Russian Studies Workshop

John Romero

Rehabilitating Khans and Khanates: History as Dissent in Soviet Tatarstan during and after the Thaw

This talk explores Tatar intellectuals' attempts through artistic and scholarly literature to make sense of their historical connection to the Golden Horde and its successor state, the Kazan Khanate.

John Romero, is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University and was a postdoctoral fellow at RSW in 2019-2020.

Sponsored by the Russian Studies Workshop and the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center.