Montag, 07. Juli 2025, 16.50-18.20, Raum N.316 | Monday, 7 July 2025, 4.50-6.20 pm, room N.316
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How do Russian history museums shape national narratives under Putin’s rule? This discussion explores museum propaganda in contemporary Russia (2000s–2025) within the framework of Authorised Dictatorial Discourse (ADD)—a concept developed by Minjae Zoh (2020) and inspired by Laurajane Smith’s Authorised Heritage Discourse (AHD). Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative analysis, Anastasia Serikova will examine how state-driven narratives are embedded in museum exhibitions, discussing case studies, research methodology, and the broader implications of historical memory control in authoritarian contexts. Join us for an insightful discussion on the intersection of history, propaganda, and power in Russian museums.
Anastasia Serikova is a history and sociology, graduate student at Bielefeld Graduate School. She has been researching difficult heritage since 2016, with both her undergraduate and graduate work dedicated to this field. During her master’s studies at the St. Petersburg State Institute of Culture (2019–2021), she published extensively and received several academic awards. Her thesis, “The Interpretation of Dissonant Heritage in Museum Institutions in Russia and Germany”, won the European Museum Academy’s “Master Study of the Year 2021.” Her current research focuses on the discourse of difficult heritage in democratic and authoritarian
contexts, using grounded theory.