Summer School on Late Socialism (1956-85): The Forgotten Years between Stalinism and Perestroika

24-31 July, 2015

The controversies and legacy of the last three decades of the Soviet Union prior to perestroika have not rendered a simple overarching theory. The Tallinn Summer School in Social and Cultural Studies will bring together leading scholars and PhD students who are interested in discussing the Soviet Union from late 1950s to early 1980s, covering the period that has been labelled the time of “thaw” and “stagnation” but also “mature” or “late” socialism.

The summer school will take place at Tallinn University, Estonia, 24-31 July, 2015. It is designed for PhD students in the Humanities and Social Sciences; however, motivated MA students and non-degree scholars are also welcome to apply.

Deadline for application: 15 May 2015.
For further information, please visit: http://summerschool.tlu.ee/late-socialism

The course provides the students methodological and practical knowledge on most relevant theories and approaches to the period of late socialism. The faculty combines local and foreign researchers from the fields of art history, post-colonial studies, history of Soviet ethnicity and identity, science, urbanity, media consumption, and local elites, among the other themes.