Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REE)
REE 301 Introduction to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe through each of the major disciplines represented in the program: language, literature, anthropology, geography, history, government, sociology, and economics. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 314 (Topic 4), History 301R, 306N (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 301. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 301R
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 301L Introduction to Russian Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Russian literature of the modern period, from the late eighteenth century to the present. Explores a variety of genres, from fairy tales to the works of Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bulgakov, and Pelevin. All reading and instruction is in English. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 301M Introduction to Eastern European Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to major works by 20th-century Eastern and Central European writers. Explore the history and cultures of the region, including imperial legacies, World Wars, totalitarianism(s), fall of communism, and borderlands. Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302 Topics in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Lower Division
Topic 1: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures. Examines the vampire in the cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe, including manifestations in literature, religion, art, film, and common practices from its origins to present. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 305 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 305 (Topic 2), European Studies 307 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 307 (Topic 1), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 302 (Topic 1), Slavic 301 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 301 (Topic 1). Same as: C L 305.2, EUS 307.1
Topic 2: Prague, Magic, and the Struggle for Power. Examines historical texts from four different magical traditions to find the truth behind the fiction and the historical events that sometimes permitted and sometimes persecuted the religions, philosophies, and sciences that some call magic. Only one of the following may be counted: Czech 301K (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle for Power), 301K (Topic 2), History 306N (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle for Power), 306N (Topic 14), Religious Studies 306 (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle for Power), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle of Power), 302 (Topic 2). Same as: HIS 306N.14
Topic 3: Introduction To Czech History and Culture: Puppets, Pubs, And Polyglots. Survey of Czech history and culture from the middle ages to the present day. Subjects include the culture of daily life, literature, history, philosophy, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Czech 301K (Topic: Puppets, Pubs And Polyglots: Introduction To Czech History and Culture), 301K (Topic 3), European Studies 307 (Topic: Puppets, Pubs And Polyglots: Introduction To Czech History and Culture), 307 (Topic 2), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: Puppets, Pubs And Polyglots: Introduction To Czech History and Culture), 302 (Topic 3). Same as: EUS 307.2
REE 302.1 The Vampire in Slavic Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the vampire in the cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe, including manifestations in literature, religion, art, film, and common practices from its origins to present. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 305 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 305 (Topic 2), European Studies 307 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 307 (Topic 1), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 302 (Topic 1), Slavic 301 (Topic: The Vampire in Slavic Cultures), 301 (Topic 1).
Same as: C L 305.2, EUS 307.1
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302.2 Prague, Magic, and the Struggle for Power 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines historical texts from four different magical traditions to find the truth behind the fiction and the historical events that sometimes permitted and sometimes persecuted the religions, philosophies, and sciences that some call magic. Only one of the following may be counted: Czech 301K (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle for Power), 301K (Topic 2), History 306N (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle for Power), 306N (Topic 14), Religious Studies 306 (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle for Power), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: Magic and Power in Prague: The Struggle of Power), 302 (Topic 2).
Same as: HIS 306N.14
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302.3 Introduction To Czech History and Culture: Puppets, Pubs, And Polyglots 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of Czech history and culture from the middle ages to the present day. Subjects include the culture of daily life, literature, history, philosophy, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Czech 301K (Topic: Puppets, Pubs And Polyglots: Introduction To Czech History and Culture), 301K (Topic 3), European Studies 307 (Topic: Puppets, Pubs And Polyglots: Introduction To Czech History and Culture), 307 (Topic 2), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: Puppets, Pubs And Polyglots: Introduction To Czech History and Culture), 302 (Topic 3).
