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Personal profile
Biography
Matthias Neumann is Professor of Modern History at the University of East Anglia, UK. He has published widely on the history of childhood and youth in revolutionary Russia. His book The Communist Youth League and the Transformation of the Soviet Union, 1917-1932 was published by Routledge in 2011. It has been translated into Spanish and was published in South America 2019. Neumann is the co-editor of volume entitled Rethinking the Russian Revolution as Historical Divide: Tradition, Rupture and Modernity which was published with Routledge in 2017. He is also the President of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES). His current research project examines cultural exchange programmes which enabled American children to visit the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Academic Background
M.A. Modern History, Social and Economic History, and Political Science; Dresden University of Technology, Germany (2004)
Ph.D. Modern History; University of East Anglia (2008)
Administrative Posts
- Professor Neumann is the Head of School.
Key Research Interests
Professor Neumann is particularly interested in the history of childhood and youth in the Soviet Union as well as cultural/citizen diplomacy during the Cold War.
Professor Neumann is willing to supervise MA and research students interested in various aspects of the history of revolutionary Russia and the history of childhood and youth.
Supervision of PhD-projects to date:
- ‘Cult of the 'Urka': criminal subculture in the Gulag, 1924-53’
- ‘Becoming Soviet: Lost Cultural Alternatives in Ukraine, 1917-1933’
- ‘The Soviet Children’s Picture Book, 1917-1935’
- ‘Understanding and Treatment of Mental Illness in the Soviet Union after Stalin’
- 'Constructing identity : Kaliningrad and the appropriation of place'
- 'Educating the uneducable : deafblind education in the Soviet Union, 1925-1960'
- Crisis and decline : the radical right movement in the Russian Empire, 1900-1914'
Teaching Interests
Professor Neumann has been teaching and contributing to numerous modules in modern history at the School of History:
Level 4:
- Introduction to Modern History
- Visual(ising) History
- The Holocaust in History
- Age of Extremes
Level 5:
- Imperial Russian and Soviet History, 1861-1945
- From Stalin to Putin: The Long Shadow of the War
- The Cold War: A New History
- Propaganda
Level 6:
- Stalin and Stalinism: The USSR 1924-1953
- Youth in Modern Europe
MA:
- Modernity in Russia
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Projects
- 11 Finished
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BASEES Conference Funding
British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies
3/07/24 → 5/07/24
Project: Other
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Preparing the Ground for Reconstruction–Decontaminating Ukraine’s Soil, Eco-Entrepreneurs, and Environmental Journalism
18/01/24 → 31/03/24
Project: Internal Funding › International Science Partnership Fund
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Preparing the Ground for Reconstruction – Decontaminating Ukraine’s Soil, EcoEntrepreneurs, and Environmental Journalism
Neumann, M. & Cole, A.
6/03/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Before Boccaccio. Notaries, Judicial Novellas, and the Uncertainty of the Law
Caravaggi, L. & Neumann, M.
1/10/21 → 31/08/23
Project: Fellowship
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Mobilizatsiia detei: Podrostki Kieva v gody pervoi mirovoĭ voiny i voennaia kulʹtura (2)
Neumann, M., 2022, In: Problemy sovremennogo obrazovaniia. 1, 2022, p. 196-209 14 p.Translated title of the contribution :Child mobilisation: Adolescents and patriotic military culture Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Peace and friendship”: Overcoming the Cold War in the Artek Pioneer camp
Neumann, M., Jun 2022, In: Diplomatic History. 46, 3, p. 505–526 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mobilizatsiia detei: Podrostki Kieva v gody pervoi mirovoĭ voiny i voennaia kulʹtura (1)
Neumann, M., 1 Dec 2021, In: Problemy sovremennogo obrazovaniia. 6, p. 171-185 15 p.Translated title of the contribution :Mobilizing Children: Youth and the Patriotic War Culture in Kiev during World War I Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Youthful Internationalism in the Age of ‘Socialism in One Country’: Komsomol’tsy, Pioneers and ‘World Revolution’ in the Interwar Period
Neumann, M., 2021, The Global Impact of the Russian Revolution. Retish, A. B. & Rendle, M. (eds.). London, New York: Routledge, p. 118-142 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Children diplomacy during the late Cold War: Samantha Smith’s visit of the ‘Evil Empire’
Neumann, M., Apr 2019, In: History. 104, 360, p. 275-308 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (SciVal)43 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Alec Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies (Jury Member)
Neumann, Matthias (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Appointment
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DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Research Fellowship
Neumann, Matthias (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Ethics Advisory Board - ERC project Horizon 2020 GULAGECHOES No. 788448, PI Professor Judith Pallot, University of Helsinki
Neumann, Matthias (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Appointment
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Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Neumann, Matthias (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellowship at the New York University Jordan Russia Centre for the Advanced of Russia
Neumann, Matthias (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
- 4 Publication editorial role
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Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research (Journal)
Matthias Neumann (International Advisory Board Member)
1 Oct 2023 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History (Journal)
Matthias Neumann (Associate Editor)
2017 → …Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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History (Journal)
Matthias Neumann (Associate Editor)
2015 → 2024Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Europe-Asia Studies (Journal)
Matthias Neumann (International Advisory Board Member)
2014 → 2023Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
Press/Media
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Canal+ documentary 'Samantha Smith: La Petite Fille Et La Paix'
1/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Children Can Change History: American-Soviet Youth Encounters at the Artek Pioneer Camp
20/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Ні війні!/No to War!/Нет войне!
31/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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