M.A. Iasilli, Ph.D. is a political scientist, historian, and writer. His current research focuses on Nadezhda Krupskaya and the creation of “Soviet” national community. Iasilli explores the intersectional tendency between “the woman question” and “the national question” by considering the role of education in the early revolutionary period of Russia et al., late nineteenth century into the twentieth century. Krupskaya’s revolutionary contributions to education redefined civic purpose and reshaped social understanding between workers and peasants. Moreover, already shifting attitudes in gender norms carved out space for Russian women to radically inform national development efforts in ways that engaged identity and prompted rethinking in culture. Krupskaya was a key figure who emerged from this landscape to help build the state through the reinvention of populist ideas and established new definitions of culture for youth and future generations.

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Recent Publications

"Mobilization of a Collective Consciousness: How Nadezhda Krupskaya and Aleksandra Kollontai Shaped the First Socialist State," In Women and Nonviolence, (April 2021). https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6676-7

"Aleksandra Kollontai: The Life of a Bolshevik Revolutionary," and "Nadezhda Krupskaya: Educator, Organizer, and Bolshevik Theorist," In Women who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments through History, (January 2022). https://www.abc-clio.com/product/a5951c/

Forthcoming:

Nadezhda Krupskaya and the New View of Radical Society in Russia: Populism, Women, and the Development of Bolshevik Culture, Rowman & Littlefield, (2024).