Same as: EUS 307.2
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302C Cuisine and Culture of Central and Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An in-depth survey of the culinary traditions, history, and practices of Central and Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 307 (Topic: Cuisine and Culture of Central and Eastern Europe), 307 (Topic 6), History 306C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: Cuisine and Culture of Central and Eastern Europe), 302C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 307.6, HIS 306C
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302D Russian Icons and Propaganda 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Religious Studies 315 (Topic: Russian Icons and Propaganda), 315K, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: Russian Icons and Propaganda), 302D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: R S 315K
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302E War in Comics and Photography: Southeast Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine different ways to show and tell stories of armed conflict and state-sponsored violence, drawing on a variety of modern media forms - such as comics, cinema, novels, and photography - as well as contemporary digital platforms including social media. Focus on the 1990s conflicts in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia). Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 307 (Topic: War in Comics/Photo: SE Eur), 307 (Topic 9), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: War in Comics/Photo: SE Eur), 302E, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: War in Comics/Photo: SE Eur). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 307.9
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302F Dissent in Twentieth-Century Ukraine 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey Ukrainian authors from the 1920s to the present, examining writings from "Executed Renaissance," underground literature, and postmodernism. Focus specifically on works that challenge the paradigm of socialist realism by discussing forbidden subjects (famine, religion, Gulag) or accentuating themes that are not considered "major" (personal life). Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 305C, European Studies 307 (Topic 10), 307D, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 305C, EUS 307D
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302G The Soviet Hero in Literature and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider Soviet Culture by examining "heroes" from both real life and works of literature, cinema, and folklore. Explore the period from the Russian 19th century throughout the Soviet Era. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 305 (Topic: Soviet Hero in Lit/Culture), 305S, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302 (Topic: Soviet Hero in Lit/Culture), 302G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 305S
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 302J The Conversion of Pagan Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the familiar and unfamiliar fragments of what remains from pre-Christian European culture--the limited written records, the artifacts, and the folklore--as well as the more plentiful anti-pagan writings of early Christian missionaries. Test many of the popular claims about how Europe's pre-Christian inhabitants lived, what they believed, and how Christianization impacted their lives against the limits of what we can actually know, using the tools from the study of history, cultural studies, and religious studies. Only one of the following may be counted: German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 312C, History 304C, Religious Studies 315J, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 302J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GSD 312C, HIS 304C, R S 315J
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 318Q Supervised Research 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Lower Division
REE 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S Topics in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
REE 325 Topics in Language, Literature, and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fulfills the basic Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies requirement in language, literature, and culture. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Gypsy Language and Culture. Linguistic introduction to Romani; relationship to languages of India; history from 280 BC; modern dialects and international standard language; history and culture as reflected in the language. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 13: Gypsy Language and Culture); Linguistics 322; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 1).
Topic 2: Living a Catastrophe: Chernobyl. Examine different ways of narrating the Chernobyl disaster and general disasters through history, environmental history, sociology, art, film, fiction, and science. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 57), History 362I, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Living a Catastro/Chernobyl), 325 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 347.57, HIS 362I Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Readings in Russian Literature I. Prose and poetry of the first half of the nineteenth century. Additional prerequisite: Russian 612, 312L, or the equivalent.
Topic 4: Readings in Russian Literature II. Prose and poetry of the second half of the nineteenth century. Additional prerequisite: Russian 612, 312L, or the equivalent.
Topic 5: The Polish Experience. A historical, sociopolitical picture of Poland's complex cultural history. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 6: Survey of Twentieth-Century Russian Literature I. Short prose, poetry, and drama, 1890 to 1930. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in Russian or consent of instructor.
Topic 7: Survey of Twentieth-Century Russian Literature II. Short prose, poetry, and drama, 1930 to the present. Additional prerequisite: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 6).
