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Erica Fraser is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University, specializing in Russian Soviet history, gender history, Cold War culture, and the military cultures of postwar societies. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Calgary, her Master of Arts from the University of British Columbia, and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests extend to daily life, popular culture, and leisure activities within communist states, focusing particularly on how military masculinity impacted society in the Soviet Union after World War II. In her book, 'Military Masculinity and Postwar Recovery in the Soviet Union', she examines the complexities of Soviet masculine identity and the influence of women in combat roles during wartime. Currently, she is working on a project titled 'Soviet Hockey Stories', which investigates the cultural significance of hockey in the Soviet era and the historical narrative surrounding women's participation in the sport. Fraser encourages graduate students interested in Russian and East European gender history, war culture, and sports history to reach out to her.
Includes MEng and MASc options.