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Brandon Schechter

The Road to Now

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

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Tyler Mahan Coe

Benjamin Franklin

Jimmy Carter

Caitlin Doughty

Lance Armstrong

Douglas Brinkley

Andrew Polk

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Charles Darwin

Lisa Fine

Woodrow Wilson

Tom Jones

Pete Souza

Greg Jackson

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On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched an attack on the USSR that caught Soviet leaders completely off guard. Over the next four years, the Red Army was transformed, as were the lives of more than 34 million men and women who served in its ranks. In this episode, Ben speaks with Brandon Schechter about his new book  The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects (Cornell University Press, 2019) and how examining the objects used during World War II- from rifles, to shovels, to spoons- can give us a deeper understanding of soldiers’ lives and the war as a whole. Dr. Brandon Schechter is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University, where he specializes in the history of the Soviet Union and material culture.    The images discussed in this episode can be seen on our website at http://www.theroadtonow.com/episodes/e170. This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher. The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network.

On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched an attack on the USSR that caught Soviet leaders completely off guard. Over the next four years, the Red Army was transformed, as were the lives of more than 34 million men and women who served in its ranks. In this episode, Ben speaks with Brandon Schechter about his new book <a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739798/the-stuff-of-soldiers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects (Cornell University Press, 2019)</a> and how examining the objects used during World War II- from rifles, to shovels, to spoons- can give us a deeper understanding of soldiers’ lives and the war as a whole. <a href="https://history.columbia.edu/faculty/schechter-brandon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Brandon Schechter</a> is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University, where he specializes in the history of the Soviet Union and material culture.   The images discussed in this episode can be seen on our website at <a href="http://www.theroadtonow.com/episodes/e170" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theroadtonow.com/episodes/e170</a>. This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher. The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network.

#170 Soviet Soldiers and the Red Army in World War II w/ Brandon Schechter

Trascript here: https://otter.ai/u/3woF9NXmQKFjm3Jh3UI66OcDHgkThis episode we speak with Brandon Schechter, author of the new book The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II through Objects: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739798/the-stuff-of-soldiers/Brandon Schechter is a historian of the Soviet Union whose research focuses on the creation of meaning in times of crisis. In addition to his new book, he has published essays on the integration of national minorities and women into the Red Army, the moral economy of rationing, property relations under Stalinism and how objects can narrate lived experience. He served as Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History at NYU, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Davis Center, visiting assistant professor at Brown, and Fulbright IIE fellow. Schechter is currently an adjunct at Columbia University. This spring he will co-teach a graduate level course on Russia at War with Anne Lounsbery at NYU. We spoke to Brandon about why he chose to study stuff, how he chose the specific objects featured in the book, and how World War II created a new cultural hierarchy within the Soviet Union.As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on his new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

Trascript here: <a href="https://otter.ai/u/3woF9NXmQKFjm3Jh3UI66OcDHgk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://otter.ai/u/3woF9NXmQKFjm3Jh3UI66OcDHgk</a> This episode we speak with Brandon Schechter, author of the new book The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II through Objects: <a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739798/the-stuff-of-soldiers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739798/the-stuff-of-soldiers/</a> Brandon Schechter is a historian of the Soviet Union whose research focuses on the creation of meaning in times of crisis. In addition to his new book, he has published essays on the integration of national minorities and women into the Red Army, the moral economy of rationing, property relations under Stalinism and how objects can narrate lived experience. He served as Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History at NYU, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Davis Center, visiting assistant professor at Brown, and Fulbright IIE fellow. Schechter is currently an adjunct at Columbia University. This spring he will co-teach a graduate level course on Russia at War with Anne Lounsbery at NYU. We spoke to Brandon about why he chose to study stuff, how he chose the specific objects featured in the book, and how World War II created a new cultural hierarchy within the Soviet Union. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on his new book. To receive your discount please go to <a href="http://cornellpress.cornell.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cornellpress.cornell.edu</a> and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website <a href="http://combinedacademic.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">combinedacademic.co.uk</a>.

1869, Ep. 80 with Brandon Schechter, author of The Stuff of Soldiers