Five Key Phases in the Soviet American Cold War

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March 27, 2023 - May 4, 2023 (5 sessions)

Mondays, 6:00PM - 7:30PM ET

Virtual via Zoom

Course Description:

This class will focus on key elements of the cold war and how its legacy and memory mark both nations. Participants will access online sources including newspapers and classic cold war films such as the Russian Ballad of a Soldier (1959) and Stalker (1979), and the American films Bridges of Toko-ri (1954) and The Day After (1984). Links to contemporary news will be provided as alternative or complement to films. Assignments are due on day of class.

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ABOUT Jeffrey Brooks (Ph.D)
Professor, History

I study and teach the political and cultural history of modern Russia, the history of the Soviet-American Cold War, and the great works of Russian and Soviet culture in their contemporary context. My The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks (Cambridge University Press, 2019) showcases the genius of Russian literature, art, music, and dance over a century of turmoil within the dynamic cultural ecosystem that shaped it. The Firebird and the Fox explores the shared traditions, mutual influences, and enduring themes that recur in these art forms from 1850-1950. The book uses two emblematic characters from Russian culture—the firebird, symbol of the transcendent power of art in defiance of circumstance and the efforts of censors to contain creativity; and the fox, usually female and representing wit, cleverness and the agency of artists and everyone who triumphs over adversity—to explore how Russian cultural life changed over the period. High culture drew on folk and popular genres, then in turn influences an expanding commercial culture.

My research has been supported by The Guggenheim Foundation, the Fulbright-Hays Program, The National Endowment for the Humanities, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the National Council for Soviet and East European Research, and the IREX Academy Exchange, among others.

I received the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award in Arts and Sciences in 2004.

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Event Date
Starts:
Monday, March 27, 2023
6:00pm EDT

Ends:
Thursday, May 4, 2023
7:30pm EDT

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	JHU Alumni - all divisions 50% discount. Alumni status will be confirmed	$
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	JHU Tuition Remission - Spouse or Domestic Partner 50% discount. Employment status will be confirmed.	$

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