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SUMMARY:Plots against Russia: Conspiracy\, Sincerity\, and Propaganda - Pr
 of Eliot Borenstein (Russian &amp\; Slavic Studies\, New York University)
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DESCRIPTION:Conspiracy theories have been a perennial feature of Russian l
 ife in the past hundred years\, but the forms they take and the concerns t
 hey reflect are inextricably linked with the ways in which information cir
 culate at a given time. \n\nIn Russia over the last fifty years or so\, we
  find three particular information ecosystems that give rise to three dist
 inct phases of conspiracy theory: the first is late socialism\, the second
  is roughly coextensive with perestroika and the Yeltsin years\, and the t
 hird is today's era of Putinist conservatism and the rise of social media.
  \nHow has conspiracy moved froth marginal to the mainstream\, and what do
  conspiracies tell us about the world view covered by the Russian media?\n
 \n*Eliot Borenstein* is Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies\, Collegiate
  Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences\, Acting Chair of East Asia
 n Studies\, and Senior Academic Convenor for the Global Network at New Yor
 k University. Before coming to NYU\, Borenstein directed the Fulbright Pro
 gram for the Russian Federation and taught at the University of Virginia.\
 nHis first book\, _Men without Women: Masculinity and Revolution in Russia
 n Fiction\, 1917-1919_\, won the AATSEEL award for best work in literary s
 cholarship in 2000. In 2007\, he published _Overkill: Sex and Violence in 
 Contemporary Russian Popular Culture_\, which received the AWSS award for 
 best book in Slavic Gender Studies in 2008.\nA 2009 Guggenheim recipient\,
  Borenstein has completed a monograph entitled _Plots against Russia: Cons
 piracy and Fantasy after Socialism_\; originally presented in blog form it
  will be published in March by Cornell University Press. \nBorenstein foun
 ded the Jordan Center’s _All the Russias_ blog in 2012\, and has been it
 s primary contributor. One of his current books in progress\, _Russia’s 
 Alien Nations: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism_\, is being serializ
 ed on _All the Russias_ and at russiasaliennations.com. He has also begun 
 a new series on the Jordan Center blog\, called “Rereading Akunin.” Hi
 s next book\, _Pussy Riot: Speaking Punk to Power_\, will be published in 
 2020 by Bloomsbury Press.
LOCATION:Latimer Room\, Clare College
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