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All posts for the month August, 2012

Lenin and the Constructivists in Stockholm

One of the highlights of my recent trip to Stockholm was a visit to the Moderna Museet. In addition to a very fine lunch with a fabulous view in the restaurant, I very much enjoyed the Explosion! exhibition, and learnt a good deal about Swedish pre-WWII art, but the visit was also notable for a […]

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by on August 27, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sarah Young on August 27, 2012

https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2012/08/27/lenin-and-the-constructivists-in-stockholm/

Russian prison experience

Last week I participated in a workshop titled ‘Punishment as a Crime? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Prison Experience in Russian Culture’, at Uppsala University’s Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies. The programme, which is available here, was notable for its wide range of papers and approaches. The imperial, soviet and post-soviet periods were all covered, and […]

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by on August 22, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sarah Young on August 22, 2012

https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2012/08/22/russian-prison-experience/