HIST 560

Fall 2014 All Classes

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Problems in Russian History

Credit: 4 hours.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.

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HIST 560 class schedule data for fall 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	40171	Discussion/ Recitation	A	1:00PM -2:50PM	T	318 Gregory Hall	Koenker, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Title: Soviet History, 1917-1991 Section Info: Topic: Problems & Controversies of Soviet History, 1917-1991. Description: This readings seminar will examine key historical and historiographical issues of the 70-year history of the Soviet Union. Weekly discussions will be based on extensive common and supplemental readings, including both new work and -classics. We will consider substantive, methodological, and theoretical aspects of the field. Topics to be addressed may include: the 1917 revolution, Civil War, NEP, Soviet subjectivity, identity-formation, the Communist party, Stalinism, gender, collectivization and peasants, industrialization and labor, the terror, ethnicity and nationalism, war and Cold war, cultural revolution and popular culture, destalinization, and the everyday life of developed socialism. Four papers will be required, including a survey of one of the weekly discussion themes, one scholarly introduction to a particular primary source for Soviet history (novel, memoirs, reportage), one review essay of 2-3 novels or memoirs on a particular topic, and one brief scholarly book review. Ability to read in Russian is expected for those specializing in Russian history, but not necessary for others. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.