{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies","slug":"new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies-313261","podcast_index_feed_id":313261,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/HQyUzOY_","website_url":"https://new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/42fb3a55-d4d5-4eaa-8ea0-bce212a58de2/d82e765b-1852-4d2c-b563-78ae131041b9/3000x3000/a801439f626e716355b8fec9d4e33336.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":600,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies","last_synced_at":"2026-10-02T08:22:53.141272+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies-313261"},"episode":{"title":"Tamara Hundorova, \"Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma\" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)","slug":"tamara-hundorova-transit-culture-and-postcolonial-trauma-academic-studies-press-2026","published_at":"2026-09-19T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies-313261/tamara-hundorova-transit-culture-and-postcolonial-trauma-academic-studies-press-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies-313261","url":"https://new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies.simplecast.com/episodes/tamara-hundorova-transit-culture-and-postcolonial-trauma-academic-studies-press-2026-TQxsfp6G","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/42fb3a55-d4d5-4eaa-8ea0-bce212a58de2/episodes/53b212b9-8ba9-43d8-bec2-1eb9946dce1b/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=42fb3a55-d4d5-4eaa-8ea0-bce212a58de2&awEpisodeId=53b212b9-8ba9-43d8-bec2-1eb9946dce1b&awSourceEpisodeId=171e7960-8436-4f88-b0a3-2bb2a2a655f8&feed=HQyUzOY_","summary":"Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma (Academic Studies Press, 2026) explores transitional post-Soviet cultural consciousness in Ukraine at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The main themes in the book are postcolonial traumas in relation to past empires and old historiographical narratives; post-totalitarian consciousness, which is characterized by sociocultural ruptures, postcolonial resentment, and intergenerational crises; and post-memory as a means of overcoming historical and familial traumas. Against the backdrop of the Chornobyl catastrophe, the book examines the meeting of different generations and views the clown Verka Serduchka as a mediator between the transition from the Soviet to the post-Soviet world. The book focuses on three significant Ukrainian novels written between the two Maidans: The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko (2009), Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan (2010), and Notes of a Ukrainian Madman by Lina Kostenko (2010).","meta_description":"Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma (Academic Studies Press, 2026) explores transitional post-Soviet cultural consciousness in Ukraine at the beginnin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2780,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies-313261/episodes/tamara-hundorova-transit-culture-and-postcolonial-trauma-academic-studies-press-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-russian-and-eurasian-studies-313261/tamara-hundorova-transit-culture-and-postcolonial-trauma-academic-studies-press-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}