Jonathan Brunstedt
Former Title VIII Research Scholar
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Professional Affiliation
Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University
Expert Bio
Jonathan Brunstedt is an assistant professor of History at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on nationalism and cultural memory in the Soviet Union and wider world, with a particular emphasis on the representation and commemoration of war. Among his publications is The Soviet Myth of World War II: Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the USSR (Cambridge University Press, 2021), which examines official notions of patriotism and patriotic identity in the USSR through the lens of World War II's public remembrance. His current project, Entangled Defeats, explores the use of historical analogies and their role in shaping the ideological rivalry of the late Cold War. The project looks at how the Vietnam War became a touchstone for understanding the later Soviet war in Afghanistan on both sides of the Iron Curtain during the 1980s and beyond. Previously, Brunstedt was an assistant professor of European history at Utah State University and a visiting fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute in Helsinki.
Wilson Center Project
"Entangled Defeats: The Soviet-Afghan War and the Shadow of Vietnam"
Previous Terms
Short-Term Scholar, 03/01/2010 - 04/01/2010, Kennan Institute, "Forging 'Common Glories': Soviet Remembrance of the Second World War and the Limits of Ethnic Particularism, 1965-2005."
Insight & Analysis by Jonathan Brunstedt
- Book
- Military History
The Soviet Myth of World War II: Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the USSR
- Past event
- Historical Memory
The Soviet Myth of World War II: Patriotic Memory and the Russian Question in the USSR
- Video
- Strategic Competition
Kennan Scholar Spotlight: Soviet Myths and Historical Memory
- Article
- Cold War
Drawing Lessons from the Soviet-Afghan War: A Conversation with Title VIII Research Scholar Jonathan Brunstedt
- Article
- Arts and Literature
Kennan Institute Summer 2021 Reading List
- By
- Paul Werth,
- Thomas Eric Rotnem,
- Jonathan Brunstedt,
- and 3 more