#IzolyatsiaMustSpeak
Before Russia’s war against Ukraine, “Izolyatsia” was a vibrant cultural space housed in a former factory in Donetsk. Its Cold War-era bunkers, administrative buildings and warehouses became an international hub for contemporary art.
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#CFP: The North American #Dostoevsky Society invites nominations for our biennial undergraduate and graduate essay competitions! Send us your papers/nominations! Submissions are welcome on a rolling basis until June 22, 2026.
bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/12/02/c...
Compiled this list for the blog and it’s safe to say there will be lots of Dostoevsky at ASEEES!
Featured Review published in the October 2025 issue!
"Russian Realist Fiction in the Shadow of Autocratic Power"
Kate Holland
*Open Access*
doi.org/10.1111/russ...
@ubc-cenes.bsky.social
Excited to be giving a virtual talk tomorrow on Minin and national fundraising in the arts for UBC’s Sawchen Series!
cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
Go go go!!’
On Oct 14 @ 12:30pm Pacific @chloespumpkins.bsky.social is giving a Sawchen Lecture! It's about how #19thC artistic production evaluates and represents history (using the example of Koz'ma Minin). It's virtual! All are welcome, and you can learn more & register here: cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...
We have a job going in my department! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Painting featuring a young white woman, upper half, in an interior facing forwards at her dressing table, in a white vest-like top holding her long dark hair in one hand and with a slight smile
Self Portrait at the Dressing Table,1909 by Zinaida Serebriakova #WomensArt
“As scholars of literature, we have something desperately important to teach our students: what and how we read matters.” Today on the blog, Vadim Shneyder sits down with Melissa Frazier to discuss #Dostoevsky, #science, and the power of #language:
bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/09/15/a...
We are delighted to invite you to a September lecture in the SHERA's 30th Anniversary Lecture Series: Monoliths: Art, Industry, and the Marvelous Objects of the Russian Empire by Molly Brunson.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 12:00-1:15 pm NY time.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/monoliths-...
Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉
So exciting! Congratulations!
📣 This only happens once a year! 📣 The Yale Review is now open for general submissions through September 30. Send us your poems, stories, essays, and translations.
For full guidelines and to submit: yalereview.org/about/submis...
That’s wonderful to hear! Alas, I definitely had *many* essays that read as if they were written by LLMs almost entirely the semester prior. Hence the blue book-scaffolded essay hybrid. My way of attempting to retain the writing skills building that I so value!
I should note that the writing was actually quite strong overall and I only suspected one student (out of around 25) of possibly relying on AI for generating their thesis - the quality of the analysis suffered as a result anyway so it was only to their detriment 🤷🏻♀️
It's certainly possible, but absolute control isn’t really feasible - if the student wants to memorize enough material to fill an hour-long session of writing then that's what they will do, unfortunately.
I switched to blue books for our first essay last spring. I scaffolded the assignment over the course of around 2 weeks, during which students selected essay topics, drafted thesis statements and outlines (which I offered feedback on), and they then wrote the essay in class. Overall, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Excited to announce the launch of the new and improved International #Dostoevsky Society website! Check it out and please consider joining today:
dostoevsky.org
Please note that the deadline for proposals has been extended until September 15!
#cfp #buenosaires #dostoevsky
Please consider signing the #petition coming out of U #Oregon: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...
A timely reminder! The deadline for proposals for the XIX International #Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires is August 31! Check out the #CFP:
bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/05/27/c...
New on the blog! “Can money have a story?” An interview with Ekaterina Pravilova on money, narrative, and economic history: bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/07/07/m...
We are excited to announce that the #CFP for the XIX International #Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina is now available!
bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/06/18/c...
A new #DigitalDostoevsky blog post is up! @fyodor76.bsky.social discusses the choices we made doing data cleaning for our network graphs work. Check it out! digitaldostoevsky.com/2025/03/31/r...
Working alongside @katiabowers.bsky.social has been the absolute best and, as the new Editor of Bloggers Karamazov, I have some big shoes to fill! I am so excited to continue this work - write me with ideas, and direct interested students our way for the ongoing undergraduate series!
End of an era as I step down after 10 years as editor of Bloggers Karamazov, honestly one of the most unexpected but rewarding academic service roles I have done. But don't worry! The blog continues under the capable editorship of @chloespumpkins.bsky.social bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/03/31/l...
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
Had such a wonderful time working out new ideas with colleagues at the 2025 @modernlanguage.bsky.social convention earlier this year!
