Rethinking Socialist Space in the Twentieth Century
This edited collection explores the problem of space under socialist regimes in the twentieth century. Bringing together contributions from international scholars with expertise in the architectural, urban, social, and cultural history of twentieth-century socialism, the book includes examples from China, Africa, Mongolia, Eastern Europe and the USSR. The volume reflects on how developments in the field over the past two decades have altered our understanding of how such spaces were constructed (both literally and discursively), how they could become sites of contested meanings, and how they were perceived outside the socialist world. Moreover, the volume is concerned with how scholarly approaches associated with post-colonialism, global history, gender history, and the ‘temporal’ and ‘sensory’ turns have reconfigured our knowledge of, and approach to, the history of socialist space.
Date:
15 May 2025, 17:00
Venue:
St Antony's College - North Site
Venue Details:
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Speakers:
Dr Jennifer Altehenger (Merton College, Oxford),
Paul Betts (St Antony's College, University of Oxford),
Marcus Colla (Pembroke College, Cambridge),
Thục Linh Nguyễn Vũ (University of Vienna),
Bethan Winter (Faculty of History, Oxford)
Organising department:
European Studies Centre
Organiser:
Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
julie.adams@sant.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dan Healey (St Antony's College)
Part of:
Palgrave-St Antony's Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Julie Adams
