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SoSe 22: Soviet History through the Senses

Vitali Taichrib

Hinweise für Studierende

Course Requirements for “Aktive Teilnahme”: - Regular attendance at class - Readings and related written assignments (five short reading responses during the semester) - Participation in group discussions and group presentations Schließen

Kommentar

In 1994 George H. Roeder Jr. published an article in the Journal of American History titled ‚Coming to Our Senses‘ and claimed: „Ours is a nearly sense-less profession.“ (JAH 81, 3; p. 1112.). Only few historians have studied sensory experiences up to this point; most notably Alain Corbin. After the publication of George Roeder’s essay, it took another decade before historians began to include the sensory dimension into their analyses and interpretations. This way of thinking about the past has also reached Soviet history in recent years. In this course we approach Soviet history through the senses. We will delve into the main themes of the historiography on the Soviet Union and explore their still largely uncharted sensory dimension. Although we will work mainly with texts and audio-visual material, we will also strive for a practical approach, for example, by studying Soviet cookbooks. Schließen

Literaturhinweise

Romaniello, Matthew / Starks, Tricia (Hg.): Russian History through the Senses: From 1700 to the Present, London / New York 2016. Smith, Mark M.: Sensory History, New York 2007.

14 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00 14 Termine

Mi, 20.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00

Dozenten:
Vitali Taichrib