Feminism in Russia: From Soviet Samizdat to Online Activism
Join the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute for an online talk with Dmitry Kozlov, Ella Rossman and Valerie Sperling on feminism in Russia. In July 1980, a group of female dissidents were expelled from the Soviet Union for publishing a samizdat journal, where they contemplated social issues such as the double burden, family pressures, and unequal treatment toward women in a supposedly egalitarian society. In post-Soviet Russia, new groups have emerged in support of women’s rights, and today a new generation of activists is promoting the values of feminism and equality in a civil society that is increasingly under pressure. In this panel, Dmitry Kozlov, Ella Rossman and Valerie Sperling will consider the past and present of the Russian feminist agenda and discuss the relationship between feminists and other human rights activists in Russia.
The conversation will take place in Russian and English with interpretation. To access translation in Zoom on the menu toolbar, click the globe then the Russian channel to hear the general interpretation line.
Registration is requested; information can be found at this link.
Speakers:
Dmitry Kozlov, research fellow, Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Ella Rossman, historian and research assistant, International Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Valerie Sperling, professor, political science, Clark University