Peripheral Histories? is a collaborative digital history project publishing research on Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Provinces, Localities, and Republics

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We have a new blog post by Kateryna Budz for you! Follow the link below to read about the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Underground and how Christmas traditions became acts of resistance. peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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Our first blogpost in the new year is an author interview with Doina Anca Cretu about her new book Foreign Aid and Interwar State Building in Romania. You can read it here: peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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The secret 🤫 to having a 🥂happy 🥂new year? Presenting at our workshop 😃 Submit your abstract by Tuesday (Jan 7)!
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On 5 March, there will be an interdisciplinary workshop 'Migration, Mobilities, and Borders in Eurasia' at Manchester. Proposals can be on any aspect of migration & borders in Eurasia in historical or contemporary perspective. Deadline 31 Jan & CfP here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ETY…
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we have another post in our series guest edited by @BalticBASEES for you! This week Rosario Napolitano discusses the advancement of baltic studies in Italy. Click here to read: peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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This week we have another post in our guest edited series #baltic series for you! @BalticBASEES spoke to Rasa Navickaitė about #lgbtstudies in Lithuania peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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We have a very exciting new series on the blog for you, guest edited by the @BASEES Baltic Study Group @BalticBASEES! In the first installment read about how the Duchy of Courland disrupted notions of peripherality in the Baltics peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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We have another exciting post about archives for you this week! Click here to read our interview with the Open Society Archives about their fantastic online resources on communism, the Cold War, human rights and more! peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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Peripheral Histories? is now on Bluesky and you can follow us here: bsky.app/profile/peripheralh…

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We have a new post for you in our archives series! This week @SusanGrunewald1 spoke to the Blavatnik archive about their collection. Read more here: peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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To start your week off right we have a brand new post in our archives series for you! Check it out here: peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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New post alert! This week we have a fascinating piece by Josef Butler about Polish identity and the diaspora community in Britain peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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We have a brand new post up on the blog to launch us into the autumn semester! You can read our author interview with fellow PH? editor @SusanGrunewald1 here: tinyurl.com/5yk94vt9

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We have a fascinating new post up on the website this week from Karina Khasnulina. Karina's research de-centres Soviet-Chinese cooperation in the 1950s by looking at Kharkiv-Luoyang connections in the field of industrial development. peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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We have a new post up on the site! Click the link below to read our author interview with Vicky Davis, about her new book Central Asia in World War Two. peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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We have a new author interview with Tyler Kirk about his book After the Gulag: peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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Workshop for mid career academics in history and related disciplines in Manchester in May. Travel bursaries available!
🚨 Calling all mid-career academics in the #humanities 🚨 Join us on the 1 May at @UoMhistdept, for our #History Humanities event, as we explore the challenges and opportunities we can provide for peer-support and networking. Limited bursaries available to enable attendance
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The deadline for applications to join the @peripheralhist collective is approaching (18th April), so please do get in touch if you're interested in getting involved: peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…

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If you're a PGR @BASEES #BASEES2024, @AlunR_Thomas and @siobhanhearne will be at the PGR reception this evening to talk about the Peripheral Histories? website, the Eurasian Regions Study Group, and how you can get more involved. See you there!
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