Academic Diplomacy and Cultural Cold War in Soviet Ukraine

A presentation by Sergie Zhuk of Ball State University. From the Harriman Institute:

Using the personal histories of Soviet Americanists, experts in U.S./Canadian studies in Soviet Ukraine, Sergei Zhuk explores their various functions in “academic diplomacy” between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These Ukrainian Americanists not only advised the Soviet government about American politics and culture, they also promoted the publication of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather and Erich Segal’s Love Story in Soviet Ukraine in the early 1970s.