Russia and Eurasia: Empires and Enduring Legacies
Fall, Winter, Spring, 2010-2011
Program Schedule
Week 1 – Forward Into Russia’s Turbulent 19th Century |
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| Tues | 1/4 | Lecture: Introduction & Russia and Eurasia: The Land (yes, Geography!) and the People |
| 1/4 | Seminar: Acquainting, Familiarizing, and Preparing for an Amazing Term | |
| Wed | 1/5 | Film: Mountain Men and Holy Wars (56 min. documentary) Map Workshop #1 (Bring blank maps---and colored pencils or markers, if you would like) |
| Fri | 1/7 | Lecture: Gogol' |
| 1/7 | Seminar: Gogol' stories ("The Portrait," "Nevsky Avenue," "The Nose," "The Overcoat") | |
Week 2 – Expanding the Borders of Empire |
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| Tues | 1/11 | Lecture: Nicholas I: Reaction, Nationalism, and the Murid Wars |
| 1/11 | Seminar: Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time, pp. 1-194 Lermontov, Selected Poetry (handout) Hosking, pp. 264 – 281 |
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| Wed | 1/12 | Film: Mountain Men and Holy Wars (Doc., 56 min.)
Kidnapping Caucasian Style (Film, 82 min.) |
| Fri | 1/14 | Lecture: Nicholas I: Reaction, Nationalism, and the Murid Wars |
Week 3 – Dealing with Modernity ‘a la Russe’ |
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| Tues | 1/18 | Lecture: Turgenev |
| 1/18 | Seminar: Selections from Turgenev's Sketches From a Hunter's Album (on Moodle), including "Khor and Kalinych," "Yermolay and the Miller's Wife," "Kasyan From the Beautiful Lands," "Bailiff," and "Living Relic" | |
| Wed | 1/19 | Russian Nationalist Music: Glinka, Balakirev, and Borodin |
| Fri | 1/21 | Lecture: Russian Peasants/Russian Folklore |
| 1/21 | Seminar: Turgenev: Fathers and Children (and two articles in the Norton edition: "Apropos" and "Bazarov") | |
Week 4 – Reforming Russia: From Above or from Below? |
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| Tues | 1/25 | Lecture: Russian Nationalist Music: Musorgsky |
| 1/25 | Seminar: Pipes: chap. 10, “Intelligentsia versus the State”; Walicki, Chapters 6, “The Slavophiles," and 8, “Belinsky and Variants of Westernism” (pp. 135-151) *****Essay #1 Due***** |
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| Wed | 1/26 | Russian Nationalist Music: Rimsky-Korsakov |
| Fri | 1/28 | Lecture: The Crimean War, "Great Reforms," and Emergent Intelligentsia |
| 1/28 | Seminar: Hosking: Chapter 7 (pp. 285-319); Pipes: Chapter 10: "Intelligentsia versus the State"; Milner-Gulland: pp. 125-31 | |
Week 5 – Russian and Regional Nationalism |
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| Tues | 2/01 | Lecture: Dostoevsky |
| 2/01 | Seminar: Notes From Underground | |
| Wed | 2/01 | *****Special Pysanky Workshop***** |
| Fri | 2/04 | Lecture: Case Studies of National Movements Within the Empire |
| 2/04 | Seminar: Hosking: Chapter 8; Milner-Gulland: pp. 216-24 |
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Week 6 – Quo Vadis, Russia? |
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| Tues | 2/08 | Lecture: Russian Nationalist Music: Tchaikovsky |
| 2/08 | Seminar: Walicki, “Dostoevsky,” pp. 309-326, and “The Petrashevtsy,” pp. 152-161 |
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| Wed | 2/09 | Film & Discussion: Oblomov (145 min.) |
| Fri | 2/11 | Lecture: Radicalization of the Empire’s Intelligentsia: 1861-1894 |
| 2/11 | Seminar: Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment | |
Week 7 – The Empire Strikes Back: Reforming Russia |
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| Tues | 2/15 | Lecture: Russian Nationalist Music: Tchaikovsky |
| 2/15 | Seminar: Tolstoy Stories: "Cossacks," "Death of Ivan Ilych," "Master and Man," "Father Sergius," "Hadji Murad"; Walicki: "Tolstoy" (pp. 326-48) *****Essay #2 Due***** |
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| Wed | 2/16 | Film: Lev Tolstoy Map Workshop #3 |
| Fri | 2/18 | Lecture: Estonia, Nationalism, Russia, Big Rocks, Russification |
| 2/18 | Seminar: Kennan: Tent Life in Siberia; Walicki: Chapter 12 (“Populist Ideologies") | |
Week 8 – Nations and Nationalism, War and Peace |
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| Tues | 2/22 | Lecture: Russian Nationalist Art of "The Wanderers" (the Peredvizhniki) |
| 2/22 | Seminar: Walicki: Chapter 13 ("Anarchism"); Milner-Gulland: pp. 133-35 |
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| Wed | 2/23 | Film: Dersu Uzala |
| Fri | 2/25 | Lecture: Chekhov |
| 2/25 | Seminar: Chekhov Stories: "Oysters," "The Huntsman," "Dreams," "Van'ka," "At Home," "Sleepy," "Anna on the Neck," "Gooseberries," "The Darling," "The Lady with the Dog." | |
Week 9 – Twilight of Russia” or "New Dawn"? |
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| Tues | 3/01 | Lecture: 1905: the "Dress Rehearsal" Revolution |
| 3/01 | Seminar: Hosking: Chapter 9; Milner-Gulland: pp. 140-41; The Communist Manifesto (+intro) *****Essay #3 Due***** |
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| Wed | 3/02 | Film: Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano |
| Fri | 3/04 | Lecture: Gorky |
| 3/04 | Seminar: Gorky: Childhood | |
Week 10 – From the Eve of Revolution to Wars, Revolutions, and Coups |
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| Tues | 3/08 | Lecture: 1905-1917: The Russian Empire Transformed |
| 3/08 | Seminar: ¡Jeopardy! Be ready to play for prizes! | |
| Wed | 3/09 | Film: Fiddler on the Roof (179 min.) |
| Fri | 3/11 | Lecture: Final Examination |
Week 11 – Evaluation Week - March 14-18Evaluations will be conducted only for students who are not continuing in the program in spring term. Everyone else is free to leave and will have eval conferences in the first few weeks of spring term. |
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