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New Books in Ukrainian Studies

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Ukraine
Holocaust
Russia
World War II
Soviet Union
Stepan Bandera
Organization Of Ukrainian Nationalists
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
Russia-Ukraine War
NATO
Fascism
Babyn Yar
Ukraine War
East Central Europe
Józef Piłsudski
Krivyi Rih, Ukraine
Resilient Fighting Power
Sholem Aleichem
Human Security
Ukrainian Modernism

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Dmytro Soloviov
Photographer, tour guide, and activist focused on Ukrainian Modernism
Ukrainian Modernism Instagram; Fuel Publishing (book: Ukrainian Modernism)
Episode: Dmytro Soloviov, "Ukrainian Modernism: Modernist Architecture of Ukraine" (Fuel, 2025)
Jonathan Daly
Historian, professor at University of Illinois Chicago; author of The Man Who Knew Russia
University of Illinois Chicago
Episode: Jonathan Daly, "The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Cristina Florea
Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Cornell University
Cornell University
Episode: Cristina Florea, "Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Alex Averbuch
Author of Furious Harvests; interdisciplinary scholar, poet, and translator
University of Michigan
Episode: Alex Averbuch, "Furious Harvests" (Harvard UP, 2026)
Jeremy Dauber
Professor of Yiddish Literature at Columbia University; Director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
Columbia University
Episode: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem
Elliot Dolan-Evans
Author, academic from Melbourne; law and political economy expert
University/academic position mentioned in interview
Episode: Elliot Dolan-Evans, "Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine" (Bristol UP, 2025)
Denys Gorbach
Postdoctoral fellow at Lund University; ethnographer and author
Lund University
Episode: Denys Gorbach, "The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class: Everyday Politics and Moral Economy in a Post-Soviet City" (Berghahn Books, 2024)
Joshua Zimmerman
Author of Major Biography of Jozef Piłsudski, Eli and Diana Zborowski Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History
Yeshiva University; Harvard University Press (publisher)
Episode: Joshua D. Zimmerman, "Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Dr. Julia Meszaros
Associate Professor, East Texas A&M (part of Texas A&M University System)
East Texas A&M University System
Episode: Julia H. Meszaros, "Economies of Gender: Masculinity, "Mail Order Brides," and Women’s Labor" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

Hosts

Megan Buskey
Host of The New Books Network with a focus on Ukrainian studies and related histories.
Jonathan Brent
Executive Director of the YIVO Institute; engages in Jewish history and Eastern European studies.
Adam Kirsch
Moderator; Senior Editor at The New Republic; interviewer in expert-led discussions.
Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
Host of New Books in East European Studies; guides cross-disciplinary Ukrainian/East European conversations.
Piotr Kosicki
Professor of History; contributes historical context and scholarly framing.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 14 ratings
  • You are loosing your credibility

    Sometimes I wonder where have you turned wrong with your editors policy. Calling russian emigrants for talks, highlighting old and widely criticised books (you promised new books, remember?) instead of giving voices to actual Ukrainians, uplifting the studies of Ukrainian history from decolonisation perspective. It’s a shame, really

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  • Good

    Super nice show and channel, i was on rumble platform but that thing evolved into an anti west propaganda tool so quick that barely no one noticed, i think there’s a lot of Chinese and Russian plus Marxists from third countries engaging in destroying real geopolitical discussion, i was bullied to the point of mental distress, better to play it safe in podcast, your assessment is right ruskis and shyna have engaged in unrestricted warfare against the west for generations in all fronts and we are ... more

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    United States3 years ago

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Jonathan Daly, "The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Q: What motivated Pipes to compare Bolshevism with Nazism, and how did he respond to the controversy that followed?
Daly explains that Pipes saw hazardous continuities in coercive methods and anti-liberal rhetoric, a stance that drew fire at conferences and from some Western scholars, but Daly notes Pipes' personal experiences and Jewish heritage shaped his sensitivities toward the Holocaust while still making a controversial historical comparison.
Jonathan Daly, "The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Q: Could you tell us how Pipes' approach—especially his use of oral interviews and demographic data—shaped his interpretation of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union?
Daly highlights Pipes' hybrid method: humanist scholarship enriched by social science tools, including the Harvard Interview Project and census data, enabling a nuanced view of nationalities and social dynamics while keeping a strong emphasis on culture and institutions.
Jonathan Daly, "The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Q: Your first monograph was Autocracy Under Siege, and Jonathan and typical New Books Network tradition, I always like to start out by asking our authors, who are always historians generally, how did you become a historian?
Daly explains a trajectory from a philosophy major to studying Russian history, discovering a passion for interdisciplinary study under mentors like Richard Stites, and deciding to pursue a PhD in history to engage deeply with the field rather than stay in a single narrow lane.
Cristina Florea, "Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: How did the Habsburgs attempt to organizeBukovina and what did they change?
The Habsburg administration introduced state-building measures like cadastral surveys, secularizing reforms, church reorganization, and policies aimed at maximizing land productivity and population management, which also included attempts to place Orthodox and other religious communities within a centralized, modern administrative framework.
Cristina Florea, "Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: What is Bukovina geographically, and who lived there over the last 250 years?
Bukovina straddles the Ukraine-Romania border and has housed a diverse mix—Ukrainian Ruthenians, Romanians, Germans, Jews, Slovaks, Hungarians, and others—whose interactions were shaped by imperial rule, religion, and language politics.

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What is New Books in Ukrainian Studies about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Explores Ukrainian history, literature, and geopolitics through scholarly interviews with researchers, authors, and experts. Episodes often center on Ukraine's memory politics, post-Soviet transformations, war impacts, and the broader Eastern European historical discourse, with deep dives into books, archival material, and methodological approaches. Noteworthy is the consistent emphasis on interdisciplinary analysis—combining history, literature, security studies, and cultural memory—delivered by prominent academics and writers. This mix makes it a strong fit for listeners seeking rigorous, academically grounded perspectives on Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and their global contexts, often with attention to how historiography and policy intersec... more

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