August 22, 2021
21 Audiobooks about Russia
Learn more about the world's largest country with this curated list of 21 fiction and non-fiction audiobooks about Russia.
July 1, 2021
Queens of Jerusalem
A conversation with historian Katherine Pangonis about her excellent new book, Queens of Jerusalem, which examines the lives of the queens, princesses, and countesses who ruled Outremer, the Crusader states…
April 30, 2021
The Volga
Professor Janet M. Hartley takes readers on a fascinating journey down the mighty Volga River and into the heart of the Russian mindset. "The Volga: A History of Russia's Greatest…
February 13, 2021
Podcast: Journeys through the Russian Empire
In his latest authoritative book, “Journeys Through the Russian Empire,” (Duke University Press, 2020) Russian scholar, photographer, and chronicler of Russian architecture William Craft Brumfield frames the life and work…
February 9, 2021
Podcast: Moscow Monumental
Katherine Zubovich's "Moscow Monumental" charts the decades long effort to transform Russia’s ancient second city into the triumphant capital of the new socialist state, and the construction of the city's…
June 10, 2020
Podcast: Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World
Fascination with the Viking Age is at an all-time high, though it has never really gone out of fashion. There is something irresistible about the Vikings, a civilization dedicated to…
May 27, 2020
Podcast:Queen Victoria and the Romanovs
"Queen Victoria and the Romanovs: 60 Years of Mutual Distrust" is a fascinating journey through the intimacy of royal politics and diplomacy, and a study in the universality of family…
November 18, 2019
Podcast: Russia’s 20th Century: A Fresh Look at Soviet History
A conversation with Professor Michael Khodarkovsky about his new book, Russia's 20th Century: a fresh look at the arc of Soviet history.
July 16, 2019
Podcast: The Last Night on the Titanic
Culinary historian, Veronika Hinke’s new book, The Last Night on the Titanic, Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style is a celebration of the ethos of the Titanic through the magnificent food…
