Alexander Gudkov and Russia’s queer turn in the 2020s
Maria Engström on the normalisation of Russian queer culture and the privatisation of transgressive aesthetics by the cultural mainstream
Culture and education
How Russian university administrations were tamed by the state
Natalia Forrat on how state support programmes to leading universities have stunted their political solidarity and autonomy
The Siberian Muslim Community in 2019
Dmitry Oparin has been studying the social dynamics of Muslim communities across Siberia. In this article, he draws on his recent field research in Tomsk, Irkutsk and elsewhere to outline the contours of Siberian Muslim life in 2019.
Islamic Education For Women In Dagestan
Alisa Shishkina on women’s departments at Islamic universities in Dagestan
Who is to Blame for The Lack of Academic Freedom in Russia?
Part five of ‘Safety first’: security, threats and academia
Little Big: Neo-camp and a new generation of Russian identity
Maria Engstrom on political visuality and camp aesthetics as a new phenomenon of Russian pop culture
Tedious Cultural Rants in Russia’s State Duma
Yampolskaya’s appointment is a cosmetic rearrangement of officials to stir fresh intrigue
Late Soviet Counterculture and New Russian Globalism
The ideas of counter-cultural figures from the Perestroika years are taking on a new social and political significance in contemporary Russian society
Daughterland [Rodina-Doch’]: Erotic patriotism and Russia’s future
Conservative mobilization and sexualization of the nation