Graduate student workshop in Soviet history at the European University at Saint Petersburg

[Anatoly Z. Pinsky]

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to inform you of an exciting workshop for graduate students in Soviet history that the History Department of the European University at Saint Petersburg will be inaugurating this spring semester. The goal of the workshop is to bring together EUSP students and foreign students currently conducting archival research in Russia. Our hope is that the workshop will enrich participants’ projects and promote an exchange of knowledge about relevant historiographies, methodologies, and archival and other sources. We also aim to create a larger and more international academic community for participants, and to help them develop a network of international contacts on which to draw for intellectual as well as professional ends.

The workshop will begin in mid-March and meet once a month through mid-May. We would ideally like for each meeting to feature two graduate students – one from the EUSP and one from a foreign institution – who would precirculate works-in-progress such as grant proposals, conference papers, or dissertation chapters on related topics. Participation is expressly open to students in other disciplines, including art history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and Slavic studies. As few foreign students of Soviet history may be conducting research in St. Petersburg, we are open to making the workshop a forum for a foreign student to present his or her work to a Russian audience, either in Russian or in English.

Students interested in presenting their work are invited to submit a 300-word abstract of their papers, their spring place of residence, and a CV to the e-mail address below by February 15. Applicants for the April and May sessions may submit their materials through April 1. Students who would like to attend the workshop should send along their contact information so we can keep them informed of the schedule.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Should you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch. 

Yours sincerely,

Anatoly Pinsky

Visiting Assistant Professor of Late Soviet and Contemporary Russian History
History Department
The European University at Saint Petersburg

apinsky at eu.spb.ru

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