Event

WEBCAST | The Global Phenomenon of Post-Soviet Science

Date & Time

Wednesday

Jun. 10, 2020

1:55pm – 3:00pm ET

Location

BY WEBCAST

Event Sponsor

Kennan Institute

Overview

At its height in the late 1980s, the Soviet science system was the largest national infrastructure of science and technology in the world. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, the science systems of Russia and the other post-Soviet successor states underwent a tremendous contraction and a widely recognized crisis. Michael Gordin will discuss the emergence of post-Soviet science within transformations in the global scientific system in the context of brain drain, the transformations of academies of sciences, and international financial support of post-Soviet science.

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Speaker

Michael Gordin

Former Fellow;
Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Princeton University

Moderator

William E. Pomeranz

Senior Fellow; Former Director, Kennan Institute

Hosted By

Kennan Institute

The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more

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