Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "Young, Glennys"
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A Death Transformed: The Political and Social Consequences of Romas Kalanta's Self-Immolation, Soviet Lithuania, May 1972
Swain, Amanda Jeanne (2013-07-23)"A Death Transformed: The Political and Social Consequences of Romas Kalanta's Self-Immolation, Soviet Lithuania, 1972" explores Soviet and post-Soviet interpretive narratives and political practices in response to two ... -
"Don't We All Have a Responsibility?”: Authority, Agency, and the Reframing of Jewish Life in East Berlin before and after the Fall of the Wall
Schatte, KatjaThis dissertation examines the ways in which individuals, particularly women, identifying as Jewish in East Berlin between 1945 and 2016 articulated their Jewish identity and sense of community in the aftermath of the ... -
Following The Black Square: The Cosmic, The Nostalgic & The Transformative In Russian Avant-Garde Museology
Cruz-Uribe, TeofilaContemporary Russian art and museology is experiencing a revival of interest in the pioneering museology of the Russian artistic and political avant-garde of the early 20th century. This revival is exemplified in the work ... -
Modern Friendship: The "New Turkey" and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy, 1933-1934
Zajicek, Taylor CraigIn the interwar period, the Soviet Union and Turkey embarked on an unprecedented partnership, characterized by high profile economic, diplomatic, and cultural exchanges. The enthusiasm of these interactions surprised ... -
Planning for a Communist Future: Professionalization, Nationalism, and Planning Practice in Soviet Moscow, 1964-1974
Brinley, MichaelThis paper explores the growth of historic preservation institutions in Soviet Moscow during the late 1960s and 70s. Beginning with the decade long creation of the General Plan of 1971 and exploring elements of ... -
Tevye's Ottoman Daughter: The Making of Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews in the Shatterzones of Empire, 1882-1923
Zaides, Sarah MichelleIn existing scholarship on Jewish subjects of the Russian Empire, there were three typical fates available to Russia’s Jews on the eve of the Bolshevik Revolution: they could remain in the shtetl, leave for a new life in ...