During the Cold War, distribution of translated works about the pathologies of Soviet-style Communism helped the West in its political campaigns against Communism.
This conference aims to further complicate conventionally-held ideas about the late Soviet Union by looking at how exactly the post-Stalinist environment informed social practices and individual lives.
Drawing on archival sources and memoirs from Russia and Austria, the speakers will review many aspects of the Soviet occupation of Austria from 1945 to 1955.
In this exercise, you will take the role of international negotiators and mediators convening in Geneva to determine the future of Georgia once and for all.
An exploration of how Soviet history has been abused by the Russian authorities to promote Putin's vision of Russia as a great power on the world stage.
Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw
