Stephen Kotkin
- Research Associate:Institute for Advanced Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies / Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences
Awards and Accomplishments
Graduate Student Mentor Award, Princeton U. 2010
President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton U. 1994
David L. Rike Preceptorship in History, Princeton U., 1992-95
Publications6
- Book Kotkin S., Gross J. Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment. Modern Library, 2009.
- Book Kotkin S. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 Updated Edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Book Kotkin S. Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization. University of California Press, 1997.
- Book Kotkin S. Steeltown, USSR: Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era. University of California Press, 1991.
Employment history
2012 – present Birkelund Professor of History and International Affairs, Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
2012 – present Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Another Book About Stalin – But This One’s Different
On January 15, HSE welcomed Stephen Kotkin, Professor of History at Princeton University and Associated Senior Research Fellow at HSE’s International Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences. Professor Kotkin spoke about his new book, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1919-1941 (New York, 2017) to an audience of students, staff, fellow researchers and members of the general public.
Stephen Kotkin's book presentation "Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1919-1941"
On January 15 Stephen Kotkin, Professor of History at Princeton University and Associated Researcher at the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences, gave a book presentation "Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1919-1941"