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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre (RESC) at St Antony's College, Oxford. Founded 1 April 1953 with appointment of first Director David Footman. www.sant.ox.ac.uk/russian-and-euras…

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
More than a politics degree 🌍 Oxford’s new one-year MSc in Politics of Global Challenges explores climate change, conflict and inequality, preparing students for careers in policy, NGOs, international organisations and research. Applications open next month: tinyurl.com/yc2azpeb
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Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) @cessnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📣 Fellowship Openings 📣 Core Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Arts 📍 University of Helsinki | Helsinki, Finland 📅 Submission deadline: September 14, 2026 👉️ For more information on these fellowships, eligibility, and applying, see the HCAS website: buff.ly/SssvTkQ #centraleurasia
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Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian) @tayoxford.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🖨️ Scan and Deliver Update! 💻 Did you know, we've increased the copyright limits for our Scan and Deliver service! You can now request up to 10% of a book (or one chapter, whichever's larger)! Please note that our limit of 100 pages (50 openings) does still apply. See below for more details:
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Happy August! Do read this tremendous review by @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social in @theguardian.com of 'The August Coup' by RESC's own #Russia #USSR historian Robert Service: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... @marniehowlett.bsky.social @osgaoxford.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
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Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) @cessnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
📣 Open PhD Position 📣 Literacy across fluid boundaries: Human capital and education in Central and Eastern Europe in the first half of the 19th century 📍 Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw, Poland 👉️ For more details, see this link: buff.ly/ArJHEHh
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16/07/2026
⚡️ Thousands rally in Kyiv, other cities against Defense Minister Fedorov's dismissal, demand reappointment. "Reappoint!" protesters chanted outside the President's Office in central Kyiv on July 16, waving Ukrainian flags and signs criticizing the decision.
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Thousands rally in Kyiv, other cities against Defense Minister Fedorov's dismissal, demand reappointment
President Volodymyr Zelensky's dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov has sparked a wave of criticism from lawmakers, soldiers, veterans, and civil society figures, who argue Ukraine is losing one of its most ...
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Russia is inflaming the debate on immigration in Britain as part of “increasing ambitions to disrupt our way of life”, counter-terror police and experts say It has directly and indirectly paid right-wing influencers to spread messages that align with its political goals inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...
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How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain
Counter-terror leaders reveal the tactics Russia is using to sow division in the UK
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Russia set Britain on fire. Demand an inquiry.
The men who tried to set fire to Kier Starmer’s house were taking orders from Russia. Our research shows this was not an isolated plot. It was part of a wider Russian operation on British soil. Add yo...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It's the final (Week 6) #RESCMondaySeminar of the term! Ada Wordsworth (UCL SSEES) discusses (re)building nation & culture in #Ukraine. Convened by Panayiotis Xenophontos for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @uclssees.bsky.social In-person only - all welcome! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Ребята! Хлопці! It's the Week 5 #RESCMondaySeminar! Michael Khodarkovsky @loyolachicago.bsky.social on the steppe & its empires. Convened by Panayiotis Xenophontos for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk In-person only - all welcome! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Join us for the Week 4 #RESCMondaySeminar, at which Prof Tamar Koplatadze will enlighten re post-Soviet ecopoetics across Central Asia (& beyond)! Convened by Dr Panayiotis Xenophontos for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk . In-person only - all welcome! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Over here for the Week 3 #RESCMondaySeminar! Simon Lewis of @unibremen.bsky.social addresses identity, exile & language in Belarusian writing. Convened by Panayiotis Xenophontos for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk . In-person only - all welcome! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
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abi karas @abikaras.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
oxford friends come say hi!
