Mikkonen, Simo

Academic degree
PhD, Title of the Docent
Title
Professor
Unit
School of Humanities
Fields of expertise
History; music; Soviet Union; Cold War; culture; memory
Fields of science
615 History and archaeology, 6131 Theatre, dance, music, other performing arts, 616 Other humanities
Language skills
Finnish, English, Swedish, Russian, Italian, French, German, Polish
Email
simo.mikkonen@uef.fi
Phone number
+358503088124
Description of activity
I am specialist in 20th Century Eastern European, particularly Soviet cultural history, cultural diplomacy of the Cold War era, and memory studies. I have published extensively on cultural, international and transnational East-West connections, particularly from the Soviet perspective, including edited volumes Beyond the Curtain: Entangled Histories of the Cold War-Era Europe (Berghahn 2015), Music, Art, and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions and the Cold War (Routledge 2016), as well as Entangled East and West. Cultural Diplomacy and Artistic Interaction during the Cold War (Degruyter 2019). I have also authored a multi-author monograph Networking the Russian Diaspora: Russian Musicians and Musical Activities in Interwar Shanghai (Hawaii UP 2019). My current research involves cultural resistance against the Soviet central authorities especially in the Baltic republics during the late Soviet period. More information and e.g. full publication list can be found from: https://simomikkonen.webnode.page/

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