Wilson Center Experts
Kate Brown
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
Term:
Dec 31, 2006
Jan 31, 2008
Subjects
History,Soviet Union,Ukraine
Previous Terms at the Wilson Center:
December 2006 - January 2008: Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute: "The Zone: A History of Incarcerated Space and a Spatial History of the Chernobyl Zone" - The production of space as a source of power and control, seduction and acquiescence in Soviet society, and comparatively, in the American context.
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Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
May 08, 2013 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Kate Brown presented "Plutopia", the first history of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia, two communities developed in parallel by opposing nations at the height of the Cold War. more
Commemoration of the Chernobyl Disaster: The Human Experience Twenty Years Later
April 26, 2006 // 8:30am — 7:30pm
Although many people know the basic story of Chernobyl, for U.S. audiences the details and the human experience of Chernobyl have faded. The Kennan Institute, in cooperation with the University of Alberta and the Harriman Institute, will commemorate the disaster on its twentieth anniversary in an attempt to help to bring the personal side of the story back into the spotlight. more
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
May 08, 2013 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Kate Brown presented "Plutopia", the first history of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia, two communities developed in parallel by opposing nations at the height of the Cold War.
Commemoration of the Chernobyl Disaster: The Human Experience Twenty Years Later
April 26, 2006 // 8:30am — 7:30pm
Although many people know the basic story of Chernobyl, for U.S. audiences the details and the human experience of Chernobyl have faded. The Kennan Institute, in cooperation with the University of Alberta and the Harriman Institute, will commemorate the disaster on its twentieth anniversary in an attempt to help to bring the personal side of the story back into the spotlight.