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Polly Jones
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Professor of Russian, University of Oxford
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Polly Jones @drpollyjones.bsky.social · 15d
Last chance to register for Friday’s workshop (in person or online)!
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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · May 24
Polly Jones on an account of the transition between Soviet leaders
Power beyond the grave
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Polly Jones @drpollyjones.bsky.social · May 10
Really enjoyed this conversation!
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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · May 8
📻 @drpollyjones.bsky.social joins Polina Popova on the
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Polly Jones joins Polina Popova on the New Books Network to discuss her book Gulag Fiction: Labour Camp Literature from Stalin to Putin
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Polly Jones @drpollyjones.bsky.social · Apr 28
Fantastic early career opportunity here: three-year junior research fellowship at University College, Oxford. Great colleagues, great wisteria!

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Polly Jones @drpollyjones.bsky.social · Feb 4
Hugely enjoyed this book, and my last year as Nove judge. What a pleasure to read so many wonderful books over the last three years.
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Fabian Baumann @fabianbaumann.bsky.social · Feb 4
Some more good academic news: "Dynasty Divided" has been awarded BASEES's Alexander Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies. I could not be happier with the positive reception the book has met.

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Nove prize awarded to Fabian Baumann — Basees
The BASEES judging panel was delighted to award this year’s Nove Prize to Dr Fabian Baumann of Heidelberg University for his monograph, 'Dynasty Divided’. Baumann, Fabian. Dynasty Divided: A Family...
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Polly Jones @drpollyjones.bsky.social · Feb 2
Never really post anything here but the actual BLUE SKY today merits a mention!
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José Vergara @josevergara.bsky.social · Jan 3
Very happy to have written a few words about @drpollyjones.bsky.social's excellent new book on Gulag fiction for @thetls.bsky.social. Really terrific overview and close readings of various texts and trends, older and recent!

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Gulag Fiction by Polly Jones | Book review | The TLS
Polly Jones observes, in her fascinating Gulag Fiction: Labour camp literature from Stalin to Putin, that many of the Soviet state’s “grandiose
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Polly Jones @drpollyjones.bsky.social · Jan 3
First review of Gulag Fiction, in the first TLS of the year!

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Gulag Fiction by Polly Jones | Book review | The TLS
Polly Jones observes, in her fascinating Gulag Fiction: Labour camp literature from Stalin to Putin, that many of the Soviet state’s “grandiose
www.the-tls.co.uk
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Polly Jones @drpollyjones.bsky.social · Nov 14
Happy publication day to me! Now available as paperback, hardback and e-book, for all your format needs!
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