Chicago friends! I'll hope you'll join me and the excellent Julia Kulon for a conversation this Thursday at U Chicago's Franke Institute. 4 pm on the 4th, for all who are interested!

Warsaw

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UK friends! This Saturday, I will be giving a reading/talk as part of the Oxford Literary Festival. 2 p.m. at the Oxford Martin School. More details here:
oxfordliteraryfestival.org/authors-speake…

UK readers! Today is the publication day for the paperback version of Goodbye, Eastern Europe from Oneworld Publications. I’m biased, but I think it looks great!

Loved talking Jakub-to-Jakub for Jakub’s great podcast. Listen here:

Had a fabulous time talking with the legendary Rick Steves about Eastern Europe - its history, what makes it so distinct, and why it is my favorite travel destination.

For the Guardian, I wrote about Herodotus, tree-rings, ancient plagues and a scientific revolution changing the way we look at history:

theguardian.com/science/2024/f…

I had a blast talking to Zaza about all things Eastern European, including a shared love of Slovenia. Give it a listen here:

Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards!

Julia! This is so unbelievably, extraordinarily generous, I don't know what to say. Thank you!

For Halloween - the first illustration from Goodbye, Eastern Europe: two young men dressed in costume for Śmigus-dyngus, or Dyngus Day, a celebration traditionally held on Easter Monday.

Dobra, Poland, 1916. Photo by Leopold Węgrzynowicz.

A true honor to be on Conversations with Tyler this week. tylercowen's questions are more challenging than PhD orals, and about a 100x more interesting. Give it a listen here!

What do you think?

Over the moon to see this review of Goodbye, Eastern Europe in the WSJ by Robert D. Kaplan. And on my birthday no less! A great start to 41.
wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

I was thrilled to speak with Eilish and The Naked Pravda about Goodbye, Eastern Europe, and how Russia fits in (or doesn’t) in a changing continent.

I also sat down (virtually) with Nils Markwardt
of Zeit Online to discuss Eastern Europe today, and what about it keeps me up at night right now. (auf Deutsch)

I had a great time talking with A.J. about the role of war in shaping Eastern Europe, from the middle ages to the present.

Had a terrific time talking to Ben - one of my favorite interviews to date. Check it out here:

Had a great time talking to Xavier about all things Eastern European. We go deep, covering a cool 1000 years of history, if not more. You can listen here: