Thursday, April 30, 2026

Opportunity: Working Group on Socialist Realism

 

Dear SEELANGers,


We are inviting graduate students researching Socialist Realism and 20th-century state-sponsored cultural production to participate in a new graduate student virtual working group.
While Socialist Realism has long been an overlooked topic, recent scholarship has moved toward more nuanced, interdisciplinary, and comparative approaches. In the spirit of this evolving field, this working group is open to students of all specializations, including, but not limited to literature, visual art, film, material culture, history, and gender studies.
The aim of the group is to create a cross-institutional network and community that provides support for graduate students that study Socialist Realism through initiatives such as:
  • Reading groups (primary texts and new theoretical scholarship)
  • Dissertation workshops and work-in-progress presentations
  • Film screenings and visual culture discussions
  • Semi-regular virtual meetings to discuss pedagogy and archival research
If interested in joining the group, please add your information here: SR working group form
We plan to hold an initial organizational meeting online to discuss the goals of the group and brainstorm ideas for the upcoming academic year. 
Sincerely,

Stella Sarefield 

Andrey Ridling

Kasym Orozbaev

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