Historical Injury and Multidirectional Solidarity in Times of Crisis
For me, extending my support to and expressing solidarity with Ukraine means acknowledging my personal history of injury. Lately, every news story triggered a series […]
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Into the Irrational Core of Pure Violence: On the Convergence of neo-Eurasianism and the Kremlin’s War in Ukraine
At the same time as Russian forces began blasting munitions at the Babi Yar memorial, the ravine in Kyiv where Nazi troops massacred over 33,000 […]
Navigating Research, Ethics, and Complicity in Russia’s War
“What I really want to know is what you think about the annexation of Crimea!” It was 2015 in Russia, and all was not well. […]
My Dear Friends, the Courageous Holocaust Scholars in Ukraine
At this time, my heart is with colleagues in Ukraine suffering under the conditions of invasion. As all other Holocaust scholars, my sleep has been […]
Seen from the “West” – What Went Wrong with Ukraine?
It is still difficult to shake off the disbelief: Putin is waging a brutal war in Ukraine. To the west of Ukraine, we are following […]
On New Martial Masculinities for Russia and Ukraine
Like the other contributors to this blog over the past week and many other regional experts from around the world, as a historian of the […]
Somebody Else’s Job: Interrogating the ‘Irrationality’ of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
As a political scientist, I am often asked what makes Russian President Vladimir Putin tick. Although Russian politics should never be reduced to the mind […]
My Ukraine Is Not Yet Lost
I first went to Ukraine in March 2003 to visit my mother’s hometown of Buczacz, now known as Buchach, and to undertake preliminary research in […]
On Ukraine, Putin, and the Realities and Rhetoric of War
After I wrote the blog post below, I realized that while it reflected some of my thinking as a historian, it was in no way […]
Statement of Solidarity with the People of Ukraine
We, members of the international community of scholars, strongly condemn the aggressive actions taken by the Russian Federation against Ukrainian sovereignty. The destabilization of the […]
