Jonathan Brunstedt

Jonathan Brunstedt is an Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University, specializing in modern Russian, Eastern European, and global war legacies. He holds affiliations with the College of Arts & Sciences and has been recognized as an Arts & Humanities Fellow and Visegrad Scholar. His work explores how societies remember armed conflict and reconcile idealized pasts with contemporary realities.

Education: Ph.D. in History from the University of Oxford (2011).

Research Interests: Russian/Soviet History, 20th-Century Europe, Eastern European History, and Historical Memory. His book The Soviet Myth of World War II (Cambridge, 2021) analyzes how the USSR balanced internationalism with Russian patriotism, influencing post-Soviet politics. Current projects examine Soviet victory culture's impact on Cold War interventionism and its clashes with defeats like Afghanistan.

Awards: Research Impact Award (Texas A&M), Visegrad Scholarship, Title VIII Researcher, and multiple fellowships.

Grants & Fellowships: Supported by NEH, American Philosophical Society, Kennan Institute, and others. Recent roles include visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Labs/Teams: Engaged with institutions like the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs and collaborates on transnational memory projects.