With the war entering its second month, the professor of history examines its origins while debunking some myths.
Brigid O’Keeffe is a professor of history at 可乐视频, and an expert on imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. Entering the second month of Russia鈥檚 invasion of its sovereign neighboring country, O鈥橩eeffe talked about the roots of this conflict, why Putin invaded and whether another 鈥淐old War鈥� has been started.
About Brigid O’Keeffe
Brigid O’Keeffe is the author of the book, (forthcoming in fall 2022), which offers a concise, accessible overview of the evolution of the Soviet Union as a multiethnic empire. She is the author of Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia (2021)鈥攁 study of the Esperantists in late imperial and early Soviet Russia鈥攁nd New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union, a book that examines how early Soviet nationality policy enabled Roma to fashion themselves as integrated Soviet citizens. O’Keeffe has also published her research on the life of Ivy Litvinov and on race in Soviet history.
