PhD seminar with Stephen Norris: Blockbuster History 2.0: Movies, Patriotism, and Politics in the Era of Putin 2.0
NB: NEW TIME AND PLACE
Guest lecture and PhD seminar with Prof. Stephen Norris (Miami University) on movies and politics in modern Russia.
10.15–11.30: Guest lecture: All are welcome
12:15–14:00: PhD seminar (2 or 3 ECTS): Registration required
Stephen Norris. Photo by Amalia Stevens
About the lecturer
Stephen Norris is Walter E. Havighurst Professor of Russian History and Director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University (OH). His research interests explore the relationship between nationhood, images and propaganda in Russia during the 19th and 20th centuries. Norris will talk about the state of Russian popular cinema during the era of Putin 2.0 (2012-present). Building on his previous work, Blockbuster History in the New Russia, which examined the rise of Hollywood-style blockbusters in Russia between 1998 and 2008, this presentation will analyze the major changes in the politics of memory since 2012. He will discuss how Russian patriotic cinema has become much more state-centered in its use of historical memory.
Program
09:45: Coffee
10:15-11:30: Guest lecture (see link for more info)
11:30-12:00: Coffee
12:00-14:00: PhD seminar for registered participants (lunch included)
Requirements
The PhD seminar for registered participants yields 2 or 3 ECTS, depending on whether you wish to submit a paper:
a) Attendance without paper (2 ECTS):
- Read the course material in advance + attend guest lecture + attend seminar and participate actively in the discussion.
b) Attendance with paper (3 ECTS):
- All of the above + submit a short paper (800-1000 words) to a.k.roeren@ilos.uio.no by 1 March + present paper in the seminar (5 mins)
Note that all PhD students, postdocs, researchers and students in area studies, media, film studies, history, visual culture, literature, sociology, and political science are welcome to attend the open guest lecture: (10:15-11:30), organized by Discourses of the Nation and the National.
Reading list
- Lipman, M. (2016). How Putin Silences Dissent: Inside the Kremlin's Crackdown. Foreign Affaires, 95(38), 38-46
- Norris, S. M. (2012). Blockbuster History in the New Russia: Movies, Memory, and Patriotism: Indiana University Press (introduction, chapters 6 and 7, and conclusion - to be distributed by permission from the author)
- Nancy Condee's posts on recent Russian cinema, "Cold Snap: Russian Film after Leviathan": Part I and Part II.