Daria Khlevniuk
Biographic Data
| ID | 337724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daria Khlevniuk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daria |
| FAMILY NAME | Khlevniuk |
| SIGNATURE | KHLEVNIUK D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1019-2192 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Make history great again! The emergence of a new paradigm of memory politics in International Relations
This article introduces Conspiratorial Memory (ConMem) as a new paradigm of memory politics in contemporary International Relations. Building on the research on nationally oriented heroic memory regimes of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Nationalist Memory (NatMem)) and the victim-centered, Cosmopolitanized Memory (CosMem) culture that emerged after the Cold War, we argue that the 2020s have witnessed the rise of a hybrid formation …
Unpacking “Historical Analogies” in International Relations: Memory Politics in Pro-Kremlin Reporting on the Russian War against Ukraine
Over the past decade, the field of International Relations (IR) has increasingly engaged with issues of memory politics, and memory studies more broadly. This paper focuses on one concept frequently used within IR scholarship: the “historical analogy.” Seeking to diversify this often loosely defined umbrella term, we propose a more nuanced framework for analyzing memory politics, particularly in times of war. We illustrate our approach through an…
Remembering transitions: Local revisions and global crossings in culture and media, edited by Ksenia Robbe
The temporality of memory politics: An analysis of Russian state media narratives on the war in Ukraine
This paper seeks to enhance memory studies' conceptual toolkit by reconsidering established perspectives on "memory politics." The paper theorizes various modes of temporal connectivity cultivated through politicized references to a shared past. Our empirical case is focused on a collection of roughly 5.000 recent articles about the war in Ukraine from major Russian state-aligned news outlets. We analyze and typologize the narrative and rhetorica…
Escaping the Long Shadow of Homo Sovieticus
It is often asserted that the values and attitudes of Homo Sovieticus, marked in the rising “popularity” of Stalin, live on in contemporary Russia, acting as a negative factor in social and political development. This article critiques the argument that attitudes to Stalin reflect unreformed Soviet values and explain Russia’s authoritarian regression and failed modernization. Our critique of this legacy argument has three parts. First, after exam…
Five Unknown Facts about
Stalin’s era in Soviet history is one of the darkest. Nevertheless, despite numerous historical research, nonfiction and fiction, movies, and museum exhibitions exposing and discussing Stalin’s atrocities, a sizable portion of the Russian population is neutral at best and respectful at worst of Stalin’s leadership and personality. This article examines the “dark side” of Russian memories of Stalinism. According to our analysis of pro-Stalin conte…
Framing” and “Screening” the Gulag
The victory in the Great Patriotic War has become the cornerstone myth of Russian politics and identity. Whether there is an international or an internal conflict, the war history is invoked in political speeches and media propaganda. Soviet repressions, on the contrary, are rarely used by the state memory politics. Many scholars claim that the two memories are opposing: one is heroic and “nationalist,” the other is tragic and “cosmopolitan.” A s…
Victim-heroes in collective memory: Surviving soviet repressions heroically
Memory narratives commonly include characters such as heroes (triumphant or fallen), martyrs, perpetrators, and victims. In recent years, the victim has become the central character in the dominant, western-centric, and globalized memory culture. A victim’s definition is problematic: few existing memory narratives include “ideal,” or innocent victims who suffered meaninglessly. The lines between victims and other characters in memory narratives a…
Silencing” or “Magnifying” Memories? Stalin’s Repressions and the 1990s in Russian Museums
Collective memories of different events often interact. There are multiple possible modes of such interaction. This article explores the interrelation of two memories in the Russian memory landscape: memories of Stalin’s repressions and the first post-Soviet decade, the 1990s. It shows that in museum exhibitions about the repressions, the 1990s are invoked in different modes. The interaction of the two memories has varying outcomes, including “si…
Narrowcasting collective memory online: ‘Liking’ Stalin in Russian social media
The Internet has transformed history and collective memory. Narratives of the past are produced and perceived faster and by larger communities. In other words, the Internet facilitates the most pervasive broadcasting of historical narratives ever known. However, it is not only speed and reach that characterize the impact of the digital revolution on memory cultures. It has also led to a shift from broadcasting to narrowcasting, propelled by a gro…
Warped mourning: Stories of the undead in the land of the unburied
Current cultures of collective memory are rather different from those of the first half of the twentieth century when they primarily reflected national memories; representations of those pasts serv
Narrowcasting collective memory online: ‘Liking’ Stalin in Russian social media
The Internet has transformed history and collective memory. Narratives of the past are produced and perceived faster and by larger communities. In other words, the Internet facilitates the most pervasive broadcasting of historical narratives ever known. However, it is not only speed and reach that characterize the impact of the digital revolution on memory cultures. It has also led to a shift from broadcasting to narrowcasting, propelled by a gro…
Victim-heroes in collective memory: Surviving soviet repressions heroically
Memory narratives commonly include characters such as heroes (triumphant or fallen), martyrs, perpetrators, and victims. In recent years, the victim has become the central character in the dominant, western-centric, and globalized memory culture. A victim’s definition is problematic: few existing memory narratives include “ideal,” or innocent victims who suffered meaninglessly. The lines between victims and other characters in memory narratives a…
The temporality of memory politics: An analysis of Russian state media narratives on the war in Ukraine
This paper seeks to enhance memory studies' conceptual toolkit by reconsidering established perspectives on "memory politics." The paper theorizes various modes of temporal connectivity cultivated through politicized references to a shared past. Our empirical case is focused on a collection of roughly 5.000 recent articles about the war in Ukraine from major Russian state-aligned news outlets. We analyze and typologize the narrative and rhetorica…
