When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 its leaders looked towards Europe in anticipation of the next stage in the global communist revolution. But as a Eurasian power, the Soviet revolution inevitably influenced the countries of Asia as well. In her talk Tatiana Linkhoeva will explain how international communism played a fundamental role in shaping Japan’s interwar society and politics, from the right-wing military elite to the left-wing intellectual and revolutionary class, themes which she explores in her book, Revolution Goes East: Imperial Japan and Soviet Communism.
Tatiana Linkhoeva is an assistant professor of modern Japanese history at New York University. Her research interests include modern Japan, empire and imperialism, and Japanese-Soviet relations. She holds degrees from Moscow State University, the University of Tokyo and the University of California at Berkeley.