Topic 8: Yiddish Drama and Film in Translation. Jewish life in Poland and Russia before the Holocaust, and the transition to American Jewish life, as revealed in plays and films produced in Eastern Europe and in the United States. No knowledge of Yiddish is required. English 322 (Topic 34: Yiddish Drama and Film in Translation) and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 8) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 9: The Russian Novel. A survey of classic Russian authors as well as experimental works from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 29), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic 6), 347, English 322 (Topic 37), European Studies 347 (Topic 22), Russian 356 (Topic 1), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.29, CTI 347 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 10: The Major Works of Dostoevsky. Explores the dilemmas of homicide, suicide, patricide, and redemption in the novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 30), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic 5), 346, European Studies 347 (Topic 10), Russian 360 (Topic 1), Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.30, CTI 346 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Contemporary Russian Cinema. Uses contemporary Russian film both as a means of exploring the confusion that resulted from the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the search for a new sense of identity in Russia throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian 326 (Topic 4), 330 (Topic: Contemporary Russian Cinema), 330 (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 11). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Visions of the Apocalypse in Russian Literature and Culture. Explores and analyzes apocalyptic consciousness in Russian literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis will be on such themes as the expectation of the end of the world, identification of the Antichrist, messianic prophecy, and visions of an afterlife. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: The Apocalypse in Russian Literature and Culture), 323 (Topic 25), Russian 330 (Topic 5), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: The Apocalypse in Russian Literature and Culture), 325 (Topic 12). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Medieval Russian Literature and Culture. Medieval and early modern Russian literature and culture, including literary texts from Kievan and Muscovite Russia. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: The Icon and the Sword: An Introduction to Old Russian Literature and Culture), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: The Icon and the Sword: An Introduction to Old Russian Literature and Culture), 325 (Topic 13), Russian 330 (Topic: The Icon and the Sword: An Introduction to Old Russian Literature and Culture), 330 (Topic 6). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 14: Twentieth-Century Russian Culture. Survey of the political, social, and cultural history of Russia during the Soviet period, from the revolutionary events of 1917 until the dissolution of the Soviet government and political system in December 1991. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Twentieth-Century Russian Culture), 323 (Topic 22), Humanities 350 (Topic: Twentieth-Century Russian Culture), 350 (Topic 12), Russian 330 (Topic: Twentieth-Century Russian Culture), 330 (Topic 7), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Twentieth-Century Russian Culture), 325 (Topic 14). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 15: Slavs in the Western Imagination. Examines representations of Eastern, Western, and Southern Slavs in Western Europe and North America. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Slavs in the Western Imagination), 323 (Topic 28), European Studies 347 (Topic: Slavs in the Western Imagination), 347 (Topic 11), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Slavs in the Western Imagination), 325 (Topic 15), Slavic 324 (Topic: Slavs in the Western Imagination), 324 (Topic 4). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 16: The Major Works of Tolstoy. Explores Russian writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, particularly his progression from idealizing family life and the Russian state to renouncing sexual love and national allegiances. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: The Major Works of Tolstoy), 323 (Topic 27), Russian 360 (Topic: Majors Works of Tolstoy), 360 (Topic 2), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: The Major Works of Tolstoy), 325 (Topic 16). Same as: C L 323.27 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Political Terror in Russian Literature. Explores works dealing with political terror and oppression by Dostoevsky, Bely, Babel, Akhmatova, and Solzhenitsyn. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Terror in Russia: Method, Madness, Murder), 325 (Topic 17), Russian 356 (Topic: Terror in Russia: Method, Madness, Murder), 356 (Topic 2). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 18: War and Revolution in Russian Literature and Culture. Examines Russian narratives of war and revolution as represented in fiction, cinema, and journalism. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 31), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic 8), 348, Russian 356 (Topic 3), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.31, CTI 348 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: Russian Youth Culture, Late Soviet to Present. Examines the history and cultural products (films, music, writings) of Russia's youth, and their impact on contemporary society and politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian Youth Culture, Gorbachev to Present), 325 (Topic 19), Russian 330 (Topic: Russian Youth Culture, Gorbachev to Present), 330 (Topic 8). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: Historical Survey of Russian Music. Focus on the role of Russian music in its social and historical context. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 323 (Topic 7), Humanities 350 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 350 (Topic 9), Music 376G (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 376G (Topic 1), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 325 (Topic 20), Russian 330 (Topic: Historical Survey of Russian Music), 330 (Topic 3). Additional prerequisite: For music majors, upper-division standing and consent of instructor; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 21: Russia and Its World. Survey of the political, cultural, and social history of Russia, from its prehistoric origins to the installation of communist rule in 1917. Emphasis on the arts and on enduring themes of cultural identity, imagination, and conflict with neighboring peoples and within Russia. