Véronique Mickisch
@vmickisch.bsky.social
I am a historian of the Soviet Union, political economy and Marxism. In my spare time, I love sports, — especially martial arts —, music, reading fiction, art and watching movies.
In rankings that prioritize current research output, Chinese universities now completely dominate the global top 10. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
In rankings that prioritize current research output, Chinese universities now completely dominate the global top 10. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Reposted by Véronique Mickisch
Today on the blog, Sam Franz and Véronique Mickisch interview Edward Baring about his forthcoming book, "Vulgar Marxism," which studies how projects for worker education shaped 20th-c. Marxist thought.
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The Intellectual History of Worker Education: An Interview with Edward Baring
by Sam Franz and Véronique Mickisch
web.sas.upenn.edu
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today on the blog, Sam Franz and Véronique Mickisch interview Edward Baring about his forthcoming book, "Vulgar Marxism," which studies how projects for worker education shaped 20th-c. Marxist thought.
@uchicagopress.bsky.social @samfranz.bsky.social
@uchicagopress.bsky.social @samfranz.bsky.social
Reposted by Véronique Mickisch
For the JHI Blog's Forum on political economy, Véronique Mickisch critiques the continued association of "Marxism in practice” with the First Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union and raises the need to recover the work of Marxist thinkers violently suppressed during the Stalinist purges of the 1930s.
The First Five-Year Plan, Stalinism, and the Fate of Marxist Political Economy in the USSR
Véronique Mickisch
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
web.sas.upenn.edu
January 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
For the JHI Blog's Forum on political economy, Véronique Mickisch critiques the continued association of "Marxism in practice” with the First Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union and raises the need to recover the work of Marxist thinkers violently suppressed during the Stalinist purges of the 1930s.