slavolalia

Curator for Slavic & East European Collections. Opinions are Slavic-/biblio-centric, but not those of my employer.

[slavolalia @slavolalia]

@kab3d @utpress I (the alter ego of @nafpaktitism) gave it a big, warm hello when it showed up at @StanfordLibs, where it will soon be on the shelves! (No remote storage for your baby!) https://t.co/h4VGoO8SrI

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

Daylilies, 1969 linocut by Ukrainian émigré printmaker Jacques Hnizdovsky

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

an azbuka (primer) printed by Ivan Fedorov in L’viv, 1574. First book printed in the Ukrainian lands/what we recognize today as Ukrainian soil.

📷 @HoughtonLib RC5.F3195.574b

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

Zbirnyk ukrainsʹkykh pisenʹ (Collection of Ukrainian songs) ca. 1890, Kyiv.

After 1881, Alexander III allowed publications in Ukrainian to resume, but with the stipulation that they be published in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. This one is in Ukrainian.

📸@harvardmusiclib

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

Ukrainskīĭ viestnik (Ukrainian Herald), 1816, Kharkiv.

One of the first journals in Ukraine. Focused on Ukrainian history and prose. The tsarist Ministry of Education objected to the liberal tendencies of the journal and closed it down in 1819.

📸@houghtonlibrary RP8.Uk721 1816

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

costume designs by Ukrainian avant-garde artist Alexandra Ekster, 1924.

📷Lobanov-Rostovsky collection

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

Maria G. Rewakowicz finds the need to witness and the yearning to understand in the Ukrainian war poetry of Serhiy Zhadan and Lyuba Yakimchuk. #LARBShortTakes https://t.co/mhOWzl1944

[Serhii Plokhy @SPlokhy]

Five books that help understand the Russo-Ukrainian crisis and the country and people in the middle of it. https://t.co/tvwjXSoFVX

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

a work celebrating the architecture of Saint Vladimir's Cathedral, Kyiv, 1898. The cathedral commemorated the 900th anniversary of the conversion to Christianity of Kievan Rus by Prince Vladimir (or Volodymyr) Sviatoslavich, (circa 956--1015).

📸 @librarycongress

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

Zatychka. Sbornik. (Bung. A collection.) 1913, Kherson. Book by Ukrainian avant-garde brothers David and Nikolai Burliuk with Velemir Khlebnikov.

📷 @MuseumModernArt

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

Odno Slovo (One Word) by Lesia Ukrainka, 1908, Kyiv.

Ukrainka (1871-1913) is one of Ukraine's most beloved poets, playwrights, and activists. In 1902 she translated the Communist Manifesto into Ukrainian; in 1907 she was arrested for her anti-Tsarist views.

📷 @HarvardLibrary

[Christine Jacobson @internetstine]

Ostroh Bible. The first full Church Slavonic edition of the canonical Old and New Testaments printed in Ostroh in 1580–1 by Ivan Fedorov under the auspices of Prince Ostrozhskiĭ. One of the finest examples of printing in late 16th-century Ukraine.

📷@houghtonlib RC5.F3195.580k

[Stanford University Libraries @StanfordLibs]

Materialia Lumina: Contemporary Artist Books from the Codex International Book Fair

February 24, 2022 to August 28, 2022
Green Library Bing Wing, 2nd Floor

https://t.co/ME024AdQOd

[Slavic Reference @SRSUIUC]

Interested in samizdat, rock zines, art, and counter culture? Join us on November 7 at 10 AM CST for Non-Traditional Publishing and Digitization in Slavic and East European Countries, a digital workshop.
Read more: https://t.co/4HSKsVExVL
and
Register: https://t.co/p25GubWe3P

[Stanford University Libraries @StanfordLibs]

Are you in the Halloween Spirit? Do you seek "Answers from the Great Beyond"? Well, get ready for a Halloween Open House at Green Library!

10/31, 10am-1pm, IC Classroom, Green Library

https://t.co/jh3ZZbYsJ2

#halloween2019 #Halloween #ghoststories #seances

[StanfordPreservation @StanfordPreserv]

Welcome, Aisha Wahab! Aisha will serve as Stanford Libraries' first full-time paper conservator.
https://t.co/1sTBOPe6Jv

[Slavic Reference @SRSUIUC]

Did you know that Aleksandr Pushkin summoned opponents, or was summoned to, a duel over 25 times in his life. Read about the fascinating reasons behind each here: https://t.co/WVKOs9FxZy #Pushkin220

[Slavic Reference @SRSUIUC]

Edgar Allen Poe one time snubbed Aleksandr Pushkin, nearly triggering a duel. Find out why guns were not drawn in this article from October 1, 1932 published in the Pittsburgh Courier. It should be noted that the article uses the language of the period. https://t.co/1BAJfLF8Jc

[Stanford University Libraries @StanfordLibs]

Guest blogger: Summer Intern Zoe Wallace gives us an overview of just what being a Stanford’s Oral History Program intern entailed.

https://t.co/ScU5k6lHS9

[Slavic Reference @SRSUIUC]

Check out the Croatian Web Archive! Put together by the National and University Library in Zagreb, this digital space works to provide long term access and preservation for web resources related to Croatian national heritage. https://t.co/DKOuZrVxxR