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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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Step in the right direction
Obama's Russian meeting may have opened a new chapter in U.S./Russian relations
July 8,
2009 -- President Barack Obama met this week with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitri Medvedev. While the two sides did not see eye-to-eye on all topics, they did mutually agree to dispose of 34 tons each of weapons-grade plutonium, an initiative started in the 1990s and never completed. It's a step in the right direction, says an expert on Russian identity at Washington University in St. Louis.
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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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Call for action
Universities must tackle global energy, environmental woes, says international call to action
May 7,
2007 -- Proclaiming that "energy and environmental issues represent the greatest challenges of this century," Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton today joined presidents of six other premier research universities in calling for universities worldwide to marshal their resources for a global effort to secure a brighter, sustainable future. Plans for collaborative academic programs involving education, research, university operations, social sciences and policy studies are detailed in a statement issued May 7.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
WUSTL chancellor announces a call to action for research universities worldwide
May 7,
2007 -- Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will announce a call to action for research universities worldwide to focus on the energy and environment as the greatest challenge of this century. The announcement, which comes as part of a conference involving the presidents of 12 premier research universities from Asia and the Middle East, will be made at noon May 7 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium, Washington University's Danforth Campus.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Presidents of 12 premier universities in Asia and Middle East to gather at WUSTL May 4-7 to discuss global energy and environment
May 3,
2007 -- For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 12 premier research universities from around the world will gather at Washington University in St. Louis to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns. From Israel and Turkey in the Middle East, and in Asia from Korea in the north, Indonesia in the south, Japan to the east and India to the west, 20 major research universities have joined Washington University in a partnership — the McDonnell International Scholars Academy — to build cooperation and understanding among people and institutions of the world.
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Boris Yeltsin dies
WUSTL Russia expert comments
April 23,
2007 -- Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies April 23 at the age of 76. James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences and expert on Russia's transition from the Soviet to post-Soviet era, says that Yeltsin will be remembered for his important role in Russian history.
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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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