Writing the Nation After Stalin

Wednesday, November 4th, 2026 at 5:00 PM
1737 Cambridge Street Room K-354, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138Cambridge, MA

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Writing the Nation After Stalin: Literature and the Collapse of the Soviet Union – a book talk and discussion by Erin Hutchinson, Assistant Professor of History, University of Colorado Boulder

Following the death of Stalin, literature emerged as a primary arena for challenging state power and reimagining national identity. Discover how writers used rural cultural critique to spark national revival movements that reshaped the Soviet landscape.

Learn more: https://www.huri.harvard.edu/event/erin-hutchinson-writing-nation-after-stalin-literature-and-collapse-soviet-union

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