Escaping the Long Shadow of Homo Sovieticus
It is often asserted that the values and attitudes of Homo Sovieticus, marked in the rising “popularity” of Stalin, live on in contemporary Russia, acting as a negative factor in social and political development. This article critiques the argument that attitudes to Stalin reflect unreformed Soviet values and explain Russia’s authoritarian regression and failed modernization. Our critique of this legacy argument has three parts. First, after exam…
Framing” and “Screening” the Gulag
The victory in the Great Patriotic War has become the cornerstone myth of Russian politics and identity. Whether there is an international or an internal conflict, the war history is invoked in political speeches and media propaganda. Soviet repressions, on the contrary, are rarely used by the state memory politics. Many scholars claim that the two memories are opposing: one is heroic and “nationalist,” the other is tragic and “cosmopolitan.” A s…
Silencing” or “Magnifying” Memories? Stalin’s Repressions and the 1990s in Russian Museums
Collective memories of different events often interact. There are multiple possible modes of such interaction. This article explores the interrelation of two memories in the Russian memory landscape: memories of Stalin’s repressions and the first post-Soviet decade, the 1990s. It shows that in museum exhibitions about the repressions, the 1990s are invoked in different modes. The interaction of the two memories has varying outcomes, including “si…
Warped mourning: Stories of the undead in the land of the unburied
Current cultures of collective memory are rather different from those of the first half of the twentieth century when they primarily reflected national memories; representations of those pasts serv
Narrowcasting collective memory online: ‘Liking’ Stalin in Russian social media
The Internet has transformed history and collective memory. Narratives of the past are produced and perceived faster and by larger communities. In other words, the Internet facilitates the most pervasive broadcasting of historical narratives ever known. However, it is not only speed and reach that characterize the impact of the digital revolution on memory cultures. It has also led to a shift from broadcasting to narrowcasting, propelled by a gro…
Victim-heroes in collective memory: Surviving soviet repressions heroically
Memory narratives commonly include characters such as heroes (triumphant or fallen), martyrs, perpetrators, and victims. In recent years, the victim has become the central character in the dominant, western-centric, and globalized memory culture. A victim’s definition is problematic: few existing memory narratives include “ideal,” or innocent victims who suffered meaninglessly. The lines between victims and other characters in memory narratives a…
Silencing” or “Magnifying” Memories? Stalin’s Repressions and the 1990s in Russian Museums
Collective memories of different events often interact. There are multiple possible modes of such interaction. This article explores the interrelation of two memories in the Russian memory landscape: memories of Stalin’s repressions and the first post-Soviet decade, the 1990s. It shows that in museum exhibitions about the repressions, the 1990s are invoked in different modes. The interaction of the two memories has varying outcomes, including “si…
Framing” and “Screening” the Gulag
The victory in the Great Patriotic War has become the cornerstone myth of Russian politics and identity. Whether there is an international or an internal conflict, the war history is invoked in political speeches and media propaganda. Soviet repressions, on the contrary, are rarely used by the state memory politics. Many scholars claim that the two memories are opposing: one is heroic and “nationalist,” the other is tragic and “cosmopolitan.” A s…
Escaping the Long Shadow of Homo Sovieticus
It is often asserted that the values and attitudes of Homo Sovieticus, marked in the rising “popularity” of Stalin, live on in contemporary Russia, acting as a negative factor in social and political development. This article critiques the argument that attitudes to Stalin reflect unreformed Soviet values and explain Russia’s authoritarian regression and failed modernization. Our critique of this legacy argument has three parts. First, after exam…
Five Unknown Facts about
Stalin’s era in Soviet history is one of the darkest. Nevertheless, despite numerous historical research, nonfiction and fiction, movies, and museum exhibitions exposing and discussing Stalin’s atrocities, a sizable portion of the Russian population is neutral at best and respectful at worst of Stalin’s leadership and personality. This article examines the “dark side” of Russian memories of Stalinism. According to our analysis of pro-Stalin conte…
Unpacking “Historical Analogies” in International Relations: Memory Politics in Pro-Kremlin Reporting on the Russian War against Ukraine
Over the past decade, the field of International Relations (IR) has increasingly engaged with issues of memory politics, and memory studies more broadly. This paper focuses on one concept frequently used within IR scholarship: the “historical analogy.” Seeking to diversify this often loosely defined umbrella term, we propose a more nuanced framework for analyzing memory politics, particularly in times of war. We illustrate our approach through an…
Remembering transitions: Local revisions and global crossings in culture and media, edited by Ksenia Robbe
The temporality of memory politics: An analysis of Russian state media narratives on the war in Ukraine
This paper seeks to enhance memory studies' conceptual toolkit by reconsidering established perspectives on "memory politics." The paper theorizes various modes of temporal connectivity cultivated through politicized references to a shared past. Our empirical case is focused on a collection of roughly 5.000 recent articles about the war in Ukraine from major Russian state-aligned news outlets. We analyze and typologize the narrative and rhetorica…
Make history great again! The emergence of a new paradigm of memory politics in International Relations
This article introduces Conspiratorial Memory (ConMem) as a new paradigm of memory politics in contemporary International Relations. Building on the research on nationally oriented heroic memory regimes of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Nationalist Memory (NatMem)) and the victim-centered, Cosmopolitanized Memory (CosMem) culture that emerged after the Cold War, we argue that the 2020s have witnessed the rise of a hybrid formation …
Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works)