Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Soviet and Russian History

External reference: https://openalex.org/T11070

  1. Western relations to Russian oligarchs shifted rapidly after the war
    Explores how Western institutions rapidly disassociated from Russian oligarchs after Ukraine invasion, introducing oligarch-washing as a framework for understanding institutional responses to.
  2. Suprematist architecture is presented as speculative world-making
    Study reframes Soviet Suprematist architecture as systematic speculative inquiry into cosmic space and post-human inhabitation, transcending conventional architectural constraints.
  3. Intelligence reports reveal shifts in ethnic German morale in annexed Poland
    Comparative analysis of Polish Underground and Nazi SS intelligence reports reveals ethnic German sentiment shifts in Nazi-annexed Poland 1942-1944, reconstructing morale and loyalty patterns.
  4. Moscow migrant inclusion depended on labor-based conditionality
    Explore how Soviet Moscow managed migrant workers through labor-based citizenship conditionality, revealing socialist mechanisms that predate neoliberal governance practices and reshape migration.