Artyom Tonoyan
@tonoyan.bsky.social
A gentleman and a scholar. South Caucasus
Wherein I review Emily Herring's new biography of Henri Bergson, Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People.
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Herald of a Restless World by Emily Herring
A Review
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October 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Wherein I review Emily Herring's new biography of Henri Bergson, Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People.
Read and subscribe to my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
Read and subscribe to my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
Read a book. Wrote a review. Subscribe to my Substack open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
Houellebecq's Annihilation
A Review
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October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Read a book. Wrote a review. Subscribe to my Substack open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
Woody Allan once quipped "I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." Some politicians think otherwise. open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
Hubris Syndrome
I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Woody Allan once quipped "I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." Some politicians think otherwise. open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
Wherein I write about the staging of the West Side Story in Soviet Armenia in 1963 open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
Chino's Gun
One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wherein I write about the staging of the West Side Story in Soviet Armenia in 1963 open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...
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Are you a specialist in gender studies or Soviet history interested in women’s roles in the USSR? East View’s Soviet Woman Digital Archive (1945–1991) showcases this illustrated magazine promoting Soviet women’s achievements to global audiences. For more information www.eastview.com/resources/jo...
June 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Are you a specialist in gender studies or Soviet history interested in women’s roles in the USSR? East View’s Soviet Woman Digital Archive (1945–1991) showcases this illustrated magazine promoting Soviet women’s achievements to global audiences. For more information www.eastview.com/resources/jo...
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“This indispensable collection of articles, documents, and interviews from the Soviet and Russian press brings alive the events and emotions of one of the most tragic conflicts that brought down the USSR.” Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan. Read more www.eastviewpress.com/resources/bo...
June 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“This indispensable collection of articles, documents, and interviews from the Soviet and Russian press brings alive the events and emotions of one of the most tragic conflicts that brought down the USSR.” Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan. Read more www.eastviewpress.com/resources/bo...
That’s a terrible latte art. I can do a seminar but my membership has lapsed
May 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
That’s a terrible latte art. I can do a seminar but my membership has lapsed
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1) Don’t think I’ve seen Georgia as an origin country for transnational repression before
2) Definitely have never seen Iceland as a host country
2) Definitely have never seen Iceland as a host country
In recent days, reports have emerged of at least two incidents in which Georgians living abroad were allegedly attacked or threatened — apparently because of their opposition to the ruling Georgian Dream party.
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Georgian Dream critics living abroad allege politically motivated attacks by fellow Georgians
At least two Georgians have claimed that incidents have occured in recent days.
oc-media.org
April 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
1) Don’t think I’ve seen Georgia as an origin country for transnational repression before
2) Definitely have never seen Iceland as a host country
2) Definitely have never seen Iceland as a host country
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This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
The real winners in all of this - the Amish
March 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The real winners in all of this - the Amish
We basically need a NATO but for eggs. Forget the nuclear umbrella, we need a mother hen!
March 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We basically need a NATO but for eggs. Forget the nuclear umbrella, we need a mother hen!
Seeing what’s happening with the latest moves by the Trump administration is like someone brought back Yegor Gaidar from the dead and gave him an office in the West Wing
January 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Seeing what’s happening with the latest moves by the Trump administration is like someone brought back Yegor Gaidar from the dead and gave him an office in the West Wing
What is this hell?
January 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What is this hell?
Man, Chat GPT is absolutely bonkers about religion in the Soviet Union. Presents Fr. Alexander Men as a KGB agent (he most certainly was not) and that The Flying Spaghetti Monster was created in the 1980s Soviet underground, (It wasn't).
January 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Man, Chat GPT is absolutely bonkers about religion in the Soviet Union. Presents Fr. Alexander Men as a KGB agent (he most certainly was not) and that The Flying Spaghetti Monster was created in the 1980s Soviet underground, (It wasn't).
Nothing like an article by the former ambassador of Albania to Azerbaijan about the ancient kingdom of Caucasian Albania in the newspaper Modern Ghana. Two Albanias are unrelated. Or are related much the same way suntan oil and water are
December 23, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Nothing like an article by the former ambassador of Albania to Azerbaijan about the ancient kingdom of Caucasian Albania in the newspaper Modern Ghana. Two Albanias are unrelated. Or are related much the same way suntan oil and water are
A real missed opportunity there by The Chronicle of Higher Education. A more thoughtful title would be "Her Thesis on the ‘Politics of Smell’ Raised a Stink. Here’s What She Thinks About It." You are welcome
December 6, 2024 at 8:16 PM
A real missed opportunity there by The Chronicle of Higher Education. A more thoughtful title would be "Her Thesis on the ‘Politics of Smell’ Raised a Stink. Here’s What She Thinks About It." You are welcome
“All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances.” Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
December 2, 2024 at 3:22 AM
“All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances.” Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Genuinely funny and relatable
November 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Genuinely funny and relatable
There are weird dreams and then there’s me playing chess with Vivek Ramaswamy in mine. I think I am going to unplug from news for a while
November 26, 2024 at 2:01 PM
There are weird dreams and then there’s me playing chess with Vivek Ramaswamy in mine. I think I am going to unplug from news for a while
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This is a stupid and meaningless distinction
The European Union remains confident that a series of energy deals with COP29 host Azerbaijan aren't creating a back door for more Russian gas to reach the continent, the European Commission said today.
Azerbaijan isn’t reexporting Russian gas to EU, Brussels insists
Growing energy ties between the South Caucasus country and Europe are intended to end dependency on Moscow.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2024 at 4:29 PM
This is a stupid and meaningless distinction
Seeing this it is 100% certain that Azerbaijan has erased pretty much everything Armenian in the Dadivank Monastery
November 25, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Seeing this it is 100% certain that Azerbaijan has erased pretty much everything Armenian in the Dadivank Monastery
My review of Sebouh Aslanian's magisterial book "Early Modernity & Mobility: Port Cities and Printers across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512–1800" is now out. You can read it here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Early Modernity & Mobility: Port Cities and Printers across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512–1800
Published in Wasafiri (Vol. 39, No. 4, 2024)
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November 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
My review of Sebouh Aslanian's magisterial book "Early Modernity & Mobility: Port Cities and Printers across the Armenian Diaspora, 1512–1800" is now out. You can read it here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander over alleged war crimes www.bbc.com/news/article...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander
International Criminal Court judges say there are “reasonable grounds” they bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander over alleged war crimes www.bbc.com/news/article...