Francine Hirsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francine Hirsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francine |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirsch |
| SIGNATURE | HIRSCH F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Binghamton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 292 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Russian Review
How Russia’s Patriotic History Projects Support Putin’s War
A key element of the propaganda campaign to get the Russian public behind the invasion of Ukraine has been a program of national-patriotic education. Nationwide exhibitions present World War II history with a slant calculated to instill pride in Russian heroism and stir up hostility toward Ukraine
The State versus the People
What role did revolutionary tribunals play in spreading and consolidating Bolshevik rule during the civil war? How did tribunals fit into the fledgling Soviet justice system? What was their role in forging new Soviet citizens? These are the key questions that Matthew Rendle seeks to answer, aiming in six chapters to cover ‘all the activities of tribunals, and through these, their potential impact’ (p. 266). The book’s strongest contributions are …
Empire of Nations
In Empire of Nations, Francine Hirsch examines the ways in which former imperial ethnographers and local elites provided the Bolsheviks with ethnographic knowledge that shaped the very formation of the new Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union, the Nuremberg Trials, and the Politics of the Postwar Moment
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Political Trials in Theory and History
The Soviets at Nuremberg
THE NUREMBERG TRIALS OF NOVEMBER 1945 TO OCTOBER 1946 are still seen through the distorting lens of the Cold War. Nuremberg was a foundational event of the postwar era, generating numerous retellings in memoirs, monographs, and films. The classic account of the trials is an Anglo-American tale of liberal triumph in which the high-minded U.S. chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson, along with representatives of the other Western powers, put the desir…
"Getting to Know "The Peoples of the USSR
In this article, Francine Hirsch examines the Ethnographic Department of the Russian Museum as a venue for virtual tourism, where museumgoers were able to become acquainted with "the Peoples of the USSR" and where Soviet ethnographers and Politprosvet activists attempted to work out an idealized narrative about the socialist transformation of the Soviet Union. Focusing on the period of the "Great Break," Hirsch investigates the role of "the narra…
Race without the Practice of Racial Politics
Eric D. Weitz argues that the Soviet Union promoted the development of national institutions and consciousness and explicidy rejected the ideology of race. Yet traces of racial politics crept into Soviet nationalities policies, especially between 1937 and 1953. In the Stalin period particular populations were endowed with immutable traits that every member of the group possessed and that were passed from one generation to the next. Recent scholar…
Toward an Empire of Nations
The Soviet Union as a Work-in-Progress
The All-Union Congress of Soviets ratified the Constitution of the USSR on 31 January 1924 and, according to traditional narratives, brought the formation of the Soviet Union to a close. The very same day, a group of leading ethnographers met at the Academy of Sciences in Petrograd to discuss a directive they had received from the Soviet of Nationalities: define nationality, determine "rational criteria" for classifying the population in the firs…
Empire of Nations
In Empire of Nations, Francine Hirsch examines the ways in which former imperial ethnographers and local elites provided the Bolsheviks with ethnographic knowledge that shaped the very formation of the new Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union as a Work-in-Progress
The All-Union Congress of Soviets ratified the Constitution of the USSR on 31 January 1924 and, according to traditional narratives, brought the formation of the Soviet Union to a close. The very same day, a group of leading ethnographers met at the Academy of Sciences in Petrograd to discuss a directive they had received from the Soviet of Nationalities: define nationality, determine "rational criteria" for classifying the population in the firs…
Toward an Empire of Nations
Race without the Practice of Racial Politics
Eric D. Weitz argues that the Soviet Union promoted the development of national institutions and consciousness and explicidy rejected the ideology of race. Yet traces of racial politics crept into Soviet nationalities policies, especially between 1937 and 1953. In the Stalin period particular populations were endowed with immutable traits that every member of the group possessed and that were passed from one generation to the next. Recent scholar…
"Getting to Know "The Peoples of the USSR
In this article, Francine Hirsch examines the Ethnographic Department of the Russian Museum as a venue for virtual tourism, where museumgoers were able to become acquainted with "the Peoples of the USSR" and where Soviet ethnographers and Politprosvet activists attempted to work out an idealized narrative about the socialist transformation of the Soviet Union. Focusing on the period of the "Great Break," Hirsch investigates the role of "the narra…
The Soviet Union as a Work-in-Progress
The All-Union Congress of Soviets ratified the Constitution of the USSR on 31 January 1924 and, according to traditional narratives, brought the formation of the Soviet Union to a close. The very same day, a group of leading ethnographers met at the Academy of Sciences in Petrograd to discuss a directive they had received from the Soviet of Nationalities: define nationality, determine "rational criteria" for classifying the population in the firs…
Toward an Empire of Nations
Race without the Practice of Racial Politics
Eric D. Weitz argues that the Soviet Union promoted the development of national institutions and consciousness and explicidy rejected the ideology of race. Yet traces of racial politics crept into Soviet nationalities policies, especially between 1937 and 1953. In the Stalin period particular populations were endowed with immutable traits that every member of the group possessed and that were passed from one generation to the next. Recent scholar…
"Getting to Know "The Peoples of the USSR
In this article, Francine Hirsch examines the Ethnographic Department of the Russian Museum as a venue for virtual tourism, where museumgoers were able to become acquainted with "the Peoples of the USSR" and where Soviet ethnographers and Politprosvet activists attempted to work out an idealized narrative about the socialist transformation of the Soviet Union. Focusing on the period of the "Great Break," Hirsch investigates the role of "the narra…
The Soviets at Nuremberg
THE NUREMBERG TRIALS OF NOVEMBER 1945 TO OCTOBER 1946 are still seen through the distorting lens of the Cold War. Nuremberg was a foundational event of the postwar era, generating numerous retellings in memoirs, monographs, and films. The classic account of the trials is an Anglo-American tale of liberal triumph in which the high-minded U.S. chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson, along with representatives of the other Western powers, put the desir…
The Soviet Union, the Nuremberg Trials, and the Politics of the Postwar Moment
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Political Trials in Theory and History
Empire of Nations
In Empire of Nations, Francine Hirsch examines the ways in which former imperial ethnographers and local elites provided the Bolsheviks with ethnographic knowledge that shaped the very formation of the new Soviet Union.
The State versus the People
What role did revolutionary tribunals play in spreading and consolidating Bolshevik rule during the civil war? How did tribunals fit into the fledgling Soviet justice system? What was their role in forging new Soviet citizens? These are the key questions that Matthew Rendle seeks to answer, aiming in six chapters to cover ‘all the activities of tribunals, and through these, their potential impact’ (p. 266). The book’s strongest contributions are …
How Russia’s Patriotic History Projects Support Putin’s War
A key element of the propaganda campaign to get the Russian public behind the invasion of Ukraine has been a program of national-patriotic education. Nationwide exhibitions present World War II history with a slant calculated to instill pride in Russian heroism and stir up hostility toward Ukraine
The Russian Review
Political science (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Soviet and Russian History (6 works) · European history and politics (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (3 works) · History (3 works)