The Social History of the Russian Revolution, a Century on Simon Pirani

The Social History of the Russian Revolution talk by researcher and historian Simon Pirani will be held on 23 November at 18:30. The speaker to consider some questions like "What does social history tell us about how society changed in the Russian empire – and it what respects it stayed the same – as a result of the 1917 revolutions?", "Can we draw any general conclusions about “mass consciousness” of workers, peasants and women during the revolutions?", "Positive phenomena in the revolution’s history" and others.

The session will be open to discussion from everyone present.

Simon Pirani is a researcher and historian whose book The Russian Revolution in Retreat 1920-1924: Soviet workers and the new communist elite made a lasting contribution to debates on the outcome of the 1917 revolution. He is also the author of Change in Putin’s Russia, and other books and articles on energy, economics and politics in post-Soviet states. Simon is currently completing a book on the global history of fossil fuel consumption since 1950.

LOCATION

Birkbeck University of London

London, UK