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Volume 58 Issue 3 | Communist and Post-Communist Studies | University of California Press

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · 8d

Free to access for one week:

Introduction to the Special Section on "Emergency Response Research and Documentation in a Comparative Perspective"
by Natalia Otrishchenko & Anna Wylegała

👉 doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

The escalation of Russian aggression against Ukraine—an attack launched throughout almost all of its territory in February 2022—has triggered numerous initiatives aiming at documentation of war experiences through methods of interviewing. The war and refugee crisis in Central and Eastern Europe brings us closer to similar situations in different regions of the world, which also have been documented and researched. Our special section explores various methodologies of emergency response projects and traces how different positionalities are combined and contested during the unfolding conflict. While we focus on the Ukrainian case, our aim is to engage in dialogue with various geographies of the post-communist world, where researchers are (or were) exposed to straightforward challenges in terms of safety and security. We invited scholars who studied their own societies or communities they are related to; therefore, the duality between “insider” and “outsider” as well as the very concept of “field” as something external is challenged in their writing. Assembled articles make visible tensions inherent in the projects that document the present moment: between different roles researchers have, different ethical justifications and academic standards, different audiences and social groups scholars engage with. Following the question that Ghislaine Boulanger posed, “How do we fit our understanding of the individual survivor into the larger picture of a catastrophe without losing sight of individual struggle?”, authors show various possibilities of analytical work with collected materials and ways to conceptualize the experiences of both the interviewers and the interviewees who live through violent conflicts.

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · 16d

Also in the September issue, research articles on:
🔸Media freedom in Eurasia
🔸Russian business and corporate welfare
🔸Housing privatization in China
🔸Populist communication in Czechia

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · 16d

The September issue is now online! Featuring a special section on "Emergency Response Research and Documentation in Comparative Perspective," with guest ed.s Natalia Otrishchenko and Anna Wylegała

The section draws on the experience of Polish and Ukrainian research teams following Feb 2022.
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Table of Contents for September issue of Communist and Post-Communist Studies

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · 19d

🚨Announcing the CPCS Global Collaborative Research Award. 🚨

The award is unique in recognizing and promoting cross-regional collaboration in published research on the communist or post-communist world.

More details are 👇
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Global Collaboration Research Award | Communist and Post-Communist Studies | University of California Press

Global Collaboration Research Award | Communist and Post-Communist Studies | University of California Press Global Collaborative Research Award   Description   Communist and Post-Communist Studies (CPCS) and the University of California Press value the diversification and platforming of voices and perspectives of scholars from all regions who contribute to, and engage with, international research on the communist and post-communist world. In furthering this goal,...

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · 21d

New in Advance Articles (Open Access):

Proxy Games and Freezing Conflict: Trilateral Identifications, Fear, and Agency in Russia-Georgia Relations Post-Crimea
by Julie Wilhelmsen & Salome Minesashvili

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Proxy Games and Freezing ConflictTrilateral Identifications, Fear, and Agency in Russia-Georgia Relations Post-Crimea

This article argues that conflicts can be frozen through engagement in mutual trilateral identification games that marginalize lower-level political entities while elevating their danger through ident...

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Media Literacy and the Interpretation of the War—A Study of Uzbekistani Youth’s Perceptions on the Russia-Ukraine War

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · 23d

New in Advance Articles:

Media Literacy and the Interpretation of the War—A Study of Uzbekistani Youth’s Perceptions on the Russia-Ukraine War
by Mukhammadsodik Donaev

doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

This study examines how media literacy influences the perceptions of young people in Uzbekistan regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. With the media’s pervasive role in shaping public understanding of glo...

The Birth of Collective Action Out of Influencer Culture?Individual Visibility and Power Dynamics in the Feminist Anti-War Resistance

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Sep 8

New in Advance Articles (🚨Open Access🚨):

The Birth of Collective Action Out of Influencer Culture?: Individual Visibility and Power Dynamics in the Feminist Anti-War Resistance
by Daniil Zhaivoronok

doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

In recent years, a body of critical scholarship has emerged that interrogates the impact of influencer culture on feminist activism. This study contributes to the ongoing scholarly debate by examining...

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Bakhytzhan Kurmanov @bkurmanov.bsky.social · Sep 2

Excellent transparency of the journal. I wish all journals published such informative reports. @cpcs.bsky.social 👍

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

The CPCS Editor's Report 2025 is now available for download:
drive.google.com/file/d/1qo-S...

A short highlight thread:
🔸2024 Impact Factor ↗️ 1.3
🔸2024 Immediacy Index ↗️ 1.1
🔸2024 Scopus CiteScore ↗️ 2.4

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(9/9) We're proud of what we've accomplished since the journal's re-launch in 2020, and we're grateful to everyone who has contributed to the journal's success.

More announcements to come, so check out the report and watch this space!

