History 2275hf. Subjectivities and Identities in Russia and Eurasia: Seminar

Year offered: 2013
Year-long bi-weekly seminar on collective and personal identities in the history, culture, and politics of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Key questions: where and how are identities formed (in domestic, public, textual, and virtual spaces)? What factors constrain, promote, and shape identity formation? What theories of self-expression help us understand the region? How are identities and subjectivities similar? How are they different?

Note: Open to qualified undergraduates. Permission of the Instructors.

Full year course, meets biweekly. Thursdays, 2-4.

Co-taught with Professor Terry Martin, History Department