So thrilled to see this piece in Jacobin to mark the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR by the departmental coordinator of Penn’s Russian and East European Studies, our very own Alina Yakubova.
Watch my lecture at the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany →
“Second World, Second Sex,” delivered October 20, 2021 and chaired by the brilliant Juliane Fürst
Thrilled to be a guest on Dr. Fern Riddell's History podcast →
The Night Witches were the feared, all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. Yet the Night Witches weren't the only Soviet women on the front-line during the Second World War. Women were pilots, doctors, partisans, snipers and anti-aircraft gunners. Dr Fern Riddell speaks to Dr Reina Pennington and Prof Kristen Ghodsee.
Summer Reading: The Unwomanly Face of War
An absolutely gorgeous book or oral history with Soviet women who fought in World War II by Nobel-Prize winning author, Svetlana Alexievich. This is the best book that I have read about the experience of women in war. Highly recommended.
News item from June 1, 1942
I love this little dispatch from the New York Times in June of 1942 when the Soviet sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, was recognized for her 257 conformed Nazi kill. She accepted her award with only three words: “i’ll get more.” She kept her promise. After four injuries, she left the front lines later in the year with 309 confirmed kills in her sniper’s tally book.
So excited for this conference in Paris! →
With Wang Zheng and Lisa Armstrong at Smith College
A lovely two days of discussing the various experiences of state socialist feminism in China, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. I love scholarly collaboration!
