Maxim Matusevich
Professor
Department of History
Seton Hall University
United States of America
Biography
As the now defunct Soviet Union was teetering on the brink he decided to exchange the land of socialism for the land of opportunity. This highly successful transaction landed him in the state of Oklahoma, of which he had read in John Steinbeck's novels but never knew that it actually existed. It did. For the next 15 years he made a very slow but steady progress across the continent towards the beckoning lights of New York City. Since his arrival at Seton Hall University in 2005 he has been teaching courses in Global, African, and Cold War history. He also co-direct a study abroad program for Seton Hall students in the city of my birth - St. Petersburg, Russia. In his research and writing he focuses on the history of cultural and political encounters between Africa and Russia/Soviet Union. He is also the director of the Russian and East European Studies Program.
Research Interest
History of cultural and political encounters between Africa and Russia/Soviet Union.
Publications
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• "Probing the Limits of Internationalism: African Students Confront Soviet Ritual" Anthropology of East Europe Review, 27(2), 19- 39, October 2009
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• "Race Travelers and Black America’s Romance with Soviet Russia" (Book Chapter)
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• "Harlem Globetrotters: African-American Travelers in Stalin’s Russia" (Book Chapter) In Jeffrey Ogbar (Ed.), The Harlem Renaissance Revisited: Politics, Art, Letters, Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 211- 244, May 2010
