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2025 Issue | In Brief
Faculty Books
Ukraine 22: Ukrainian Writers Respond to War: Edited by Mark Andryczyk (Associate Research Scholar, Ukrainian Studies Program) A selection of Ukraine’s leading writers—Taras Prokhasko, Yuri Andrukhovych, Olena Huseinova, Olena Stiazhkina, […]

Cover of Ukraine 22Ukraine 22: Ukrainian Writers Respond to War: Edited by Mark Andryczyk (Associate Research Scholar, Ukrainian Studies Program)

A selection of Ukraine’s leading writers—Taras Prokhasko, Yuri Andrukhovych, Olena Huseinova, Olena Stiazhkina, Oleksandr Boichenko, Andriy Bondar, Volodymyr Rafeyenko, Iryna Tsilyk, Sophia Andrukhovych—convey the reality of life within Ukraine during the first year of the invasion. Translated by Mark Andryczyk, Michael M. Naydan, and Alla Perminova.

London: Penguin Random House UK, 2023

ISBN: 978-1-802-06291-5

 

 

 

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Zenithism (1921-1927): A Yugoslav Avantgarde Anthology: Edited by Aleksandar Bošković (Senior Lecturer in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian; Co-Deputy Director of the East Central European Center) and Steven Teref

This is described by the publisher as the first-ever English language anthology of zenithism, an eclectic avant-garde movement unique to the Yugoslav region from 1921 to 1927.

Academic Studies Press, 2023

ISBN: 9781644697221

 

 

 

Cover of Livestock and Dead ThingsLive Stock and Dead Things: The Archaeology of Zoopolitics between Domestication and Modernity by Hannah Chazin (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology)

Building from the author’s archaeological research in the South Caucasus, Live Stock and Dead Things combines zooarchaeology and anthropology to challenge traditional narratives about the roles of herd animals in the economic, political, and social development of modern societies.

University of Chicago Press, 2024

ISBN: 0226837491

 

 

 

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Thinking Russia’s History Environmentally: Edited by Catherine Evtuhov (Professor of History), Julia Lajus (Visiting Associate Professor, Department of History, 2022-23) and David Moon

This edited volume showcases collaboration amongst an international set of scholars who focus on the contribution that the study of Russian environments makes to the global environmental field.

Berghahn Books, 2023

ISBN: 978-1-80539-027-5

 

 

 

Cover of odrastamy od drzewaOdrastamy od drzewa (We Grow from the Tree) by Anna Frajlich (Senior Lecturer, Emerita, Department of Slavic Languages)

A poetry collection. “One of the main themes of Anna Frajlich’s new collection of poems is empathy toward victims of violence, both distant and unknown, as well as those remembered from personal experience” —Piotr Michałowski.

Szczecin: Wydawnictwo FORMA, 2024

ISBN: 978-83-68215-16-8

 

 

Cover of SzymborskaSzymborska. Poetka poetów (Szymborska. The Poet of Poets) by Anna Frajlich (Senior Lecturer, Emerita, Department of Slavic Languages)

A collection of Frajlich’s scholarly writings and personal reminiscences about the Nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska; her correspondence with Szymborska; images of the collages Szymborska sent to Frajlich with her letters; and photographs from Frajlich’s archive.

Szczecin: Wydawnictwo FORMA, 2023

ISBN: 978-83-67460-74-3

 

 

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(Лекции по истории математического образования) Lectures on the History of Mathematical Education by Alexander Karp (Professor of Mathematics, Teacher’s College)

An introductory history to the most pressing developments in mathematical education.

Siton Press, Kyiv, 2023

ISBN: 978-966-2724-28-8

 

 

 

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The Oxford Handbook of Soviet Underground Culture: Edited by Mark Lipovetsky (Professor and Chair, Department of Slavic Languages), Maria Engstrom, Tomáš Glanc, Ilia Kukuj and Klavdia Smola

This book is described by the publisher as the first comprehensive English-language volume covering a rich history of Soviet artistic and literary underground: samizdat and beyond.

Oxford University Press, 2024

ISBN: 9780197508213

 

 

 

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After the Ottomans: Genocide’s Long Shadow and Armenian Resilience by Katchig Mouradian (Lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies)

This edited volume tackles the lasting impact and the legacy of removal, dispossession, and genocide of Armenians in the last decade of the Ottoman Empire.

London: I.B. Tauris, 2023

ISBN: 9780755649709

 

 

 

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How Russia Loses: Hubris and Miscalculation in Putin’s Kremlin by Thomas Kent (Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs)

Kent reviews Russian influence operations around the world where hubris and miscalculation by Putin and his government have led to reversals of Russia’s fortunes.

Jamestown Foundation, 2023

ISBN-13: 979-8987451939

 

 

 

Cover of From Pushkin to Popular CultureFrom Pushkin to Popular Culture: Essays by Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy by Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy (Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian Literature and Culture; Director of the Harriman Institute, 2001-2009). Edited by Emily D. Johnson, Irina Reyfman (Professor, Department of Slavic Languages) and Carol R. Ueland

In addition to some of Nepomnyashchy’s best previously published scholarly work, this volume includes excerpts from The Politics of Tradition: Rerooting Russian Literature After Stalin, the book manuscript that Nepomnyashchy was working on in the last years of her life.

Academic Studies Press, 2024

ISBN: 9798887194240

 

 

 

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Female Religiosity in Central Asia: Sufi Leaders in the Persianate World by Aziza Shanazarova (Assistant Professor, Department of Religion)

Shanazarova invites readers into the little-known world of female religious authority in early modern Islamic Central Asia, revealing a far more multifaceted gender history than previously supposed.

Cambridge University Press, 2024

ISBN-13: 978-1009386340

 

 

 

Cover of Practicing SociologyPracticing Sociology: Tacit Knowledge for the Social Scientific Craft: Edited by David Stark (Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology; Director of Columbia’s Center on Organizational Innovation)

This volume brings together a range of leading sociologists to reflect on their work and demystify the knowledge of fundamental academic practices. It explores the art of finding new research questions, best practices in publishing, and how to make the most out of the peer review process.

Columbia University Press, 2024

ISBN: 9780231214001

 

 

 

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Literary Theory of Robots by Dennis Yi Tenen (Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature)

This book reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal language, past Hollywood fiction factories, and missile defense systems trained on Russian folktales.

W.W. Norton & Company, 2024

ISBN-13: 9780393882186

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