Discussion Leadership

Discussion Leadership Schedule

*Sign up for TWO DAYS on which you and a partner will lead our discussion. Please remember: you are responsible for reading all posts on the blog before class, and you should prepare five questions of your own, as well.

UNIT I: Stalinism as a Culture

Week 4: Stalinist Film

Feb. 16: Circus

Dan Donatucci
Keaghan Muller

Week 5: Stalinist Music

Feb. 23: Classical Music

Drew Schiano
Dylan Vallo

Week 6: Stalinist Art and Architecture

Mar. 2: Propaganda Images

Dylan Bertovich
Kyle Jones

Mar. 4: Architecture

Ana Giampa
Bavi Makkar

Week 7: Stalinist Portraiture

Mar. 9: Stalin’s Cult Image

Sydney Kightlinger
Christian Rohrer

UNIT II: Stalinism as an Experience

Week 8: Experiencing Nationality

Mar. 16: Nationality and Women’s Voices

Grace Bemis
Ana Giampa

Week 10: Experiencing the First Five Year Plan

Mar 30: Collectivization

Sydney Kightlinger
Christian Rohrer

Apr. 1: Industrialization

Dylan Bertovich
Dan Donatucci

Week 11: Experiencing Excellence

Apr. 6: Excellent Workers

Keaghan Muller
Kyle Jones

Week 12: Experiencing the Terror

Apr. 13: The Stalinist Soul

Grace Bemis
Drew Schiano

Apr. 15: Ginzburg’s Terror Memoir

Bavi Makkar
Dylan Vallo

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