A new generation of PhD students is emerging in the U.S.—once again intrigued, concerned, and fascinated by Russia
2022 is starting to look, sound, and feel an awful lot like 1962. If you wonder how 60 years could pass with so much historical change and so many global shifts to end up at something quite reminiscent of the peak point of the Cold War (the Cuban Missile Crisis), it is then necessary to go on a recent historical journey to offer an uncomfortable explanation as to how this has all come...
... and cooperating with a large number of Russian experts. My opinion is subjective, but from the point of view of sociological methodology, it could be considered as the experience of a “participating observer”.
First of all, the cyclical nature of generations is an obvious fact. The outlooks of my twentysomething colleagues are different from mine, to say nothing of the older generation. However, problems arise when there are attempts to operationalise differences. What exactly do we mean? After ...
... fit work into their lifestyle rather than vice versa. All in all, millennials prefer to discuss projects rather than careers. They often change jobs and even professions.
The fact that millennials take longer to become mature adults compared to past generations in the US is equally important, at least when it comes to becoming “mature” in the traditional sense of the word. Generation Y tends to hold on to teenage fantasies longer, putting off decisions that involve greater personal responsibility,...
..., Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, a literary anthropologist and writer, discussed how young scholars differ from their predecessors.
The discussion focused on the issues of definition and identification of generations, the attitude of the millennials to the disintegration of the USSR, the phenomenon of "global Russians," the impact of globalization, the clash of political correctness concepts, new sincerity, and post-truth in the expert environment....