakers and concerned public. It does so by showcasing the best expertise on Russia and its relationships with the rest of the world by providing top-notch analysis, relevant factual data and related digests of news and analysis. Initially, the project’s contributors and institutional partners will be primarily U.S.-based and its main platform for pursuing its goals will be this website.
The specific aims of Russia Matters are to help:
U.S. policymakers and the general public gain a better understanding of why and how Russia matters to the United States now and in the foreseeable future and what drivers propel the two countries’ policies in areas of mutual concern;
Ensure that U.S. policies toward Russia are conducive to the advancement of long-term U.S. vital national interests, but that they also improve cooperation in areas where interests converge and mitigate friction in areas of divergence;
Foster a new generation of Russia experts.
Russia Matters likewise endeavors to build bridges between academe and the policymaking community.
It is our sincere hope that this endeavor will help advance a viable, analytically rigorous U.S. policy on Russia guided by realism, verifiable facts and national interests without sacrificing opportunities for bilateral cooperation.
Russia Matters does not take collective positions. All Russia Matters publications represent only the views of their authors.
Browse and adapt hundreds of standards-aligned lesson plans for K–12 classrooms. Lessons encourage students to make local connections to global news stories, while strengthening skills such as critical thinking, media literacy, and communication.
The HAVEL CONVERSATIONS Oral History Project has filmed and posted online interviews with ten prominent U. S. politicians, academics, writers, and artists, including Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Timothy Snyder, and Suzanne Vega. The conversations present firsthand memories of Havel, his colleagues, and the historical events he inspired. Equally important, they constitute a highly interesting set of statements on social and political issues affecting Americans and Europeans today. With deep political and social shifts taking place on both sides of the Atlantic, our interviewees intertwined their memories of Havel with questions about human rights, morality, and the decline of democratic values.
MiniLessons are free language lessons for lower intermediate to advanced students. They are mostly in Russian, but occasionally cover other Eurasian langauges as well. Developed by SRAS, these bilingual resources feature Russian phrases inserted to English texts to help you build your vocabulary. The texts cover multiple topics. Use the “search by subject” option under “Languages” in the main menu if you are looking for something specific.
This encyclopedia hosts scholarly entries on prominent thinkers and concepts in Russian and Soviet philosophy, with an emphasis on the period from 1950 to the present. Entries are organized by keywords.
All entries are written to be accessible to non-specialists and specialists alike, distill a vast amount of primary source information into 2000-4000 words, and seek to condense the main ideas of philosophers into a series of 5-7 main “keywords,” which are then linked across the site to draw conceptual maps of philosophical ideas across thinkers and movements.
