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Dedicated to critical, interdisciplinary inquiry into the history and culture of Russia and Eurasia since 2000. We publish forums, discussions, and special issues; translated works; and review articles on Russian, Eurasian, and European subjects.
She specializes in the history of the Caucasus and Central Asia, nationalism, citizenship, empire, minoritization, and migration. You will often find her taking the lead on articles about the Caucasus, Central Asia, Soviet history, and post-Soviet history. We welcome your submissions!
Another week springs forward, which also means another editor spotlight! Today, meet editor Krista Goff. She is an associate professor of history at the University of Miami.
A specialist in Imperial Russian History, his interests lie in the history of knowledge, the history of political thought, and Russia in the world. We look forward to reading your submissions in these (or any other) areas of research!
His first book, Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power, explored the Russian intelligence network in Qing China between 1650 and 1850.
We have a fantastic editorial board here at Kritika (as you may have learned), and we are not done spotlighting them yet! Today, meet Gregory Afinogenov, an associate history professor at Georgetown University.
For more information, visit the link in bio, or kritika.georgetown.edu/announcement...
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In case you missed it: Marking the 200th anniversary of the Decembrist uprising, Kritika editors and the upcoming conference seek to highlight a classic question about the relationship between rulers and the ruled and a far more contentious question about how historians measure popular opinion.
Please submit a PDF of your abstract and short CV to Kritika’s Special Projects Editor, Stephen Bittner (bittner@sonoma.edu) by March 15, 2026.
The submission deadline for our "Demonstrations" Call for Proposals has been extended to March 15! You still have time to get your proposals in for what is sure to be a fascinating discussion on the history of political movements and dissent throughout Eurasian history.
He also serves as President of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies and is currently researching Cold War cultural exchanges between American and Soviet children. Get in touch with Matthias if you have a review essay idea!
...he is the author of The Communist Youth League and the Transformation of the Soviet Union, 1917-1932 and co-editor of Rethinking the Russian Revolution as Historical Divide: Tradition, Rupture and Modernity.
The last, but certainly not the least, of our associate editors is Matthias Neumann. A specialist in childhood and youth in revolutionary Russia...
Don't forget to send your review essay ideas to Ian Campbell!
His award-shortlisted book, Knowledge and the Ends of Empire, explores how tsarist officials understood—and governed—the Kazak steppe. He’s now working on projects examining borderlands violence across the Russian Empire and rethinking Kazakhstan through the lens of settler colonialism.
We are not done introducing our great associate editors! This week, meet associate editor Ian Campbell. Ian studies prerevolutionary Russia, focusing on the relationship between the imperial center and its non-Russian borderlands.
Have a review essay idea? Send it to Maria Grazia!
Her research explores the religious culture of early modern Ukraine, with a focus on preaching, memory, visual arts, and Christian Neoplatonism in the East Slavic world. A two-time ESSA Best Article Prize winner, she most often handles topics related to pre-Petrine history.
Did you know that Kritika has four fabulous associate editors?
Today, meet Associate Editor Maria Grazia Bartolini, associate professor of Medieval Slavic Culture at the University of Milan.
Interested in writing review essays or review articles on Soviet history after 1953? Get in touch with Erin at hutchinson@colorado.edu and join the conversation shaping the field!
In case you missed it: Kritika is excited to welcome Erin Hutchinson as our new Associate Editor. Erin is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she teaches courses on the history of the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, and modern Europe.
Learn more by reading the Letter from the Editors from the latest issue: georgetown.app.box.com/s/h5c1p0zsxk...
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In Kritika's last issue, our editors addressed some of the field's greatest challenges— funding cuts, threats to academic freedoms, and the continued impact of the war in Ukraine—but also the steps Kritika is taking to counter these threats to scholarship.
Please submit a PDF of your abstract and short CV to Kritika’s Special Projects Editor, Stephen Bittner (bittner@sonoma.edu) by 1 March 2026.
Marking the 200th anniversary of the Decembrist uprising, Kritika editors and the upcoming conference seek to highlight a classic question about the relationship between rulers and the ruled and a far more contentious question about how historians measure popular opinion.
📝 Call for Proposals:
“Demonstrations”: Rituals of Political Belonging, Support, and Dissent in Eurasia from the Medieval Period to 2000
For more information, visit kritika.georgetown.edu/announcement...
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