Till Spanke

I’m excited to announce that my journal article on triadic competition between Russia, Georgia and Abkhazia and the implications for state building in Abkhazia is now published in the latest special issue of @CaucasusSurvey

Worth checking out this double special issue in the latest @CaucasusSurvey edition! This introduction to all the contributions may be a good starting point.

Check out my article here: brill.com/view/journals/…

Special thanks also to my PhD supervisor @TomilaLankina for supporting me unwaveringly throughout my PhD and inspiring the theoretical framework of my thesis and this article.

I’m excited to announce that my journal article on triadic competition between Russia, Georgia and Abkhazia and the implications for state building in Abkhazia is now published in the latest special issue of @CaucasusSurvey

@eSpotPod Ingrid Peters - Über die Brücke geh’n (1986)

I always get perplexed when students want to write their theses on clans and kinship. Are there not more exciting topics to explore in Central Asia, than these old tropes that date 15-20 years? Why these theories became so 'sticky' and still attract foreign students?

The PSA sp. 2-issue on future of Rus studies that is getting a lot of attention is now out. Plenty of soul searching by great cast: @brynrosenfeld @ReginaSmyth @mzavadsk @GulnazSharaf @Lanabi_la_Lova @russophiliac @BillReisinger @GuzelYusupova7 @timothymfrye Pls spread the word

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵

The problem with the 'gap in the literature' | Impact of Social Sciences blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

My Personal Favourites: 1. France 2. Ukraine 3. Iceland 4. Malta 5. Australia 6. Russia 7. Switzerland 8. Albania 9. Netherlands 10. Italy

Eurovision 2021 My Prediction (and Personal Favourites) for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 My Top 10 Prediction: 1. France 2. Ukraine 3. Italy 4. Malta 5. Switzerland 6. Iceland 7. Bulgaria 8. Russia 9. San Marino 10. Portugal

Eurovision 2021 Semi-Final 2 I believe that the following ten countries will qualify for the Grand Final on Saturday: 1. San Marino 2. Greece 3. Portugal 4. Iceland 5. Serbia 6. Albania 7. Bulgaria 8. Finland 9. Switzerland 10. Czech Republic

Eurovision 2021 Semi-Final 1 I believe that the following ten countries will qualify for the Grand Final on Saturday: 1. Lithuania 2. Russia 3. Sweden 4. Cyprus 5. Norway 6. Malta 7. Croatia 8. Ukraine 9. Belgium 10. Azerbaijan

@TomilaLankina @lsesu Well done and well deserved, Tomila! :)

Listening to radio 4 on school run heard it is “diary day” in the UK! My diary entry is fantastic surprise by my PhD students—they nominated me for a PhD @LSESU supervision/teaching award. So rewarding to feel I can make a tiny bit of difference to top young scholars. Thank you!

Yerevan botanical garden is something else

Heritage-listed so it's here to stay #WeAreIOE