Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of California, Davis
Anna Free is a Ph.D. candidate at University of California, Davis currently finishing up her dissertation devoted to the study of Soviet war-themed museums during the Second World War. Her areas of expertise are the historical narratives of the Second World War; the Siege of Leningrad and its social and political aftermath; politics of history in the Soviet Union and the FSU countries, especially Russia and Ukraine; Human Rights and the Holocaust. She is also an experienced K-12 history curriculum author, who is passionate about equality in education.
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Nov 10, 2023 14:42 pm UTC| Politics
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