Erica Fraser
Associate Professor - Russian and Soviet history; gender history; Cold War culture; military cultures and postwar societies; daily life, popular culture, and sports and leisure in communist states
| Degrees: | B.A. Hons (University of Calgary), M.A. (University of British Columbia), Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
| Phone: | 613-520-2600 x 2836 |
| Email: | erica.fraser@carleton.ca |
Research Interests
I am a historian of Russia with a particular interest in gender and culture in the Soviet Union during the 20th century. My work examines the gender and cultural impact of military institutions; how masculinities were constructed and maintained across the Soviet century; daily life for population groups such as youth, conscripts, working mothers, athletes, and scientists; sports and leisure in communist states; popular culture in the late Cold War; and how culture(s) worked in tandem with political and economic priorities to produce distinctly Soviet experiences.
- Russian and Soviet history
- Gender history
- Cold War cultures
- Military cultures and postwar societies
- Daily life, popular culture, and sports and leisure in communist states