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Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon is a Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she examines how people of color shaped understandings of race in the Soviet Union.

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African Experiences in East Germany Are Erased but Not Forgotten

African Experiences in East Germany Are Erased but Not Forgotten

Africans came to East Germany for education and work under the banner of solidarity, yet the legacies of the East German experiment with anti-racism and anti-imperialism are entangled in the broader German history of race and empire.

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon
The Racist Treatment of Africans and African Americans in the Soviet Union

The Racist Treatment of Africans and African Americans in the Soviet Union

While the Soviet Union recruited and welcomed thousands of African students to study technological and scientific disciplines to fight the legacies of imperialism in their home countries, Soviet citizens often treated the Africans in their midst with disdain and hostility.

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon