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Glennys Young is a Professor and Chair in the Department of History at the University of Washington. Her academic focus includes Russian history and the Soviet Union, particularly the interplay of transnational movements and the socio-political transformations of the era. She has conducted extensive research on the effects of Communism in world history and authored several notable publications. Among these, her book 'Power Sacred Revolutionary Russia: Religious Activists in the Village' examines the Bolshevik cultural transformation and its impact on peasant societies amidst anti-religious campaigns. Recognized for her contributions to historical scholarship, she received Honorable Mention for the Hans Rosenhaupt Memorial Book Prize in 1999 from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. In 2011, she published 'The Communist Experience in the Twentieth Century: Global History Sources,' a significant collection aimed at providing nuanced accounts of global communism based on carefully curated documents. Currently, she is working on a book project titled 'Refugee Worlds: Spanish Civil War, Soviet Socialism, Franco’s Spain, Memory Politics,' which investigates the complex narratives of child refugees and political exiles in the context of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. Glennys has conducted archival research across several countries and engaged with survivors and historians to build a comprehensive understanding of these historical phenomena.
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