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
All off to the Week 2 #RESCMondaySeminar! @abikaras.bsky.social discusses urban activism in Chișinău #Moldova. Convened by Panayiotis Xenophontos for St Antony's College Oxford, @osgaoxford.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social In-person only - all welcome! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What's that? Week 1 #RESCMondaySeminar? All welcome as Dr Michał Murawski (UCL-SSEES) discusses architecture, nature & violence in recolonial #Russia. Convened by Dr Panayiotis Xenophontos for @osgaoxford.bsky.social & @uclssees.bsky.social . In-person only! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Be inspired by the Trinity Term #RESCMondaySeminar! Convened by Dr Panayiotis Xenophontos for St Antony's College & @osgaoxford.bsky.social . In-person only, all welcome! events.ox.ac.uk/events/searc...
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Despite high oil prices boosting export revenues, these are some of the headlines in today’s Russian papers: “Warnings of an economic crisis [in Russia] grow louder” and “A reduction in purchases by Russians is ringing alarm bells for the economy.” #ReadingRussia
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"Warnings of a [Russian] economic crisis grow louder" - Russian newspaper headline
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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🥳 Cause for celebration.... - The University of Oxford has once again secured its position as the top institution in the UK and second in the world for politics and international studies for the eleventh year running!: tinyurl.com/58xd7fya
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Tremendous Elliott Lecture last night, with @bbcstever.bsky.social re Reporting from #Russia in a time of war. Classic BBC fair-play combined with honesty & humour. Great that Eurovision (& Intervision) were also discussed in Q&A! Да здравствует! @osgaoxford.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Dissent in Russia at the Wk 8 #RESCMondaySeminar, discussed by @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social. Convened by Roy Allison & @marniehowlett.bsky.social for RESC & @osgaoxford.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social @brasenoseoxford.bsky.social. In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/9e1...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Preferences over contested territory in #Ukraine are addressed in the Wk 7 #RESCMondaySeminar. Speakers: @carlmc.bsky.social & @marniehowlett.bsky.social. Co-convenor Roy Allison for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @lseblogs.bsky.social. In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/8c8...
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Marnie Howlett @marniehowlett.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Four years of full-scale war. Of devastation. Of loss. Yet, Ukrainians continue their flight for freedom and independence. 🇺🇦 www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02...
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Expert Comment: Four years of full-scale war and Ukrainian resistance
Dr Marnie Howlett, Departmental Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, reflects on
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Andrew Wilson (@uclssees.bsky.social) takes on the question of Ukraine's resilience for the Week 6 #RESCMondaySeminar. Convened by Roy Allison & @marniehowlett.bsky.social for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d85...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
'Coming to the Week 5 #RESCMondaySeminar?' Marcin Kaczmarski (@glasgow.ac.uk) looks at the current #Russia #China asymmetrical relationship. Convened by Roy Allison & @marniehowlett.bsky.social for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. In-person only, all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/2f0...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
<<Жизнь прожить — не поле перейти>> Highly recommended - Panorama's Our Man in Moscow, in which @bbcstever.bsky.social reviews his time reporting for @bbcnews.bsky.social in & on #Russia. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
For the Wk 4 #RESCMondaySeminar, Rilka Dragneva-Lewers (Birmingham) investigates #Russian use of international law in its attack on #Ukraine. Convened by Roy Allison & @marniehowlett.bsky.social for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/328...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Wk 3 #RESCMondaySeminar? Encore! Dr Prokopenko of @zois.bsky.social discusses how the #Ukraine war has re-shaped #Russia's elite. Convened by R. Allison, M. Rochlitz & @marniehowlett.bsky.social for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/1cf...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
In Week 2 of the #RESCMondaySeminar, Elena Racheva discusses the societal impact of war in #Russia. Convened by Roy Allison & @marniehowlett.bsky.social for St Antony's College Oxford & @osgaoxford.bsky.social . In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/43e...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Is it true? Yes it is! The #RESCMondaySeminar is back. Katri Pynnöniemi (@helsinkifi) on #Russian disinformation during the attack on #Ukraine. Convened by Roy Allison & @marniehowlett.bsky.social for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/888...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Attention - #Oxford academic vacancy ! Associate Professorship in International Relations of #Russia, Eastern #Europe and #Eurasia! Apply now/tell your friends! Closing date: 28th January 2026 www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/vacancies @osgaoxford.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Attention - academic vacancy ! Associate Professorship in International Relations of Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia! Apply now/tell your friends! Closing date: 28th January 2026 www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/vacancies @osgaoxford.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Ми теж! Мы тоже! Announcing the #RESCMondaySeminar for Hilary Term 2026! Convened by Roy Allison & Marnie Howlett for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social. In-person only - all welcome! www.sant.ox.ac.uk/russian-and-...
