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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum

@lakirsch.bsky.social

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Historian of Russia and the Soviet Union. International communism, the Spanish civil war, transnational networks, gender, war & memory, childhood. Never pass up unusual travel opportunities.

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Nov 15

By way of introduction: my most recent book "Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists: Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip"

Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists | Russian and east European history

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Aug 1

The new and improved second edition of Russia's Long Twentieth Century is now available! Instructors can request an inspection copy. www.routledge.com/Russias-Long... #RussianHistory #SovietHistory 🗃️

Russia's Long Twentieth Century: Voices, Memories, Contested Perspectives

Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, this new edition of Russia's Long Twentieth Century is an accessible textbook that encourages students to start ...

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just in time for fall classes! The second edition of Russia's Long Twentieth Century will be available August 1. Instructors can request an exam copy. www.routledge.com/Russias-Long...
#RussianHistory #SovietHistory

Russia's Long Twentieth Century: Voices, Memories, Contested Perspectives

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thrilled to be part of this long-awaited volume in which Ilf and Petrov feature among an eclectic cast of "Wandering Critics."

UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · Feb 25

Congratulations to Tim Beasley-Murray, Wendy Bracewell, Michał Murawski and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book open access Anti-Atlas published today. Read and download free...

Anti-Atlas

The invasion of Ukraine is the latest in a series of upheavals that have made eastern Europe a telling point from which to consider the place of area studies in the construction of knowledge about the...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · Feb 25

Congratulations to Tim Beasley-Murray, Wendy Bracewell, Michał Murawski and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book open access Anti-Atlas published today. Read and download free...

Anti-Atlas

uclpress.co.uk

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Jan 28

Looking forward to this! (10 pm Amsterdam)

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · Jan 28

Comrades! I'll be speaking about the world revolution's unique living situation with @lakirsch.bsky.social next Monday in a free online event hosted by the Wilson Center.

Event starts at 4pm East Coast / 7pm Nuuk, Greenland / 9pm Dublin, London

www.wilsoncenter.org/event/hotel-...

Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals

Join Maurice Casey (Queen’s University Belfast) and Lisa Kirschenbaum (West Chester University) for a discussion of Professor Casey’s book "Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radi...

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Dec 25

I've always tried to approach the difficult topics with hope.

Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Dec 20

It's not always sunny in Philadelphia. #SaveChinatown

Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Nov 26

Would love to be added! I work on international communism and the Spanish civil war, among other things.

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Nov 23

So sad that there's no physical Cambridge booth at #ASEEES24. At least there's still a hefty conference discount. Apply code 102251 at checkout. cup.org/4fx1BHH

Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Annual Convention

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Nov 18

What's the cover photo?

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Nov 16

No one expects Soviet humorists!

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Lisa A. Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social · Nov 15

Would love to join the list!