This article explores the practices of crime investigation in the Russian Empire and outlines the interplay of different actors during the process. By showing the intersections of various levels of detective work, the article argues about the significance of local…
In the Fall Semester of 2022, Invisible University for Ukraine launched a scholarship program aiming to support students from Ukrainian universities co-funded by the Open Society University Network and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). Since then, the program has helped…
In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Yaroslav Trofimov—author of the new book Our Enemies Will Vanish. The Russian Invasion and Ukraine’s War of Independence—shows how Ukraine has turned out to be much stronger than hoped whereas Russia has…
Here is an interview with Oksana Kuzmenko, a researcher of Ukrainian folklore, in which she is discussing authentic folklore as opposed to fakelore in the context of emerging national imagination. Here, Kuzmenko touches upon various topics: authenticity and invention in…
As of May 2023, when this article was completed amidst the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, it is imperative to contemplate cultural works that depict the return of combatants to civilian life, as this process of integration awaits Ukraine after its victory.…
Olexandr Mykhed is one of the few Ukrainian authors to write not one but two books since Russia has launched its large-scale invasion. His fairy tale titled The Cat, the Cock, and the Kitchen Cabinet was published in December 2022.…
In this study, Maryna Tarasiuk tries to make sense of how Ukrainian archives are managed and how people can access historical documents during an armed conflict—a topic that has become even more significant in the context of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian…
Publicly given speeches are often perceived with too much focus on their literal content. Yet, the functioning of public speech appears to be a lot more complicated to analyze, especially when the speaking subject holds the position of a certain…
In this conversation with Visible Ukraine editor Marta Haiduchok and RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Yaroslav Hrytsak—author of the new book Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation—explains what makes Ukraine a geopolitically crucial borderland and why the Ukrainian question has become…
Inspired by the talk with Maria Sonevytsky on the release of her new book Tantsi, this article offers reflections on the ways and opportunities to apply decolonization to the field of Soviet cultural history and anthropology through the case of…