{"id":13134,"date":"2025-08-18T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?post_type=previous-courses&#038;p=13134"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:50:06","slug":"history-and-memory-in-contemporary-russia","status":"publish","type":"previous-courses","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/tr\/previous-courses\/summer-2025\/history-and-memory-in-contemporary-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"History and Memory in Contemporary Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a662079b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7b60fd04\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e0d64d06\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e0d64d06\">\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-93552f31\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-98bef43c gb-headline-text\">History and Memory in Contemporary Russia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f91c37b5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#aleksandra-kolesnik-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexandra Kolesnik<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#aleksandr-rusanov-anchor\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aleksandr Rusanov<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a30ea48 gb-tabs\" data-opened-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84f8d681 gb-tabs__buttons\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-a79c01e0 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-tab-button-a79c01e0\">Overview<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bfd101b8 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button\" id=\"gb-tab-button-bfd101b8\">Course Outline<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f59097b gb-tabs__items\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c5f721 gb-tabs__item gb-tabs__item-open\" id=\"gb-tab-item-f5c5f721\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-68c7fb24 gb-headline-text\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This course, supported by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorystudiesassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memory Studies Association<\/a><\/strong>, explores memory and historical culture in contemporary Russia through an examination of both state memory policies and grassroots initiatives. In Russia, official narratives are state-centred, emphasising patriotism and military achievement and , limiting critical discussion of topics such as the Second World War, Stalinist repression and the socio-economic transformations of the 1990s. This has intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. At the same time, independent voices \u2014 from bloggers to journalists and grassroots memory activists \u2013 are offering alternative perspectives, challenging official discourse and advocating for a more inclusive and critical approach to historical memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course introduces the diverse ways in which Russia\u2019s past is interpreted, contested and commemorated. We will analyse the role of museums, monuments, popular culture and public debates in shaping collective memory and historical narratives. Particular attention will be paid to the tensions between official memory policies and independent memory initiatives. Through a combination of academic readings, media analysis and case studies, participants will critically engage with the complexities, contradictions and conflicts of memory culture in Russia. The course includes lectures to provide in-depth introductions to key issues in contemporary memory and history culture.Seminars give participants opportunities to work with and and discuss various sources, analysing them independently and discussing them from a comparative perspective.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-79414423 gb-tabs__item\" id=\"gb-tab-item-79414423\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f9667ffd gb-headline-text\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">You can see and download the course syllabus below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3120ace5\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/history-memory-in-contemporary-russia-syllabus-S25.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:813px\" 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