Join Russian-Israeli sociologist Victor Vakhshtayn as he combines eyewitness testimony with historical and sociological analysis to paint a vivid portrait of Teodor Shanin (1930–2020), the distinguished sociologist and founder of the Moscow School for the Social and Economic Studies (‘Shaninka’).
Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Montenegro); Senior Research Fellow, Center for Russian Studies, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Professor of International Law and International Relations, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Professor of International Law at Plovdiv University
Join us for a seminar exploring how African identity was perceived in the Soviet Union—beyond diplomacy and ideology—examining whether a distinct “Soviet perspective” emerged and how stereotypes, racism, and paternalism shaped those views.
