Russian and East European Studies
S = Objectives
Russian and East European studies is an interdisciplinary program for students concentrating in other departments of the University. The purpose of the program is to allow students with an interest in Russia and the nations of Eastern Europe to acquire knowledge and to develop skills in addition to those gained in other concentrations. The program combines and integrates courses from a number of departments and requires students to participate in an interdisciplinary seminar or program of independent study that results in a formal research project. Students must elect the program in addition to their regular concentrations; transcripts will indicate that they have completed the requirements of the program.
S = How to Become a Program Member
Interested students who have no background in Russian or any other east European language are advised to begin language training (with RUS 10a) in their first year. Appropriate placement of those with some knowledge of Russian can be arranged by consultation with Professor Szulkin of the Germanic and Slavic languages department. Progress toward the program certificate will also be facilitated by early enrollment (usually in the sophomore year) in HIST 147a (Rise of Imperial Russia).
S = Committee
Barney Schwalberg, Chair
(Economics)
Steven Burg
(Politics)
Gregory Freeze
(History)
Robin Feuer Miller
(German and Slavic Languages)
Antony Polonsky
(Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
Robert Szulkin
(German and Slavic Languages)
S = Requirements for the Program
A.
Students must complete the following courses: HIST 147a (Rise
of Imperial Russia), HIST 147b (Russia Since 1861), and four semesters
of Russian language.
B.
Completion of one advanced course dealing with Russia, the former
Soviet Union, or Eastern Europe in three of the four disciplines
participating in the program (history, literature, politics, economics).
Note that HIST 147a and 147b fulfill the history requirement.
See list below.
C. Participation in the senior interdisciplinary seminar, REES 97a and b, when offered or completion of one semester of independent study, REES 98a or 98b, under the direction of one or more members of the program faculty. The seminar will investigate a single problem that benefits from interdisciplinary analysis. Seminar topics vary from year to year.
S = Courses of Instruction
REES 97a and b Senior Seminar
For students completing Russian and East European Studies Program. Signature of the program chair required.
Seminar on topics determined by student interests. Requires research using Russian or other east European language materials.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
REES 98a Independent Study
Signature of the instructor and the program chair required.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
REES 98b Independent Study
Signature of the instructor and the program chair required.
Usually offered every year.
Staff
L =
Elective Courses
The following courses approved
for the program are not all given in any one year, so the Course
Schedule for each semester should be consulted.
ECON 25b
Transition and Institutional
Economics
ECON 32b
Comparative Economic Systems
HIST 149a
Soviet History: Major Issues,
New Approaches
NEJS 167b
A History of the Jews in Warsaw,
Lodz, Vilna, and Odessa
NEJS 168a
History and Culture of the
Jews in East-Central Europe to 1914
NEJS 168b
History and Culture of the
Jews in East-Central Europe, 1914 to the Present
POL 129a
East European Politics
POL 130b
Politics in Russia and Ukraine
POL 213b
Graduate Seminar: Selected
Topics in Comparative Politics
RECS 130a
Nineteenth-Century Russian
Literature
RECS 137a
The Heroine in Nineteenth-Century
Russian Literature
RECS 143b
History of Russian and Soviet
Film
RECS 146a
Dostoevsky
RECS 147b
Tolstoy
RUS 148b
A Survey of Twentieth-Century
Russian Theater: Chekhov to the Present
RECS 149b
Twentieth-Century Russian Literature,
Art, Film, and Theater
RUS 150b
Russian Prose: Undergraduate
Seminar
RUS 153a
Russian Poetry: Undergraduate
Seminar