The Soviet Modernization Project

Representations of National and Ethnic Belonging in Soviet Cinema (1953-1985)

The workshop aims to analyze the treatment of the relation between the Soviet project of modernization (and modernity) and national and ethnic belonging in feature films from the Soviet Union, focusing on productions from the Soviet republics other than Russia (RSFSR) since the Thaw era.

Location: Institute of Slavic and Eastern European Studies (ISOS), Plattenstrasse 43, 8032 Zurich, PLG 111. The workshop is public—registration is not required, but is welcome via email to matthias.meindl uzh ch