How can we understand the true forces behind Russia’s expansionist aspirations today? Hubertus Jahn traces the long ideological roots of Putin’s propaganda in Soviet traditions, the collapse of the USSR, and the elevation of imperialist historical narratives.
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The 1943 Bethnal Green Shelter Disaster: 75 Years of Forgetting and Remembering
In March 1943, 173 people were crushed to death as they took shelter in Bethnal Green’s underground station. Toby Butler led a project remembering the disaster.
Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2017 with Peter Burke – 13 December, QMUL
Peter Burke, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, will deliver the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2017, speaking on ‘Two Diasporas: the place of exiles in the history of knowledge’.