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Socialist Realism «Post-Mortem»
(Late Soviet Aesthetics: Art Practices and Theory, Institutions, Cultural Contexts. 1970s — 1980s)
Valery Vyugin (Valerii Viugin), project leader, PhD. habil., Senior Researcher of The Centre for Literary Theory and Interdisciplinary Research of The Institute of Russian Literature of The Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House);Professor of the History of Russian Literature at St. Petersburg State University.
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the philological and cultural-historical analysis of the presence of socialist realism («post-mortem socialist realism») in literature;
– the cultural, historical, and film studies of the socialist influence and strategies for avoiding it in the late Soviet cinema, including television films;
– the theoretical understanding of the literary and artistic practices characteristic of the period of «stagnation», and attempts to interpret them in terms of Socialist Realism. The transformation of Socialist Realist theory;
– the history of the Writers’ Union, in particular, the history of writers’ congresses and other creative organizations.
Dmitry Baranov, PhD of Philology, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Russian Literature History, St. Petersburg State University.
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the philological and cultural-historical analysis of the presence of socialist realism («post-mortem socialist realism») in literature;
– the cultural, historical, and art criticism analysis of the presence of socialist realism and the tactics of countering it in Soviet theater.
Lyubov Bugaeva, Dr. habil., Associate Professor of the History of Russian Literature at St. Petersburg State University; Researcher of The Centre for Literary Theory and Interdisciplinary Research of The Institute of Russian Literature of The Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House).
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the philological and cultural-historical analysis of the presence of socialist realism («post-mortem socialist realism») in literature;
– the cultural, historical, and film studies of the socialist influence and strategies for avoiding it in the late Soviet cinema, including television films.
Daria Zhurkova, PhD. of Cultural Studies, Senior Researcher of Mass Media Arts Department of The State Institute for Art Studies (Moscow); Researcher of The Centre for Literary Theory and Interdisciplinary Research of The Institute of Russian Literature of The Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House).
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the cultural and historical analysis of the struggle between socialist realism and competing artistic principles in late Soviet popular music.
Tatyana Kochneva, postgraduate student of The Institute of Russian Literature of The Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House), curator of museum items of the I category of the State Museum of Political History of Russia.
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the cultural and historical analysis of the representation of the socialist realism «norm» in everyday life, as reflected in personal writings, «naive literature», and documents that bridge private and public spheres (honor certificates, socialist vows, Komsomol tickets, etc.).
Stepan Popov, postgraduate student of The Institute of Russian Literature of The Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House), Intern researcher at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg.
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the cultural and historical analysis of the representation of the socialist realism «norm» in everyday life, as reflected in personal writings, «naive literature», and documents that bridge private and public spheres (honor certificates, socialist vows, Komsomol tickets, etc.).
Anna Razuvalova, PhD. of Philology, Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Russian Children’s Literature of The Institute of Russian Literature of The Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House).
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the philological and cultural-historical analysis of the presence of socialist realism («post-mortem socialist realism») in literature;
Sofia Safronova, The Institute of Russian Literature of The Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House).
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the philological and cultural-historical analysis of the presence of socialist realism («post-mortem socialist realism») in literature;
Nathalja Semenova, PhD., Associate Professor of the Department of Russian Language for Foreigners and Methods of its Learning of Saint-Petersburg State University; Junior Research Fellow of The Manuscript Department of the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Science (Pushkin House).
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the cultural, historical, and art criticism analysis of the presence of socialist realism and the tactics of countering it in Soviet theater;
– the philological and cultural-historical analysis of the presence of socialist realism («post-mortem socialist realism») in literature;
–the cultural, historical, and film studies of the socialist influence and strategies for avoiding it in the late Soviet cinema, including television films.
Vikenty Chekushin, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Journalism and Literary Studies, Siberian Federal University.
Thematic areas within the project framework:
– the philological and cultural-historical analysis of the presence of socialist realism («post-mortem socialist realism») in literature;
– the cultural, historical, and film studies of the socialist influence and strategies for avoiding it in the late Soviet cinema, including television films.