Online discussion of Shared Images: A History of American Art in the Soviet Union during the Cold War
We are happy to announce the upcoming online discussion of the book Shared Images: A History of American Art in the Soviet Union during the Cold War by Kirill Chunikhin, Associate Professor at the Department of History and Head of the Laboratory for Visual History at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg.
Exploring American art as an essentially global phenomenon, Chunikhin’s monograph employs the concept of a “shared history” to analyze interconnections and mutual dependence of Soviet and American art histories from the late 1940s to the 1960s. Shared Images, thus, revises narratives on Soviet and American isolationism, allegedly a distinctive feature of Cold War cultures.
The discussion will take place online via ZOOM on May 27, 2025 at 17.00 (CEST). After a short presentation by the author, the discussion will focus on the methodological framework for exploring visual art and culture of the Cold War period.
Speakers:
Kirill Chunikhin, Associate Professor at the Department of History and Head of the Laboratory for Visual History at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
Anastasia Kurlyandtseva, independent curator and researcher, Paris
Olga Olkheft, PhD in History, Bielefeld School of History and Sociology (BGHS), Bielefeld University
Isabel Wünsche, Professor of Art and Art History at Constructor University Bremen
The discussion will be moderated by Irina Riznychok and Georg Sokolov, research associates at Constructor University Bremen.
To join us as a guest/discussant, please register via the following link:
We kindly ask you to register in advance to receive an invitation with a ZOOM link.
We are very much looking forward to your participation.