Written by Clare Angeroth-Franks, MA student in the Russian & East European Institute An environmental journalist from St. Petersburg with broad expertise, including on Siberia, Angelina Davydova is based at UC Davis as a Humphrey Fellow this year. She has more than 10 years of professional experience of working with Russian and international media. Among other honors, she… Read more »
Tag: Siberia
Screening of the film, “Happy People: A Year in the Taiga”
Written by Clare Angeroth Franks, REEI MA student. The 2010 documentary, “Happy People: A Year in the Taiga” appeared on Indiana University Bloomington’s campus on Wednesday, October 24. The documentary was introduced by visiting scholar Bathsheba Demuth, Assistant Professor of History and Environment & Society at Brown University and Assistant Director of the Climate History Network. The… Read more »
Update from the field: Life in a Siberian village
Written by Taylor Thomas, PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies with a minor in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures. Black chai with fresh mint. Bliny with smetano and jam. A trip up the mountain alongside a procession of cows to gather berries for kompot or pierogi. Three shots of something very… Read more »
Siberia from the outside and from within: international conference of field researchers / Сибирь извне и изнутри: международная конференция полевых исследователей
Written by Elena Korkina, member of the Center for Independent Research in the Social Sciences-Irkutsk / Написано Еленой Коркиной, сотрудник Центра независимых социальных исследований – Иркутск Конференций о Сибири, много. Конференций, в которых могут участвовать исследователи Сибири ещё больше. Почему иркутская – особая статья? В основе иркутской конференции три принципа: Исследования “человеческой”, повседневной и современной… Read more »
Natalia Forrat, visiting fellow at Notre Dame: “People’s Movement in Support of the State”
Written by Daniel Muck, PhD Student in the Department of Political Science Social movements and civil society organizations in authoritarian settings are commonly seen to be working in opposition to the ruling regime, leading researchers to examine the threats that social movements pose, as well as the redistributive strategies autocrats use to co-opt or isolate… Read more »