An incredible cover has landed for an incredible book - Philippa Hetherington's "Circulating Subjects: Sex Work and Migration in Russia, 1885–1935."
More on how to pre-order a copy of her "riveting" and "radical" @cornellupress.bsky.social book here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
I spoke at The Eurasian Knot about my piece on same-sex entrapment.
My interview for Radio Liberty about my piece on same-sex entrapment and Soviet queer history in general.
John Vassall did have diplomatic immunity when he was approached by the KGB in Moscow in 1955 and shown photos of him having sex with a Soviet man. He could have left, but he did not.
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @mozzgi.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social talks about her recent article in this podcast. Tune in 👇
Read here: direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
He knew that even if he avoided prosecution in Russia, his life would turn into hell if the KGB shared the photos with the UK press or the authorities.
direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
Bethany Wasik
Историк Ирина Ролдугина исследует спецоперации КГБ, шантажировавшего иностранцев, которые вступали с советскими гражданами (как правило, агентами спецслужб) в однополые связи. Статья, посвященная подо...
My other article is out in @kritikajournal.bsky.social. In it, I show how, after Stalin’s death, leftist queer people in the West forged and demonstrated forms of queer kinship with their counterparts in the USSR. It is a new lens on the study of Soviet queer life, moving beyond national narrative⬇️
