In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos (MIT Press, 2023) - Honorable Mention by BASEES

Head of VSP and OSA Research Fellow Oksana Sarkisova with IAS CEU Alumna Olga Shevchenko Receive Honorable Mention for their co-authored monograph In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies' (BASEES) Alec Nove Book Prize committee. 

From the statement of the Alec Nove Book Prize committee: 

"In Visible Presence is a rich and brilliantly written exploration of Soviet history and memory through family photographs. Meticulously researched, Sarkisova and Shevchenko’s book uncovers multi-generational perspectives on the Soviet era, all prompted by the same set of photographs. With great care and sensitivity to their sources and interlocutors, the authors unravel layers of memories - both nostalgic and traumatic - revealing silences and unspoken pains in family histories."