Dr Mark Edele

M. A. Tubingen 1998, M.A. Chicago 1999, PhD Chicago 2004

(Curriculum Vitae)

Rm: 1.02, Arts Building
Tel: (61 8) 6488 2129
Fax: (61 8) 6488 1069
Email: medele@arts.uwa.edu.au

Teaching and research interests
Russia and Germany in the twentieth century; history of society; social and cultural history; war and society; veterans, especially Soviet Second World War veterans; religion in the modern world, especially religious practice in twentieth century Russia; history of popular culture; subcultures; history of social theory, historiography.

Recent Publications

"States of Exception: The Soviet-German War as a System of Violence, 1939-1945," (with Michael Geyer), Beyond Totalitarianism: Stalinism and Nazism Compared, ed. Sheila Fitzpatrick and Michael Geyer (New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) .

"Social History and Soviet Society," e-kritika discussion with Lewis Siegelbaum, Michael David-Fox, Yoram Gorlizki, and Randall A. Poole following the ex tempore article in the 2007 volume of Kritika. http://web.mac.com/kritika/iWeb/ekritika/Social_History/Social_History.html .

"Soviet Society, Social Structure, and Everyday Life: Major Frameworks Reconsidered," Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 8, No. 2 (2007), 349-73; with answer by Jean-Paul Depretto, ibid., 375-88.