For more than 200 years, texts written in Russian by Ukrainians were a part of Ukrainian culture – or were not. The integration of Ukraine into imperial structures meant that Russophone writers assumed a double identity, local and “all-Russian” or “all-Soviet”. Mykola Hohol, also known as Nikolai Gogol, is the most famous, but by no […]
Join us for the first in a series of conversations hosted by Jordan Center Distinguished Journalist in Residence Dr. Yevgenia Albats. Throughout the year, Dr. Albats will be joined by leading experts – journalists, researchers, foreign service officers, and more – in one-on-one, public conversations regarding the most pressing issues in our understanding of Russia […]
Ironside will present a selection from her recently published monograph, which looks at how money, an ideologically problematic “vestige of capitalism” was mobilized by the Soviet state after the Second World War in the intertwined projects of recovering from the war’s damage and moving toward the promised abundance of communism. A "full-value ruble,” that is, one with […]
How did Russian-Soviet literature and culture shape Chinese modernity and especially dominate twentieth-century China’s cosmopolitan imaginations? Why does the so-called “Russian soul” – the Russian spirit or even the Russian ideology – continue to be influential in the contemporary Chinese consciousness in an age of China’s global rise (and Putin’s war in Ukraine)? Addressing such […]
Tojixon Shodieva was the biggest celebrity in 1930s Soviet Uzbekistan. Her image as a hyper-productive Stakhanovite, a courageous activist, and the survivor of a traumatic past circulated through a wide array of mass media representations. As Shodieva became ensconced in narrative, film, and poetry, she became a Socialist Realist “positive hero” par excellence. This lecture […]
In marked contrast to its Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union celebrated mixed marriages among its diverse ethnic groups as a sign of the unbreakable friendship of peoples and the imminent emergence of a single “Soviet people.” Yet the official Soviet view of ethnic nationality became increasingly primordial and even racialized beginning in the 1960s, […]
The notion of privacy is integral to our common-sense understanding of human life in modern times. We tend to assume that a private life is something people desire and practice, whether as individuals or in small groups. Scholars have nevertheless struggled to reach consensus on the nature of privacy, a private life, or the private […]
The religious landscape in Ukraine has changed dramatically since the Russian invasion and these changes promise ripple effects throughout the region. Religion is a powerful undercurrent in the war in Ukraine and beyond because it plays a key role in defining relatedness. Although religion has been weaponized and securitized to protect state sovereignty, these efforts must […]
Dr. Kulmala will discuss child welfare reforms that have been on-going in Russia for the last decade. The reforms can be conceptualized as deinstitutionalization (DI) and they link the Russian child welfare system closely to the wider international trends of child rights-based child welfare systems. Based on extensive empirical research under two different research projects […]
In this talk, Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick will discuss the writing of her most recent book, Shortest History of the Soviet Union, and how current events – in this case, the Russian invasion of Ukraine – may affect approaches to the past. This event will be held in person for NYU affiliates only. Others will be able […]
