Dr Benjamin QUÉNU
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Objects of Research
Literary politics in Soviet Uzbekistan
Imperial studies
Soviet History
Cultural history
Cultural transfers
War studies
Historical Periods
Pre-modern Languages
Research Themes
accommodation with foreign dominanceanthologies (literary)‘aruzatheismautobiographybakhshisbilingualismcensorshipcinemacivil societycollectivisation‘corruption’dastansdecentralisationdiplomacyeducationempireepicsethno-genesisghazalhistorical novellexicographyliving standards‘localism’memory (collective)modernisation & modernitymulticulturalismmultilingualismmusicnational policiesNKVDOGPUoperaoral tradition & creationpaintingpoetryrefugeesrhyming proserisalassecularism & secularisationsexualitysociabilitysocial sciencessocialist realismsongsstate & state-buildingtheatretotalitarianismtranslation & translatorsurbanisationveil & veiling of womenwarfareWWII