HSE Academic Wins Prize of Dinasty Foundation
Stalin: Zhizn odnovo vozhdya or Stalin: New Biography of A Dictator by Oleg Khlevniuk, Leading Research Fellow at the International Centre for the History and Sociology of WWII and Its Consequences, has won the Prosvetitel [Enlightener] 2015 Prize for Biography.
Re-examining Post-War Soviet History through the Lens of Corn
Challenging traditional explanations of history and taking a new view on the past is the hallmark of a good historian; re-examining the history of post-war Soviet agriculture and economics is no exception, according to Aaron Hale-Dorrell, who recently received his PhD in History from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and will begin a post-doctoral fellowship at the HSE International Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences in September. Aaron Hale-Dorrell recently agreed to speak with the HSE news service about his research interests, his plans while at HSE, and his experiences living and working in Russia.
A People’s History of War
HSE has hosted the international academic conference ‘Europe, 1945: Liberation, Occupation, Retribution,’ during which historians, sociologists, and culturologists from various countries discussed the social, economic, military, political, and cultural phenomena caused by World War II. In an interview with the HSE News Service, the Director of HSE’s International Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences, Oleg Budnitskii, discusses the conference, its organizers, and its guests, and also talks about why it is important to study the human dimension of war.
A People’s History of War
HSE has hosted the international academic conference ‘Europe, 1945: Liberation, Occupation, Retribution,’ during which historians, sociologists, and culturologists from various countries discussed the social, economic, military, political, and cultural phenomena caused by World War II. In an interview with the HSE News Service, the Director of HSE’s International Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences, Oleg Budnitskii, discusses the conference, its organizers, and its guests, and also talks about why it is important to study the human dimension of war.
La ‘controrivoluzione’ in provincia. Movimento bianco e Guerra civile nella Russia del nord, 1917-1920
An Italian edition of the book by Liudmila Novikova, Deputy Director of the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences, La ‘controrivoluzione’ in provincia. Movimento bianco e Guerra civile nella Russia del nord, 1917-1920 (Counterrevolution in the provinces: the White Movement and the Civil War in the Russian North, 1917-1920) has been published by Viella publishing house.
Tommaso Piffer Delivered a Report on 'The Western Allies, the Soviets and the Competition for the European Resistance during World War II'
On April 16, Thursday a research seminar of the The International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences took place at HSE. Tommaso Piffer, Research Fellow of the Center delivered a report on 'The Western Allies, the Soviets and the Competition for the European Resistance during World War II'.
Oleg Budnitskii Delivered a Lecture on 'Women in the Red Army, 1941-45' at European University Institute
On April 1 Oleg Budnitskii, Director of the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences delivered a lecture on 'Women in the Red Army, 1941-45' at European University Institute in Florence.
Michael David-Fox Lecture on the Soviet Union’s Culture of Diplomacy
On the 13th March 2015 Michael David Fox gave a lecture on the occasion of the launch of a new Russian translation of his famous book "Showcasing the Great Experiment: Cultural Diplomacy and Western Visitors to the Soviet Union, 1921-1941".The translation is published by Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie - New Literary Review.
Postdoctoral research positions. Deadline: April 1, 2015
The International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences invites applications for postdoctoral research positions in the history of World War II.
Understanding Our Own History by Learning about Another’s
Social Historian, Franziska Exeler has focussed much of her research on the Soviet Union and the Second World War but at HSE she is asking students to find out what happened in other countries to try to understand the Soviet experience in a global context. She talked to the HSE English News website about teaching and researching at the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II and Its Consequences, about discovering Moscow’s architecture and about her life as an academic in Russia.