East European Studies

Topic: The memory of the Second World War has been elevated to the status of the foundation myth in Putin’s Russia. Discuss with reference to the coverage of the war in the media, film and/or other cultural forms.please use these references plus some more: Mark Edele, ‘Fighting Russia’s History Wars: Vladimir Putin and the Codification of World War II,’ History and Memory, 29, 2, 2017, pp. 90-124 Elizabeth Wood, ‘Performing Memory: Vladimir Putin and the Celebration of World War II in Russia,’ Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, 38, 2, 2011, 172-200. Seth Bernstein, ‘Remembering war, remaining Soviet: Digital commemoration of World War II in Putin’s Russia,’ Memory Studies https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1750698015605573 Stephen Norris, ‘Guiding stars: the comet-like rise of the war film in Putin’s Russia: recent World War II films and historical memories,’ Studies in Russian and Post-Soviet Cinema, 1, 2, 2007 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1386/srsc.1.2.163_1 Julie Fedor, et al eds., War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (2017) (available as ebook through the library)

Topic: The memory of the Second World War has been elevated to the status of the foundation myth in Putin’s Russia. Discuss with reference to the coverage of the war in the media, film and/or other cultural forms.please use these references plus some more: Mark Edele, ‘Fighting Russia’s History Wars: Vladimir Putin and the Codification of World War II,’ History and Memory, 29, 2, 2017, pp. 90-124 Elizabeth Wood, ‘Performing Memory: Vladimir Putin and the Celebration of World War II in Russia,’ Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, 38, 2, 2011, 172-200. Seth Bernstein, ‘Remembering war, remaining Soviet: Digital commemoration of World War II in Putin’s Russia,’ Memory Studies https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1750698015605573 Stephen Norris, ‘Guiding stars: the comet-like rise of the war film in Putin’s Russia: recent World War II films and historical memories,’ Studies in Russian and Post-Soviet Cinema, 1, 2, 2007 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1386/srsc.1.2.163_1 Julie Fedor, et al eds., War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (2017) (available as ebook through the library)