Programs

Our programs are geared for the general public and consist of philanthropy, oral history, conferences, summer schools, and publishing. We support students and scholars displaced by war or repressions in their home countries, conduct interviews with actors of tamizdat then and now, organize conferences and exhibitions on banned books from the Cold War to the present, teach courses on writing and publishing in exile, and print our own books.

Conferences

In the spirit of public scholarship, our conferences bring world-leading specialists in censorship, banned books, exterritorial publishing and cultural displacement into a dialogue with students and the general public.

Philanthropy

Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Tamizdat Project has been committed to supporting students and scholars displaced by war or repressions in their home countries. We bring together world-famous authors, musicians, public figures and activists, artists, journalists, scholars and the general public to help today's immigrants and refugees, much as we wish no such effort was ever necessary.

Oral History

Our interviews with authors, readers, and publishers of banned books from the Cold War to the present provide a unique, first-hand account of tamizdat as a literary practice and political institution.

Summer School

Our summer schools and workshops offer students, interns and volunteers an immersive learning environment to explore state censorship, exterritorial book publishing, exile and cultural displacement. Participants contribute their skills to the project, develop their own research, and join an international community of intellectuals whose expertise and backgrounds inform our mission.

Publishing

As a small press, Tamizdat Project publishes elegant books on exile, diaspora and cultural displacement, texts that have been banned or censored in their home countries, and creative voices from the past that resonate in the present.