Alexander Trapeznik

Contact Details

Room 2S12, Arts 1 (Burns) Building
Tel 64 3 479 8641
Email alexander.trapeznik@otago.ac.nz
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00
Teaching: HIST102, HIST217, HIST301, HIST412, HIST490

Academic Qualifications

1978: BA (La Trobe)
1979: GDipMusStud (PCAE)
1981: DipHum (La Trobe)
1988: MA (Tas)
1995: PhD (ANU)

Research Interests

Associate Professor Alexander Trapeznik teaches courses in Russian History, World History and Public History. His research interests include the role of revolutionary ideology, social and political movements and class conflict in nineteenth and twentieth century Russia. In relation to New Cold War History his work in this area seeks to reinterpret the Comintern’s position in an international and national context. Finally, in the burgeoning field of Public History he is particularly interested in historical and cultural heritage management issues in New Zealand.

Select Publications

• Trapeznik, A. 'Agents of Moscow?' at the Dawn of the Cold War. The Comintern and the Communist Party of New Zealand. Journal of Cold War Studies 124-149 11/1: (Winter 2009)
• Trapeznik, A. V. M. Chernov: Theorist, Leader, Politician. Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Press (2007) 172pp [ISBN 1-84718-086-8]
• Trapeznik, A. and Jamieson, N. A Legislative (Logico-Linguistic) Analysis of the Common Law Components of the Russian Constitution. Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 432-489 16/2: (Winter 2007)
• Trapeznik, A. (ed.) Conflicted Heritage. Public History Review, 1-154 13: (2006)
• Trapeznik, A. 'New Zealand’s Perceptions of the Russian Revolution of 1917'. Revolutionary Russia 63-77 19/1: (June 2006)
• Co-edited, Lenin's Legacy Down Under: New Zealand's Cold War (Dunedin, University of Otago Press, 2004)
• Edited, Common Ground? Heritage and Public Places in New Zealand, Dunedin (Dunedin, University of Otago Press, 2000).
• Trapeznik, A. and Deed, S. The Dunedin Harbourside : Case Study of a Historic Landscape. Public History Review, 80-99 11: (2004)
• 'Worker Unrest in Late Nineteenth Century Russia: Tula, a Case Study', Social History, 25/1 (2000), 22-43.
• 'Heritage and Public History in New Zealand', Public History Review, 5/6 (1996/7), 62-77.

Recent and Upcoming Conference Papers and Presentations

• Convener, Russian Studies Research Cluster Symposium, New Zealand and Russia in a Changing World: A Multifaceted Perspective, University of Otago, Dunedin, November, 2007
• Convener, Heritage Studies Symposium, St Margaret's College, University of Otago, 30 June and 1 July 2005.

Research Profile

Associate Editor (History) New Zealand Slavonic Journal
Editorial Advisory Board Public History Review

The Centre for Public History

The Centre for Public History at the University of Otago was established in 1995. The Centre aims to provide high quality historical and related services to a broad range of organisations groups and individuals. Its major objectives are to forge links between academic historians and the general public; to raise the public profile of history; and to encourage and facilitate the research, writing and production of historical projects in the wider community. Since its inception I have continued as the Centre's Executive Director and, in that role, have devised, undertaken, supervised and administered numerous history projects for a variety of external clients. For further information, please visit the Centre's website.

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