Chloe Papadopoulos

On Oct 14 @ 12:30pm Pacific @chloespumpkins.bsky.social is giving a Sawchen Lecture! It's about how #19thC artistic production evaluates and represents history (using the example of Koz'ma Minin). It's virtual! All are welcome, and you can learn more & register here: cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

We have a job going in my department! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Painting featuring a young white woman, upper half, in an interior facing forwards at her dressing table, in a white vest-like top holding her long dark hair in one hand and with a slight smile

Self Portrait at the Dressing Table,1909 by Zinaida Serebriakova #WomensArt

A Chat with Melissa Frazier about Signs of the Material World The North American Dostoevsky Society stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See our statement here. Today Vadim …

“As scholars of literature, we have something desperately important to teach our students: what and how we read matters.” Today on the blog, Vadim Shneyder sits down with Melissa Frazier to discuss #Dostoevsky, #science, and the power of #language:

bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/09/15/a...

Monoliths: Art, Industry, and the Marvelous Objects of the Russian Empire SHERA 30th Anniversary Lecture Series: Lecture by Molly Brunson

We are delighted to invite you to a September lecture in the SHERA's 30th Anniversary Lecture Series: Monoliths: Art, Industry, and the Marvelous Objects of the Russian Empire by Molly Brunson.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 12:00-1:15 pm NY time.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/monoliths-...

The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms Abstract. Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across different media, from early

Margarita Vaysman & I have been working on this for the past 5 (!) years, but it's finally done- the online version is up and the hardcover should be out later this month! Welcome to the Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms, feat. 41 chapters and beautiful cover art: academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 🎉

So exciting! Congratulations!

📣 This only happens once a year! 📣 The Yale Review is now open for general submissions through September 30. Send us your poems, stories, essays, and translations.

For full guidelines and to submit: yalereview.org/about/submis...

That’s wonderful to hear! Alas, I definitely had *many* essays that read as if they were written by LLMs almost entirely the semester prior. Hence the blue book-scaffolded essay hybrid. My way of attempting to retain the writing skills building that I so value!

I should note that the writing was actually quite strong overall and I only suspected one student (out of around 25) of possibly relying on AI for generating their thesis - the quality of the analysis suffered as a result anyway so it was only to their detriment 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's certainly possible, but absolute control isn’t really feasible - if the student wants to memorize enough material to fill an hour-long session of writing then that's what they will do, unfortunately.

I switched to blue books for our first essay last spring. I scaffolded the assignment over the course of around 2 weeks, during which students selected essay topics, drafted thesis statements and outlines (which I offered feedback on), and they then wrote the essay in class. Overall, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Excited to announce the launch of the new and improved International #Dostoevsky Society website! Check it out and please consider joining today:

dostoevsky.org

Please note that the deadline for proposals has been extended until September 15!
#cfp #buenosaires #dostoevsky

Please consider signing the #petition coming out of U #Oregon: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...

Call for Abstracts: XIX International Dostoevsky Symposium in Buenos Aires (June 2026) DOSTOEVSKY:TEXT, TRADITION, TRANSLATION XIX Symposiumof the International Dostoevsky Society 16 – 19 June 2026Buenos Aires, Argentina The XIX Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society…

A timely reminder! The deadline for proposals for the XIX International #Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires is August 31! Check out the #CFP:
bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/05/27/c...

Money, Narrative, and Economic History: An Interview with Ekaterina Pravilova about The Ruble The North American Dostoevsky Society stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See our statement here. This week Jonatha…

New on the blog! “Can money have a story?” An interview with Ekaterina Pravilova on money, narrative, and economic history: bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/07/07/m...

Call for Abstracts: XIX International Dostoevsky Symposium in Buenos Aires (June 2026) DOSTOEVSKY:TEXT, TRADITION, TRANSLATION XIX Symposiumof the International Dostoevsky Society 16 – 19 June 2026Buenos Aires, Argentina The XIX Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society…

We are excited to announce that the #CFP for the XIX International #Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina is now available!
bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/06/18/c...

Reencoding Crime and Punishment for Network Analysis After finishing encoding our corpus at the end of last year, we’ve been working on speech network analysis. Network analysis is a method that creates a visualization of connections between elements…

A new #DigitalDostoevsky blog post is up! @fyodor76.bsky.social discusses the choices we made doing data cleaning for our network graphs work. Check it out! digitaldostoevsky.com/2025/03/31/r...

Working alongside @katiabowers.bsky.social has been the absolute best and, as the new Editor of Bloggers Karamazov, I have some big shoes to fill! I am so excited to continue this work - write me with ideas, and direct interested students our way for the ongoing undergraduate series!

Looking Backwards, Moving Forwards: The First Decade of Bloggers Karamazov by Katherine Bowers The North American Dostoevsky Society stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See our statement&nbs…

End of an era as I step down after 10 years as editor of Bloggers Karamazov, honestly one of the most unexpected but rewarding academic service roles I have done. But don't worry! The blog continues under the capable editorship of @chloespumpkins.bsky.social bloggerskaramazov.com/2025/03/31/l...

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

Had such a wonderful time working out new ideas with colleagues at the 2025 @modernlanguage.bsky.social convention earlier this year!

Concerned Scholars of Slavic Languages re: closure of Dalhousie's Russian Department Dear President Kim Brooks, As concerned scholars of Slavic languages, literatures, cultures, and adjacent fields, we express our strong disapproval of Dalhousie University’s decision to close its Dep...

Friends in the field (and in related disciplines!), please consider signing this petition/letter to the Dalhousie University admin. Dal has announced its intention to close the Russian Studies Department, where I had the luck to find my first academic job.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Whitehouse.gov captures from: 2008 Sept. 15; 2013 Mar. 21; 2017 Feb. 3; and 2021 Feb. 25

Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️

Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...

So exciting!

The New Yorker published this beautiful poem by associate professor Anna Journey about the Palisades fire:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Pasadena Humane in Pasadena, CA are currently working tirelessly to support emergency intakes of animals impacted by the wildfires in CA. If you are able, they have been asking for monetary donations to support displaced and injured animals in their care! give.pasadenahumane.org/give

LA Fire Dept #LAFD is soliciting emergency donations: supportlafd.kindful.com?campaign=104...

Studio City Fire Knocked Down. Way to go #LAFD