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Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences
Expertise: Russia and former Soviet Union, collective memory, identity, international studies, psychology, education
Bio:
James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences.In addition, he holds joint appointments in Education, the Russian Studies Program, and the Program in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology, all in Arts & Sciences. Heis the director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. His topics of study are collective memory and identity, especially in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union, as well as in the United States.
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Education:
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Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at University of Chicago
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M.A. in Education at Northwestern University
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B.A. in Psychology at University of Illinois at Urbana
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Violence and social order
Research workshop explores social science of international development, March 24
March 3,
2009 --
Community-based conservation in Madagascar, property rights for the poor in Argentina and trade-offs between violence and power in societies throughout human history are among topics to be explored in a free public workshop on the social science of international development from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 in the Women's Building Formal Lounge.
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Multimedia coverage from television to twitter
WUSTL professors offer analysis on election night
Nov. 4,
2008 -- Election night media coverage will feature three professors from Washington University on KETC-TV, Channel 9. The professors will be among local political experts and citizens invited to participate in the station's multimedia collaboration with the St. Louis Beacon, an online journal.
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Unrest in Russia
Russia views U.S. missile defense in Poland as antagonistic, says expert
Aug. 22,
2008 --
Russia's leaders and its population tend to view current developments in Poland through the lens of a basic Russian national narrative that focuses on Russia as a target of invasion by foreign enemies, claims James V. Wertsch, an expert on post-Soviet democracy movements at Washington University in St. Louis. Wertsch was interviewed on this subject and on the Georgia/Russian conflict recently on KMOX radio. The interview is available here.
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Fighting in Georgia
U.S. policy of 'overpromising' support for Georgia helped fuel Russian conflict, expert suggests
Aug. 12,
2008 --
Ambiguous U.S. policies toward emerging democracies in former Soviet states may have set the stage for the brutal military conflict that erupted this week between Russia and its neighboring Republic of Georgia, suggests James V. Wertsch, an expert on post-Soviet democracy movements at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Opening bell
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and McDonnell Scholars to ring Wall Street's opening bell March 10
March 7,
2008 -- On Monday, March 10, Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, McDonnell International Scholars Academy director James V. Wertsch and 10 students from 10 different countries will ring the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell at 9:30 a.m. EST. The students are all members of WUSTL's McDonnell Academy.
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U.S. Colleges Get Serious With Partners Overseas
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Feb. 23,
2009 -- WUSTL chancellor Mark S. Wrighton is trying to establish meaningful relationships with foreign universities, in hopes of engaging large numbers of WUSTL students and faculty members, encouraging robust research collaborations, and cultivating a more global campus.
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Additional Background: Professor Wertsch's research and teaching focus on collective memory and identity and more generally on issues of language, thought, and culture. His most recent book is Voices of Collective Remembering, in which he examines national collective memory. He focuses in particular on collective memory in Russia as that country continues to undergo the transition from the Soviet to the post-Soviet era. Wertsch has also taken up the issue of how collective memory shapes today's understanding and decision making about national security in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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