HIST 560

Spring 2026 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 spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32414	Discussion/ Recitation	A	1:00PM -2:50PM	T	1040 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Randolph, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Title: Top. in Hist of the Sov Union Section Info: Topic: Privilege, Obligation, and Empire in Russia 1762-1934 Description: How do privilege and obligation work in everyday life? By what means are some people empowered to act freely, while others are subordinated to perform specific roles? This history seminar will explore these questions on the basis of experiences drawn from the history of Russian empire. Chronologically, the course will consider several waves of emancipation and subordination across Eurasia and several state formations, from absolutism to early socialism. Substantively, the course will combine innovative, comparative theoretical readings on privilege and obligation with in-depth consideration of primary sources drawn from literature, politics, music, the history of communication, revolution, and repression. Our focus will be on understanding the full range of factors that go into the making of freedom and unfreedom in society, as well as the cultural forms through which they are imagined and expressed. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.