Robert Dale
@DrRobDale
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Historian, Senior Lecturer in Russian History at Newcastle University. Views my own. RT is not an endorsement. Rail traveller, cyclist, runner! He/him/his.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined September 2015
I can also be found over on another platform @robdale.bsky.social
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📷 You can find out more about "Moscow Underground" from Catherine Merridale's website here.
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My PhD supervisor, and friend, Catherine Merridale has a novel forthcoming on 14 August called "Moscow Underground". It is a thriller set in Moscow in 1934. I've ordered a copy, and you can too from @HarperCollinsUK @HarperCollins
https://t.co/5EsHxb8cTp
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'The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany wilfully created impossible circumstances; that was how they functioned.' Francine Hirsch: Impossible moral choices in wartime Smolensk https://t.co/a750CIuz7G
the-tls.com
On July 15, 1941, three weeks after Hitler declared war on the Soviet Union, German forces entered the city of Smolensk in western Russia. As word spread
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The Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University invites applications for a 22-month postdoctoral position open to Ukrainian researchers. https://t.co/tbKfGgV9Ve
careers.ceu.edu
Post-doctoral Researcher (with focus on Ukraine) (f/m/d)
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Fantastic opportunity for an early career scholar: three-year Junior Research Fellowship in Slavonic Studies at University College, Oxford (home of this equally fantastic wisteria!) https://t.co/lFYUPe5QS7
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Calling all historians interested in Europe. The Iland scholarship is open for applications for projects on "European culture, political thought, language and literature" including history. Deadline 20 June. https://t.co/TGQ8nQZb90 Do spread the word 📣 Open to DMs for advice.
ncl.ac.uk
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A brief return to Twitter, to repost this. Fantastic to see my friend Oli Betts discussing railway art!
Have your say in choosing the nation’s favourite railway artwork in this landmark year. As part of Railway 200, more than 200 artworks have been longlisted by @artukdotorg and its museum partners from 94 public collections across the UK. The biggest collection featured in the
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My cartoon from the current edition of Private Eye Magazine.
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The Unissued Diplomas Exhibition opens in the Ex Libris Gallery in Fine Art @UniofNewcastle on Monday 24 February at 16.00, and closes on 5 March. https://t.co/3q3gSEJFlb Stand with Ukraine! 🇺🇦 An even more important exhibition!
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This is why I endless try to explain that York University is in Canada, and why the University of York is in Yorkshire!
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Crimea is Ukraine. Donetsk is Ukraine. Luhansk is Ukraine. Mariupol is Ukraine. Melitopol is Ukraine. Berdiansk is Ukraine. Occupation is temporary, Ukraine is forever.
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You can find out more about exhibition here:
unissueddiplomas.org
Unissued Diplomas is a Ukrainian charity project aimed at commemorating student victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2023-2024
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The Unissued Diplomas exhibition is coming to @UniofNewcastle and will by in the Ex Libris (XL) Gallery in Fine Art between 24 February and 5 March 2025. If you are in Newcastle please visit the exhibition. It honours the memory of 40 Ukrainian students killed in he war.
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Ok. As I continue to disengage from Twitter I am going to delete it off my phone. I won't be using it regularly. You can find me on Bluesky if you need me.
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A reminder that I am over on @ https://t.co/HY3QL7KxIg where I am much more active. I am continuing to disengage from this platform.
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I am absolutely loving my 2025 calendar, which my son made as a Christmas present at school, inspired by Sandra Silberzweig @silberzweig and her abstract art. Pride of place on the fridge!
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2025 brings more exciting announcements from the PGF..! Stay tuned for our call for papers, and more information on our upcoming events! ⭐️✍️📚
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That was a fun day, and I learnt a great deal today at 50th annual conference of the Study Group on the Russian Revolution. Knackered, but best of all I think the trains are going to allow me to get home! Hopefully I can make it for the final day tomorrow!
@DrRobDale on how the Soviet power dealt with the challenge of the Petrograd flood of 1924 and how it affected the attitude towards the regime 50th @SGRussianRev conference @NorthumbriaUni
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