The Politics of Historical Memory in Russia from the Tsars to Putin [English]

Nanovic Institute Faculty Fellow Alexander Martin, professor of history, will host a discussion with Wojciech Materski, the author of the recent award-winning book From the Tsars to “The Tsar”: A Study of Russia’s Politics of Memory. Materski is a professor in the Department of East-Central Europe and Post-Soviet Studies at the Institute of Political Science at the Polish Academy of Sciences, and his book offers a sweeping overview of the propagandistic manipulation of history by Russian and Soviet rulers from Ivan the Terrible to Putin. Martin will provide attendees with a PDF of the English translation of the book upon request.

This special event is part of the „In the Shade of Russia” series of similar presentations, lectures, and events facilitated by the Janusz Kurtyka Foundation, a Polish non-governmental organization whose main aim is to disseminate information on Polish history and historiography in Poland and abroad.

The Nanovic Institute is partnering with the foundation, Alexander Martin, and the Department of History to bring this conversation to the academic community as an online meeting open to faculty, staff, and interested members of the local community and the field of history.

Registration for this event is free, but it is required for admission. Please register on Zoom to ensure you receive a calendar invite and may join the event electronically when it starts.

About the speaker

Professor Wojciech Materski is a distinguished Polish historian, political scientist, and Sovietologist affiliated with the Department of East-Central Europe and Post-Soviet Studies in the Institute of Political Science at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the history of the Soviet Union and Polish‒Soviet relations, the history of international collective security institutions, and the transformation of the post-Soviet region after 1991. He is the author or joint author of over 500 publications including over 30 books on contemporary history, and has received numerous prizes, including the 2023 Janusz Kurtyka Award for the book this session centers on.

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