Although I don’t often post material relating to faculty life, teaching, and other sundry academic matters, this morning I came across two articles on higher education that non-academics really should read.
The first is a short piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education titled, “Did You Publish Today?” It’s a light-hearted column intended for those [...]

[This is the final part of a four-part series of posts concerning "The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Russian History in America." For background information on this series, click here. Previous installments: Part One, Part Two and Part Three. Cross-posted from The Russian Front.]
What is to be Done?
For scholars who have themselves been forced [...]

[This is the third of a four-part series of posts concerning "The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Russian History in America." For background information on this series, click here. Previous installments: Part One and Part Two. Cross-posted from The Russian Front.]
Revenge of the Nationalities?
Despite the impressive work being done in the broad subfields of [...]

[This is the second of a four-part series of posts concerning "The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Russian History in America." For background information on this series, click here. For Part One, here. Cross-posted from The Russian Front.]
From under the rubble
Although the years that immediately followed the demise of the Soviet system were accompanied [...]

[This is the first of a four-part series of posts concerning "The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Russian History in America." For background information on this series, click here. Cross-posted from The Russian Front.]
A brief history of Russian history, 1945-1991

Although the scholarly study of Russia’s past may be said to have begun as early [...]

It took quite a bit longer and quite a bit more work than we had originally expected, but I am pleased to report that the e-book version of Dictatorship of the Air. The e-version appears this month as a new title in the American Council of Learned Societies Humanities E-Book project.
The DotA e-book is [...]

Although the academic field of Russian history does not lack for talented and inventive scholars, as a general rule, there aren’t too many professional historians who can produce a book that combines innovative research with an engaging and entertaining narrative.
One of the few exceptions to the rule is Catherine Merridale, Professor of Contemporary History at [...]

[Note: This morning, I published the following op-ed in the "View" section at insidehighered.com If you wish to comment on the piece, head over there and join the fray!]
Digital publishing has been a hot topic for some time, but it’s received a good deal of attention as of late thanks to a series of [...]

“Inventories”
It is almost impossible for aviation historians and history buffs to find themselves at a loss for something to read. The number of books, magazines, journals, encyclopedias, and illustrated guides devoted to aircraft is impossibly immense. And each year hundreds more articles and books are added to the mountain of existing works. The overwhelming majority [...]