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£3.12 - £5.58
£3.12 - £5.58
Delivered In-Person
5 hours
Joint event from the Historical Association and Study Group of the Russian Revolution
When we say 'Russia', who do we really mean?
Both Tsarist Russia and the USSR were multiethnic states and empires, made up of many diverse peoples from Russians to Tatars, Roma to Jews, Ukrainians to Ingush.
This one-day session, delivered jointly by the Historical Association and Study Group of the Russian Revolution, brings together leading academics in Russian and Soviet society and experienced teachers to discuss approaches to teaching a diverse, complex history of these states and their peoples.
Join Dr Robert Dale (Newcastle University), Dr Shane O’Rourke (University of York), Dr Beatrice Penati (University of Liverpool), and Dr Alistair Dickins (Cheadle Hulme High School and Sixth Form) for cutting edge academic talks and an innovative pedagogical showcase aimed at boosting your knowledge, confidence, and teaching approaches.
This session is aimed at teachers of Russian and Soviet history, and multiethnic and imperial histories more generally, from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5.
The event aims to:
Boost teachers’ confidence in approaching Imperial Russia and the USSR as multiethnic states and empires;
Provide insight and access into the latest research on multiethnic Russia and the USSR;
Share and explore pedagogical approaches to teaching a diverse and decolonised curriculum in this area.
10.00 | Welcome and introduction |
10.15 | Session 1: Tsarist Imperial Society and Ethnicity (Shane O’Rourke, University of York) A specialist in late-Imperial Russian society and ethnicities, including the Cossacks, Dr O’Rourke will explore society under the last three Tsars, examining Russification in the western Russian borderlands, Russian settler colonialism, the Caucasus and deportation, and current historiographical trends. |
11.15 | Session 2: Soviet Society and Ethnicity (Dr Robert Dale, Newcastle University) A specialist in Soviet social and cultural history, Dr Dale will focus on the era of Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev, considering changing nationalities policies, Soviet settler colonialism, ethnic deportations and terror under Stalin, language and culture policies, and current historiographical trends. |
12.15 | Session 3: Approaching the Diversity of GULAG Camp Life and Society (Dr Mark Vincent) Dr. Vincent, a specialist in the Gulag prison system and Soviet penality, and recently qualified history teacher, will present an approach to examining Soviet prison camps as melting pots of diverse ethnic, cultural, and social groups in the USSR, combining contemporary artwork from inside the camps with current scholarship on the camps' people and peoples. |
12.45 | Lunch |
13.15 | Session 4: Gender and Ethnicity in Central Asia (Dr Beatrice Penati, Liverpool University) A specialist in Central Asia under Russian and Soviet rule, Dr Penati will examine how pre- and post-revolutionary ethnic policies, state-led modernisation, biopolitics and the emancipation of women, and war mobilisation shaped former Tsarist colonies. Together with current historiographical trends, she will present a range of sources for teaching, including audiovisual. |
14.15 | Session 5: Jewish History in Russia and the USSR – Approaches for Teachers (Dr Alistair Dickins, Cheadle Hulme High School and Sixth Form) An experienced teacher with a PhD in Russian and Soviet History, and writer of the Istorik teaching blog, Dr Dickins will showcase and model approaches to teaching Jewish History in a Russian and Soviet context, including Jewish social and cultural life in late-Imperial and Soviet Russia, Jewish national politics under Soviet rule, pogroms, and the experience of the Holocaust in the USSR. |
15.00 | Closing comments and thanks |
Registered attendees will be sent an email from the HA via Cademy with the joining information one week before the course, with a reminder the day before.
Tea and coffee will be provided. Please bring your own packed lunch, or if you would prefer you can purchase food from university catering outlets in the vicinity.
If you require assistance with your booking or would like to know more about the course, please contact events@history.org.uk.
£3.12 - £5.58