The course is focused on the analysis of  representations of love, intimacy and  private life in Soviet Cinema  in 1920-1960s. The course  will introduce students to the history of Soviet  cinema as an  aesthetic phenomenon (which elaborated peculiar film language and produced particular type of narratives ) through the lenses of social history and  Gender Studies. The history of Soviet cinema will be discussed in the context of the current debates on the history of emotions (and ‘affective turn’ in social theory), on the one hand, and of recent  developments in the studies of Soviet visual culture, on the other.

The course is organized in cooperation with Aleksanteri Institute's Russian and East European Master's School.