How the Cold War Solved the Problem of Soviet Displaced Persons After World War II
You must register by 5pm on October 23, 2024 in order to attend this event.
Please join the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Sheila Fitzpatrick. Moderated by Elise Giuliano.
This talk will draw on the analysis of postwar great power politics and diplomacy with regard to “displaced persons” from the Soviet Union offered in her new book, Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War, to be published by Princeton University Press in November.
Sheila Fitzpatrick is a historian of modern Russia and twentieth-century migration who is a Professor at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, and Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the University of Chicago. Her recent books include: On Stalin’s Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics (2015), Mischa’s War (2017), White Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War History of Migration to Australia (2021), and The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (2022). In addition to Lost Souls, she has a new book, The Death of Stalin, coming out in April of 2025.