“Answers to the Question ‘Is Russia Fascist?’”

The RCGA International and Global Colloquium Series presents “Answers to the Question ‘Is Russia Fascist?’” by Matt Walker, assistant professor of Russian.

A topic of considerable debate for nearly a decade, or even longer, the question of whether the “F-word” can be correctly applied to the political situation in Russia has indisputably acquired greater urgency since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This talk will review some of the history of the discussion, look at some recent answers (Snyder, Laruelle, Griffin, Shulman, Budraitskis, Zhadan, and others), and contribute some responses of its own.

Lunch provided-12:15 pm (with RSVP by 1/13/22 to rcga@middlebury.edu). Presentation begins at 12:30 pm.

In-person event in the Robert A. Jones ‘59 conference room.