Galleries

Created on : October 28, 2021

I did a photoshoot with the amazing Elena Hmeleva in Paris in October 2021 because I needed some updated professional author photos, and these are some of the results. I was quite uncomfortable at first, but she was a pro and got me to relax and enjoy myself. I especially love how Elena managed to evoke the spirit of Paris in so many of the images.

Created on : January 10, 2021

Over the years, I have had the opporutnity to meet or collaborate with some of my academic and creative heroes, people like: Dan Ariely, Marylin Waring, Joan Wallach Scott, Susan Faludi and Russ Rymer, Thomas Piketty, Freeman Dyson, Susan Neiman, and Annie Finch. I feel so blessed by having all of these wonderful people as mentors in one way or another.

Created on : May 14, 2017

Created on : July 09, 2016

A group of Lithuanian students celebrate their return from a folk dancing festival abroad by dancing through the streets of Vilnius on 8 July 2016.  I followed them with my camera and managed to get some amazing shots.

Created on : January 30, 2016

Since receiving a Smith-Corona Skywriter for my birthday in 2014, I have started collecting mechanical typewriters.  Here are some of my babies.

Created on : February 01, 2015

It's fasnet season here in Baden-Württemburg.  

Created on : December 07, 2014

These are some images from the 2014 Christmas Market in Basel, Switzerland.

Created on : July 27, 2014

Since I am usually doing fieldwork in the summer, this is my first time spending July in Maine.  I got to take in the lively atmosphere at the Crystal Springs Farm Farmers' market.

Created on : January 24, 2014

Patrick Chabal passed away on January 16, 2014.  Here I post a selection of photos of Patrick and his wife, Farzana, from our time together at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey during the 2006-2007 academic year. 

Patrick will be dearly missed by all of his friends and colleagues. 

Created on : January 23, 2014

One of the most delightful things about being a scholar is the opportunity to collaborate with other scholars in one's field.  This often means traveling to conferences and seminars.  I've recently been thinking a lot about all of the great seminars that I have been a part of over the last few years.  Here are photos from a couple of my favorite.

Camp Balkans (a conference hosted by my former Bowdoin colleague Pamela Ballinger and I with support from ACLS) Left to Right: Milica-Bakic-Hayen, Kristen Ghodsee, Pamela Ballinger, Melissa Bokovoy, Emira Ibrahimpasic, Maria...

Created on : January 11, 2014

The Bulgarian Victims of Communism Website recently removed some text that I had openly criticized in my work.  They also renamed the site from being a Memorial to the Victims of Communism to "Proposography of Political Repression in Bulgarian Territory: 1944-1989."  In this gallery, I am preserving the original screen shots from the website before it was changed sometime in late 2013.

Some of the men listed here are responsible for the repression of many Bulgarian Jews and the deportation and deaths of over 11,000 Greek and Macedonian Jews.  For instance, Bogdan Filov signed the Tripartite Pact with Hitler, and Petar Gabrovski personally signed the deportation orders for the Jews from Bulgaria's occupied territories to Treblinka. Hristo Lukov and Aleksander Belev were well-known fascists.  Yanko Stoyanov and Kocho Stoyanov were responsible for the death of Major Frank Thompson, a British officer who was a prisoner of war and should have been protected by the Geneva Convention.  

Created on : November 14, 2013

It was the year 1602, and the democratic city of Geneva was a precious bauble that had caught the eye of the ambitious Charles-Emmanuel I, the treacherous Duke of Savoy.  Geneva was also a prosperous trading center; a valuable prize for any would-be conqueror.  In the late 16^th Century, Calvin had spread the Protestant “heresy” to city’s noblemen, and Geneva was seen as the “Citadel of the Reformation.” Charles-Emmanuel hoped to please Rome with his capture of Geneva, returning it to the welcoming arms of the Catholic Church.

 It was on the night...

Created on : August 15, 2013

There are just two pieces of graffiti that have sprung up around Sofia this summer.  The first one says "No poor," and is accompanied by a hammer and sickle and a red star.  The second one reads, "Oligarchy equals Capitalism."

Created on : July 30, 2013

Created on : June 02, 2013

This was one of a series of protests that destabilized Bulgaria in early 2013, causing the government to resign.  The protesters out on the street represented a wide array of Bulgarian society.  This particular protest was focused on preventing the privatization of parts of the Bulgarian State Railways.