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International Forum for Young Scholars of Soviet and Post-Soviet History and Culture: The Forum’s Third Session Offers a New Opportunity for Research Presentations and Discussion

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THE FORUM HAS BEEN CANCELLED

The International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow is pleased to announce a call for papers for the third session of the International Forum for Young Scholars of Soviet and Post-Soviet History and Culture. This new academic convention the first two sessions of which took place in Moscow in 2017 and 2018 is open to Ph.D. students and young scholars who have completed their Ph.D.’s within the past three years. Applicants from all countries are welcome.

The third session of the International Forum is to be held at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, on 9-11 June 2020.

The forum has a scholarly committee consisting of senior scholars who review applications. We plan that several committee members and some other distinguished scholars will participate in the forum’s sessions.

The following senior scholars participate in the committee:

Michael David-Fox, Georgetown University, Washington – HSE University (Committee Chair)

Oleg Budnitskii, HSE University

Seth Bernstein, University of Florida

Marc Elie, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris

Gennady Estraikh, New York University – HSE University

Catriona Kelly, University of Oxford

Oleg Khlevniuk, HSE University

Vera Tolz, University of Manchester

Lynne Viola, University of Toronto – HSE University

We expect that the forum will have about twenty participants. The participants will be chosen by the review committee based on their paper proposals. Applications can be submitted in Russian or English and must include:

1. A cover letter with exact contact details

2. An updated CV

3. List of publications

4. Paper proposal (no more than 250 words)

5. One recommendation letter (to be sent directly to worldwar2@hse.ru)

All application materials should be received by the International Center no later than 10 March 2020. Applicants will be informed of the selection committee’s decision by 20 March 2020. Please send all applications materials to the following address: worldwar2@hse.ru

Working languages of the Forum will be Russian and English.

The organizers will assist international participants with obtaining visa invitations to Russia.

Housing costs for the participants will be paid in full by the organizers of the Forum. Transportation for the Russian participants will be covered.  The Forum organizers have limited funds to cover (partially or in full) airfare of the international participants. We ask prospective participants who will need financial assistance to indicate this in their submissions.