Présentation de « Soviet SCI_BERIA » avec Ksenia Tatarchenko

Ksenia Tatarchenko (Singapore Management University) viendra présenter son livre à paraître au 4^e trimestre 2024 : Soviet SCI_BERIA: The Politics of Expertise and the Novosibirsk Scientific Center (Bloomsbury, à paraître en 2024)

Cette présentation est une séance du séminaire du groupe de travail « Environnement, techniques et industrie » du Centre d’études russes, caucasiennes, est-européennes et centrasiatiques (CERCEC) et du Centre de recherches sur le Japon (CRJ).

Si vous souhaitez assister à cette séance, nous vous ferons parvenir l’introduction du livre que Ksenia propose comme lecture préparatoire.

Organisateurs :
Laurent Coumel, Marc Elie, Aleksandra Kobiljski et Cyrian Pitteloud

The education and technological centre of Russia, Akademgorodok in Siberia is home to the state university, 35 research institutes, a medical academy and the House of Scientists, and generates over 17 million roubles every year. As such, it is often presented as evidence of the pre-eminence of Russian technology and innovation; and yet, as this pioneering study reveals, its soviet history and legacy complicates this ideal.
Drawing on a range of previously unexplored archive materials from across the globe, Soviet SCI_BERIA offers a new history of the so-called 'science city' from its foundations in 1957 to 1991. It focuses on socialist innovation practices and the relationship between experts and the state, and provides fresh insight into the transition from Soviet to post-Soviet Akademgorodok. In doing so, Tatarchenko not only fosters a conversation between history and science but also sheds new light on the late Soviet politics of expertise.
This innovative study is important reading for all scholars of modern Russian history and the history of technology.