Meeting: The Legacy of Professor Teodor Shanin

A meeting organized by the UCL School of Slavic and East European Studies, dedicated to discussing the legacy of Professor Teodor Shanin, a well-known sociologist who became a pioneer in the study of the Russian peasantry and founded the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences. Fluent in English, Russian and Hebrew, he was a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester, specializing in the study of the peasantry and development issues.

He completed his autobiography shortly before his death in 2020. Among the speakers of the event are Associate Professor of UCL SSEES Jakub Benes, British sociologist Alena Ledeneva, as well as Chairman of the International Teodor Shanin Foundation.

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