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History Teachers' Association NSW

Apr 6, 2021

Dr. Peter Whitewood (York St. John University, UK) has written an authoritative account of Stalin's purge of the Red Army in the lead up to the Second World War. He joined us to talk about the history of state violence in Russia prior to 1917 and how terror became an important feature of the Soviet system after the...


Jun 3, 2020

In this episode, we talked to Professor Mark Edele (Hansen Chair in History at the University of Melbourne). Mark's forthcoming book, Debates on Stalinism (Manchester UP, 2020), provides an up-to-date and insightful introduction to the English language historiography of Stalinism. It is a brilliant book and a...


Jun 2, 2019

In this episode, we are joined by Professor David L. Hoffmann from Ohio State University. David's most recent book, The Stalinist Era, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018 and provides an updated and insightful overview of Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union. In the interview, David discusses some of the...


Oct 16, 2018

Professor Mark Edele's keynote address at the National Conference of the History Teachers' Association of Australia (2 October 2018).

In this lecture, Professor Edele provides an overview of Soviet historiography and Soviet history developed for his book 'The Soviet Union: A Short History' (Wiley-Blackwell,...