The Communist Century: New Studies in Revolution, Resistance and Radicalism
Feb03

The Communist Century: New Studies in Revolution, Resistance and Radicalism

February 9, 2018 -9:00am to 5:30pm Stanford Alumni Center, Fisher Conference Room (Keynote on Thursday, February 8) Free and open to the public Speaker: Anna Grzymala-Busse David Holloway Norman Naimark Benjamin Nathans Amir Weiner Steven Zipperstein Location: Stanford Alumni Center, Fisher Conference Room, 326 Galvez St. February 8 at 6:00 PM: Keynote Address From Lenin to Putin: Biography as Window on Soviet/Russian Politics Keynote...

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CfP: Où situer le communisme, entre démocratie et totalitarisme ?
Feb02

CfP: Où situer le communisme, entre démocratie et totalitarisme ?

​Deadline 26 février 2018 Journée d’études Université Paris Diderot – 16 mai 2018 La journée d’étude sera organisée sous l’égide de l’Action structurante « La Fabrique du politique : utopies, émancipations, radicalisations. Une approche interdisciplinaire du politique ». Comité scientifique : Sophie COEURE (Université Paris Diderot, ICT), Marie CUILLERAI (Université Paris Diderot, LCSP), Martine LEIBOVICI (Université Paris Diderot,...

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La diplomazia del dialogo
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La diplomazia del dialogo

Alessandro Salacon La diplomazia del dialogo Il dossier “Unione Sovietica” ha occupato la scrivania di tutti i ministri degli Esteri italiani dal dopoguerra no al crollo dell’Urss. Quali relazioni istituire con Mosca? Pur con tutti i distinguo, ogni governo della penisola dovette elaborare strategie per contrastarne le ingerenze, difendersi dalle sue minacce o collaborare con essa, nella cornice più ampia della competizione tra...

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The Invisible Shining
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The Invisible Shining

Balázs Apor The Invisible Shining The Cult of Mátyás Rákosi in Stalinist Hungary, 1945-1956 This book offers a detailed analysis of the construction, reception and eventual decline of the cult of the Hungarian Communist Party Secretary, Mátyás Rákosi, one of the most striking examples of orchestrated adulation in the Soviet bloc. While his cult never approached the magnitude of that of Stalin, Rákosi’s ambition to outshine the other...

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Visions of Empire
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Visions of Empire

Krishan Kumar Visions of Empire How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World What the rulers of empire can teach us about navigating today’s increasingly interconnected world The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and have much to teach us about navigating our own increasingly globalized and interconnected world. Until now, most recent scholarship on empires has focused on...

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Circulations internationales et (sorties de) Guerre froide
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Circulations internationales et (sorties de) Guerre froide

Mercredi de 10 h à 13 h (salle A06_51, 54 bd Raspail 75006 Paris), les 8 novembre, 13 décembre 2017, 10 janvier, 14 février, 14 mars, 11 avril et 13 juin 2018. Une séance supplémentaire aura lieu le 18 mai de 14 h à 17 h en salle BS1_05, 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris Programme:  https://enseignements-2017.ehess.fr/2017/ue/2200/ La prise en compte des processus circulatoires à la fois comme objet d’étude et comme prisme analytique...

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