World War II, Patriotic Memories, and the Russian Question in the USSR

World War II veterans gather in Minsk, 1986.

World War II veterans laying flowers in Minsk, 1986.

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Seminar
Series
Cold War Studies Seminar
Event Format
In person
Address
S354, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
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Memories of the Second World War became politically important during the Brezhnev era in the USSR.  The speakers will address numerous aspects of public memory and official memories of the war.

Speakers:

Andrea Graziosi, Professor of History, Università di Napoli Federico II

Nina Tumarkin, Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies, Professor of History and Director of Russian Area Studies, Wellesley College

Mark Kramer, Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

Moderator: Nadia Boyadjieva, Professor of International Law and International Relations, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Professor of International Law at Plovdiv University

Related Research Initiative(s)
Cold War Studies
Topic
memory
World War II
Location
Soviet Union

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