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Passports and Spies

Passports and Spies

<p>Sheila Fitzpatrick talks to Tom about the perils of doing archive research in the Soviet Union, how she used Moscow telephone directories to investigate Stalin’s purges, and the multiple passports and identities she’s gone through in her academic career.</p><p>Find further reading in the <em>LRB </em>on the episode page: <a href="https://lrb.me/fitzpatrickpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/fitzpatrickpod</a></p><p>Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: <a href="https://lrb.me/closereadingspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/closereadingspod</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The LRB Podcast · The London Review of Books

October 25, 202239m 44s

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Sheila Fitzpatrick talks to Tom about the perils of doing archive research in the Soviet Union, how she used Moscow telephone directories to investigate Stalin’s purges, and the multiple passports and identities she’s gone through in her academic career.

Find further reading in the LRB on the episode page: https://lrb.me/fitzpatrickpod

Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: https://lrb.me/closereadingspod

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.