This event is in the past.It took place on April 22, 2026 at Encina Commons.
Slavic Colloquium: Katya Hokanson - Russia at the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle: Imperial Colonial Identities
Stanford
Step into the spectacle of empire at the 1900 Paris World's Fair, where Russia displayed the Trans-Siberian railway alongside colonized artisans from Bukhara and the Caucasus. Professor Katya Hokanson unpacks how imperial powers used grand exhibitions to rewrite colonial exploitation as cultural pride: a fascinating case study in how history gets performed.
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Slavic Colloquium: Katya Hokanson - Russia at the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle: Imperial Colonial Identities
Stanford
Step into the spectacle of empire at the 1900 Paris World's Fair, where Russia displayed the Trans-Siberian railway alongside colonized artisans from Bukhara and the Caucasus. Professor Katya Hokanson unpacks how imperial powers used grand exhibitions to rewrite colonial exploitation as cultural pride: a fascinating case study in how history gets performed.
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