Professor Dina Khapaeva - Reanimating the Corpse and Mythology of the Soviet Empire in 21st Century

Putin, in his senseless war of aggression in Ukraine has resurrected
death and destruction on a scale not seen since WWII, bringing misery
and violence to the heart of Europe in the 20th Century. What myths and
delusions led us to this point – and how can it be stopped? Today I am
exploring these questions with Professor Dina Khapaeva.

Dina Khapaeva is a Professor at the School of Modern Languages, at the
Georgia Institute of Technology. Director research at the Smolny
Institute.
Dina Khapaeva's research and teaching interests lie on the intersection
of cultural studies, memory studies, post-Soviet neo-medievalism,
history of emotions, and death studies. Her most recent book project The
Celebration of Death in Russia and America compares the ways of
engaging with death and representations of violent death in Russian and
American popular culture.