The Soviet Union in Africa: the Cold War Era

The Soviet Union in Africa: the Cold War Era

Event Type

All

Location

Stalker Hall room 301

Date

Time

Phone

(812) 237-2176

Description

Maxim Matusevich – born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia – is an associate
professor of history at Seton Hall University and Director of Seton Hall’s Russian
and East European Studies Program. His undergraduate education began in the
Soviet Union and continued at the University of Oklahoma. He earned his Master’s
and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr.
Matusevich’s research focuses on the Cold War in Africa and the history of cultural
and political encounters between Africa and Russia/Soviet Union. His teaching at
Seton Hall includes courses in Global, African and Cold War history.

Through support of the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University,
the International Studies Program and the Center for Global Engagement at ISU
are pleased to host Dr. Matusevich in a public lecture on the ISU campus.

Selected publications by Dr. Matusevich:

Africa in Russia, Russia in Africa: Three Centuries of Encounters. Africa World Press,
2006.

No Easy Row for a Russian Hoe: Ideology and Pragmatism in Nigerian–Soviet
Relations, 1960-1991. Africa World Press, 2003.

Revisiting the Soviet Moment in Sub-Saharan Africa. History Compass, v. 10: 1 – 10.
2009.

Black in the USSR: Africans, African Americans, and the Soviet Society. Transitions,
no. 100: 56-75. 2009.