Vivliofika and the World 2024
Journal: ВИВЛIОθИКА E-Journal of Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies
Year: 2024

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine the field of Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies is in something akin to crisis mode, which has produced deep and thought-provoking reflections on how or whether the field needs to be reconceptualized (or “decolonized” as some have framed it). This essay examines the nature of ourown journal, Вивлиофика, and its modest renaming, against the backdrop of this current rethinking. Itdiscusses these issues, first, by looking to its historical inspiration, N.