Highlights
Upcoming lectures, media appearances, and recent activities
What’s in the Label? Measuring Imperial and Nationalist Logics in Today’s Russia
What is Russia – an empire, a nation-state, or something else entirely? In this lecture at Maastricht University, I trace five centuries of Russian identity from Ivan the Terrible to Putin's war in Ukraine.
«Віткоффгейт». Ефект рієлтора у «мирному плані» fot. TVP Бартломєй Ґайос
The recordings of conversations between Steven Witkoff – a Trump adviser – and Yuri Ushakov, one of Vladimir Putin’s closest associates, published by Bloomberg, have significant potential to compromise “Steve” on the international stage – my comment for the Ukrainian-language outlet slawa.tv.
Talk at Elliott School - Can Russia Change? A Case for Historical Mindfulness
I take the view that Russia is not doomed to eternal oppression, violence and aggression. But I also know that any transformation requires time, experience and a catalyst. This is why it is worth returning to history to see where and how such catalysts have appeared before – because it is precisely there that we find both clues and warnings for the future, something I refer to as historical mindfulness.
Continuity or Rupture? What Data Science Reveals about Russia’s Politics of Memory - Lecture at Harvard
Using data science methods, I demonstrated the evolution of the Kremlin’s historical narrative – from retrospective commemoration to real-time myth-making.