Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917

TR 2:30-4, 56-169

Analyzes Russia’s social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. Compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism. Focuses on historical and literary texts, especially the intersections between the two.

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Offered Spring 2025

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Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.141	Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800 Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.143 21G.056	The “Making” of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present	Elena Kempf	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.144 21G.087	Introduction to Russian Studies	Elizabeth A. Wood Maria Khotimsky	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.145 21G.049 4.674	French Photography	Catherine Clark	Introductory	HASS-A	CI-H
21H.230	Barbarians, Saints, and Emperors	Eric J. Goldberg	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.238	The Vikings	Eric J. Goldberg	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.239	The City of Rome in the Age of the Caesars Not offered regularly; consult department	William Broadhead	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.242 21G.322	Frenchness in and Era of Globalization Not offered regularly; consult department	Catherine Clark	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.245 21G.086 17.57	Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present	Elizabeth A. Wood	Intermediate	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.247	Looking East/Looking West	Catherine Clark Hiromu Nagahara	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.333	Early Christianity	Eric J. Goldberg	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.381 WGS.222	Women and War	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.S03	Special Subject: History	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-H