About
- U.S. citizen born in North Carolina, USA.
- Author, editor, and translator of 3 books in 5 editions, 5 book chapters, 8 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 17 other articles, and 24 book reviews about the history of the Russian revolutionary movement, Russian biographies, Stalinist terror, Soviet trade unions, and the Workers’ Opposition within the Communist parties of Russia and Ukraine.
- 30 conference presentations; 12 invited presentations (external)
- Teaching experience: f2f lecture/discussion; Reacting to the Past role play immersion games; oral history methods; and online courses (“Teaching Online with La Salle” certified April 2020).
- Russian language: read, write, & speak at advanced level German, French, & Spanish languages: beginner level
- Travel: Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Qazaqstan, Uzbekistan, Finland, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Mexico.
Education
- Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet History, 2001, Indiana University Bloomington.
- M.A. in Russian and Soviet History, 1992, Indiana University Bloomington.
- B.A. in Modern European History, 1989, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Work Shared in CORE
Articles
Conference papers
Syllabi
Other
Other Publications
- “Lenin and the Bolsheviks in 1917.” The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution. Edited by Geoffrey Swain et al. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
- The Workers’ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: Documents, 1919-30. Editor and translator. xvi+944 pp. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2022. Paper ISBN 9781642597820.
- The Workers’ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: Documents, 1919-30. Editor and translator. xvi+944 pp. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2021. Cloth ISBN-13: 978-90-04-24850-2. E-ISBN: 978-90-04-24851-9.
- Leaflets of the Russian Revolution: Socialist Organizing in 1917. Editor and translator. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2018. xiii+152 pp. Cloth ISBN-13: 9781608465477. Paper ISBN-13: 9781608469703. Ebook ISBN-13: 9781642590173.
- Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2016. xiv+426 pp. Paper ISBN-13: 9781608465583.
- Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik. Cloth & Ebook. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2015. xiv+426 pp. Cloth ISBN-13: 9789004248533. E-ISBN: 9789004248540.
Blog Posts
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Hello world!
(Barbara C. Allen: Historian, Teacher, Translator,
2022-11-20)
Projects
Current projects
- Forthcoming: “The Workers’ Opposition and the Trade Union Debate.” New Perspectives on the 10th Party Congress, March 1921: Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary. Edited by Clayton Black and Alexis Pogorelskin.
- Conference papers about the NKVD’s fabricated case against the Workers’ Opposition in Ukraine during the Great Terror
- Translations of Alexander Shlyapnikov’s memoirs about the revolutionary movement
Past projects:
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
“The Case of a Ukrainian Worker Oppositionist Before the Great Terror: P.S. Bykhatsky in 1934.” Northeast Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Conference, New York University. April 22, 2023. Memberships
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- Association of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
- Association for Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS)
- Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS)
- Study Group on the Russian Revolution (SGRR)
