Sheila Fitzpatrick: The Death of Stalin
ABOUT THE SHOW
One of Australia’s most esteemed historians, Sheila Fitzpatrick renders a pivotal period of modern history in forensic detail: the death of Joseph Stalin and the internecine power struggles between his successors. Fitzpatrick’s masterful and immensely readable account explores the far-reaching consequences of a dictator’s demise.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sheila Fitzpatrick is a pioneer in the field of Soviet history. She regularly contributes to the London Review of Books and is the multi-award-winning author of many books, including Everyday Stalinism, On Stalin’s Team, The Russian Revolution, White Russians, Red Peril and the bestselling The Shortest History of the Soviet Union. Her latest book is The Death of Stalin.
Michael Ondaatje is Head of the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, and Professor of History, at Griffith University. Michael is a prize-winning researcher and teacher and a regular commentator on American history and politics in the media. He is the author of Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America (University of Pennsylvania Press) and is currently writing a biography of Neville Bonner, the first Indigenous Australian elected to federal parliament (Melbourne University Press). Michael has been a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and was selected by the US Department of State for the International Visitor Leadership Program, the premier professional exchange program of the US government. He is also a recipient of the Max Crawford Medal – ‘Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities’ – and a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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18 months and under free on the knee; all other ages must hold a vaild ticket
Contains adult themes
Contains coarse language
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sheila Fitzpatrick is a pioneer in the field of Soviet history. She regularly contributes to the London Review of Books and is the multi-award-winning author of many books, including Everyday Stalinism, On Stalin’s Team, The Russian Revolution, White Russians, Red Peril and the bestselling The Shortest History of the Soviet Union. Her latest book is The Death of Stalin.
Michael Ondaatje is Head of the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, and Professor of History, at Griffith University. Michael is a prize-winning researcher and teacher and a regular commentator on American history and politics in the media. He is the author of Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America (University of Pennsylvania Press) and is currently writing a biography of Neville Bonner, the first Indigenous Australian elected to federal parliament (Melbourne University Press). Michael has been a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and was selected by the US Department of State for the International Visitor Leadership Program, the premier professional exchange program of the US government. He is also a recipient of the Max Crawford Medal – ‘Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities’ – and a Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences.
