The seminar “Migration studies”. Thom Loyd "From Local Connections to Global Networks: African students in the Soviet Union, Europe, and the World, 1960-1976"
On November 27, 2018 at 18:00 a session will be held of the seminar “Migration studies” together with School+ organized by the Higher School of Economics Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and the Institute of Social Policy: Thom Loyd, Georgetown University "From Local Connections to Global Networks: African students in the Soviet Union, Europe, and the World, 1960-1976".
In this paper, I will focus on the movement of African students to the Soviet Union in a global context. Using documents published by the Tanzanian government yearly between 1960 and 1970, I map the place of the Soviet Union within the global movement of Tanzanian students; this focus helps us understand not just on the growth of the African presence within Soviet universities, but how these numbers compare worldwide. Using records in Russia and Ukraine, I will then look at the movement of Africans between the Eastern bloc and the West, and within the Soviet Union itself. Freedom of movement distinguished visiting students from Soviet citizens, and understanding the African experience illuminates the ways in which the African presence in Europe contributed to overcoming the Cold War division between East and West.
The seminar will be held in English
Information about the seminar may be found on the website
As the event will also become a part of the “School+” project on African studies we invite you to follow its FB-page
Location: Malaya Ordynka, 17, room 106
Time: 18:10 - 20:00
Should you require a pass for the HSE building, please register your desire to participate before 12.00 on November 27, 2018, via email: mig.seminar2016@yandex.ru