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Following the conviction of the Reform's Nathan Gill for accepting Russian bribes, thousands of Brits now want more answers...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Seize the city, undo the state! Serhiy Kudelia investigates Russia's war on Ukraine for the Wk 8 #RESCMondaySeminar. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski & Marnie Howlett for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @baylor.bsky.social In-person only - all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/8a8...
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 20/11/2025
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72 Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
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Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Живи, Україно, прекрасна і сильна! Join us for the Wk 7 #RESCMondaySeminar - Olena Palko (Basel) discusses the interwar Soviet nationalities policy. In-person only, all welcome! Convened by Zbig Wojnowski for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f3d...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Week 6 #RESCMondaySeminar? It's in your field! Beatrice Penati addresses land reform in early Soviet Uzbekistan. In-person only, all welcome! Convened by Zbig Wojnowski for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/51c...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Coединяйтесь! For the Wk 5 #RESCMondaySeminar Jonathan Raspe of @uzh-ch.bsky.social will discuss late 80s reform & disintegration in the #SovietUnion. In-person only - all welcome! Convened by Zbig Wojnowski for @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @osgaoxford.bsky.social talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/d76...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Close people? Wojiech Zajaczkowski discusses the role of informal ties in #Soviet & post-Soviet politics at this special RESC seminar. Convened by Roy Allison & Stephen Whitefield for @osgaoxford.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social In-person only, all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/267...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 27/10/2025
⚡️ Lukoil to sell foreign assets after US sanctions. Lukoil, one of Russia's largest oil producers, announced Oct. 27 that it plans to sell its foreign assets after new U.S. sanctions targeted the company and its subsidiaries.
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Lukoil to sell foreign assets after US sanctions
Lukoil, one of Russia's largest oil producers, announced Oct. 27 that it plans to sell its foreign assets after new U.S. sanctions targeted the company and its subsidiaries.
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Да здравствуетъ #RESCMondaySeminar! Stephen Lovell (KCL) visits the pre-revolutionary State Duma in Week 4. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski for @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @osgaoxford.bsky.social. In-person only, all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/9e0...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Прывітанне! At the Wk 3 #RESCMondaySeminar Alexa von Winning (Tübingen) checks market transition in post-socialist #Russia & #Belarus. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski for @resc25.bsky.social @osgaoxford.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social. In-person only, all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/97c...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Masks optional... but all welcome at the Week 2 #RESCMondaySeminar! Irina Borogan & @andreisoldatov.bsky.social will discuss their book 'Our dear friends in Moscow'. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski & Michael Rochlitz for RESC, St Antony's College, Oxford. In-person only. talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6c8...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
75th anniversary of the #StAntony'sCollege #Russian Centre? Поздравления! Find an updated history of RESC here: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/anniversary/...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Жизнь прожить — не поле перейти. In the Week 1 #RESCMondaySeminar, Thomas C Stevens (Keble) discusses civil war veterans & the making of the #Soviet state. Convened by Zbig Wojnowski for RESC, St Antony's, Faculty of History & REES. In-person only, all welcome! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/776...
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Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford @resc25.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Greetings from the Russian & Eurasian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford University! Feeling emancipated? Roll up to the Michaelmas Term RESC Monday Seminar! Convened by Dr Zbig Wojnowski. In-person only, all welcome! www.sant.ox.ac.uk/russian-and-...
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