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(8/9) Félix Krawatzek also joins as Assoc. Editor. He is snr researcher at ZOiS, where he heads up the ERC-funded Moving Russia(ns): Intergenerational Transmission of Memories Abroad and at Home, and coordinates the research cluster on Youth & Generational Change. www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/...

Dr. Félix Krawatzek

www.zois-berlin.de

Details | MSUToday | Michigan State University

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(7/9) Myunghee Lee (Michigan State University) joined as Associate Editor in August. Her research focuses on authoritarian politics, democratization, protest and foreign policy, with a regional focus on East Asia, particularly the Korean Peninsula and China. msutoday.msu.edu/for-media/ex...

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Anna Kozlova - Department of History

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(6/9) Meet the new members of the editorial team:
Anna Kozlova started as Managing Editor in May. She is finishing her PhD in History at Carleton U. on transnational post-Soviet German migrants. She also worked for Canadian Journal for European and Russian Studies. carleton.ca/history/cu-p...

Current Program (including year of entry): Ph.D. History (2019) Supervisor: Dr James Casteel Academic Interests: Migration; diaspora; cultural history; oral history; transnational history; food histor...

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(5/9) Gender balance among authors continues to improve steadily. There was no difference in acceptance rates for manuscripts with male or female corresponding authors.

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(4/9) The highest number of submissions in 2024 were received from:
🔸China (28)
🔸Poland (24)
🔸United Kingdom (15)
🔸United States (14)
🔸Czechia (12)
🔸Russia (9)
🔸Germany (8)
🔸Kazakhstan (8)

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(3/9) Review/decision times:
🔸From submission to decision based on reviews: 63 days
🔸From submission to desk reject: 20 days
🔸Number of reviewers invited per manuscript: 3.2
🔸Number of days to complete reviews: 23

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

(2/9) 188 manuscripts submitted in 2024
🔸Accepted: 20%
🔸Desk rejected: 33%
🔸Rejected: 15
🔸R&R: 26%

CPCS Reading Lists August 2025.docx

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 28

The CPCS Editor's Report 2025 is now available for download:
drive.google.com/file/d/1qo-S...

A short highlight thread:
🔸2024 Impact Factor ↗️ 1.3
🔸2024 Immediacy Index ↗️ 1.1
🔸2024 Scopus CiteScore ↗️ 2.4

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 27

Last minute course prep? We got you covered.

Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 6

For those of you working on your fall syllabus: we present the updated CPCS Reading Lists, containing curated lists of articles published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies over the last ten years (2015-2025), categorized by region and by thematic area.

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This document contains curated lists of articles published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies over the last ten years (2015-2025), categorized by region and by thematic area. Please note that all...

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 27

New in Advance Articles:

It’s a Matter of Time: The Relationship Between the Duration of Residence and Quality of Neighborhood Relations in a Polish Late-Socialist Block of Flats

by Lucyna Błażejczyk-Majka, Marek Nowak, Przemysław Pluciński

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

It’s a Matter of Time | Request PDF

Request PDF | It’s a Matter of Time | Late-socialist blocks of flats (LSBFs) represent a significant part of the urban, architectural, and social legacies of post-communist Central and... | Find, read...

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 13

New in Advance Articles:

Text-as-Data Methods to Study Mass-Media Manipulations in Autocracies
by Lanabi La Lova (@lanabi.bsky.social)

doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

Text-as-Data Methods to Study Mass-Media Manipulations in Autocracies

This article explores how text-as-data methodologies can be used to reveal patterns of mass-media manipulation strategies employed in modern autocracies. First, it explains the importance of studying ...

CPCS Reading Lists August 2025.docx

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David Stroup @davidstroup.bsky.social · Aug 7

Teaching on nationalism, regime type, authoritarian institutions, social movements or area studies this year? Check out the CPCS Reading List, updated for Aug. 2025, containing articles from @cpcs.bsky.social from 2015-2025 categorized by region and by thematic area.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This document contains curated lists of articles published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies over the last ten years (2015-2025), categorized by region and by thematic area. Please note that all...

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Aug 6

For those of you working on your fall syllabus: we present the updated CPCS Reading Lists, containing curated lists of articles published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies over the last ten years (2015-2025), categorized by region and by thematic area.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CPCS Reading Lists August 2025.docx

This document contains curated lists of articles published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies over the last ten years (2015-2025), categorized by region and by thematic area. Please note that all...

docs.google.com

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies @cpcs.bsky.social · Jul 22

Recently published in the June issue:

Self-Governing Factory: The Solidarity Revolution at the Enterprise Level and the Origins of Poland’s Market Reforms, 1980–81 Available
by Kaspar Pucek

Free to access for one week.
doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

Self-Governing FactoryThe Solidarity Revolution at the Enterprise Level and the Origins of Poland’s Market Reforms, 1980–81

“Self-Governing Factory” analyzes the Polish Solidarity revolution of 1980–81 and the resulting economic reforms from the micro-historical perspective of a single enterprise—the Small-Engine Car Facto...