May 2024 cover. Image of a catalog in Moldova. Photo by Anna Whittington.

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May 2024 Issue

In the May issue: “Teaching and Learning Soviet History through the Unessay" by Paula Michaels; "Research in Moldova in 2024: Access to Archives and the Future of Moldovan Studies" by Igor Cașu; Diversity and Familiarity: A Conversation about Archival Research with Anna Whittington; Spotlight on Academic Blogs: An Interview with Blog Editors at H-Russia, H-Ukraine, The Jordan Center Blog, and Peripheral Histories?; 56th ASEEES Annual Convention; 2024 Cohen-Tucker Fellows; Spring 2024 Slavic Review Preview

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Articles in This Issue

May 17, 2024

Teaching and Learning Soviet History through the Unessay

By Paula Michaels with Claire Dowling, Katherine Robertson, and Kelly Lin Huai Wong

The unessay as an assessment tool has grown in popularity, particularly in tertiary history classes.
May 17, 2024

Research in Moldova in 2024: Access to Archives and the Future of Moldovan Studies

By Igor Cașu

The West as a whole, meanwhile, has become more interested than ever before in Moldova’s current issues, its past, and its future. At least, that is the impression one gets from the vantage point of the archives.
May 17, 2024

Diversity and Familiarity: A Conversation about Archival Research with Anna Whittington

By NewsNet

Our training and research questions should evolve in conversation with the places where we do our work, and it is our responsibility to familiarize ourselves with those specific contexts and histories.
May 17, 2024

Spotlight on Academic Blogs

By Emily Elliott

Emily Elliott speaks to the scholars behind four academic blogs in the field to understand and appreciate this work.