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Russia and Its World), 323 (Topic 21), Humanities 350 (Topic: Russia and Its World), 350 (Topic 11), Russian 330 (Topic: Russia and Its World), 330 (Topic 11), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russia and Its World), 325 (Topic 21). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 22: Russian Myths and Folktales. Examination of the Russian folktale, its roots in ancient, pre-Christian Slavic religious tradition, its connections with other forms of folklore such as myth and legend, and its transformation in modern Russian literature. Subjects include the continuing influence of folklore explored through various aspects of Russian culture, including literature, music, ballet, film, and popular culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322T, 325L (Topic 12), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 34), Russian 330 (Topic 9), Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 322T, C L 323.34 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 23: Leo Tolstoy's Early Works. A survey of Tolstoy's early works, including his pedagogical essays. Study of his evolution as a writer and the birth and formation of his literary genius. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Leo Tolstoy's Early Works), 323 (Topic 35), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic: Leo Tolstoy's Early Works), 345 (Topic 7), Russian 360 (Topic: Leo Tolstoy's Early Works), 360 (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Leo Tolstoy's Early Works), 325 (Topic 23). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 24: Rebels and Revolutionaries in Russian History and Literature. Study of fictional and real rebels and revolutionaries across almost a century of Russian literature. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 20), History 361E, 362G (Topic 15), Russian 356 (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.20, HIS 361E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 25: Literature and Art of Russian Modernism and Avant-Garde. Focusing on literary and artistic expressions of Russian modernist and avant-garde esthetics, this course explores various responses to Russian cultural modernity between 1890s, when Russian Symbolists first published their works, and the Party decree of 1932 that established the Writers' Union and outlawed all other literary organizations. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian 330 (Topic: Literature and Art of Russian Modernism and Avant-Garde), 330 (Topic 10), Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Literature and Art of Russian Modernism and Avant-Garde), 325 (Topic 25). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 26: Paranoid Fictions: Conspiracy in Contemporary American and Russian Examination of the growing body of conspiracist expression, from historical texts such as "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" to the fictional worlds of Phillip K. Dick, Thomas Pynchon, Viktor Pelevin, and others. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian 356 (Topic: Conspiracy in Contemporary American/Russian Culture), 356 (Topic 5), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Conspiracy in Contemporary American/Russian Culture), 325 (Topic 26). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 27: Polish Literature and Culture in Film: Nineteenth Century to Study of the cultural and intellectual history represented in the major works of Polish literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: 19th-Century-Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture in Film), 323 (Topic 32), European Studies 347 (Topic: 19th-Century-Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture in Film), 347 (Topic 8), Polish 324 (Topic: 19th-Century-Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture in Film), 324 (Topic 2), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: 19th-Century-Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture in Film), 325 (Topic 27). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 28: Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650. Explores the theologies, politics, and personal identities that emerged and passed away in this era. Only one of the following may be counted: Czech 324 (Topic: Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650), 324 (Topic 4), European Studies 346 (Topic: Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650), 346 (Topic 8), Germanic Civilization 327E (Topic: Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 360 (Topic 3), History 362G (Topic: Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650), 362G (Topic 12), Religious Studies 357 (Topic: Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650), 357 (Topic 12), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Heretics and Freedom Fighters, 1350-1650), 325 (Topic 28).
Topic 29: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. Explores the novel in the context of other literary works by Bulgakov and its varied sources in world literature, music, and the visual arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 323 (Topic 8), Russian 360 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 360 (Topic 3), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 325 (Topic 29). Same as: C L 323.8 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 30: Modern Czech Literature. A study of Czech literature from the 1860s to the present; course is conducted in English. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Modern Czech Literature), 323 (Topic 9), Czech 330, European Studies 347 (Topic: Modern Czech Literature), 347 (Topic 9), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Modern Czech Literature), 325 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 31: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People. History, culture, religions, and recent upheaval of the region of the northern Caucasus called Chechnya. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 31), 345 (Topic: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People), 345 (Topic 5), Slavic 324 (Topic: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People), 324 (Topic 3). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 32: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 323 (Topic 52), Linguistics 350 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Mexican American Studies 363R, 374 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian 369 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 325 (Topic 32), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 340 (Topic 74). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.52, MAS 363R, WGS 340.74 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 33: Russia's Soul: Spiritual Traditions. Explore complex history of Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism in Russia. Examine important worship sites, including monasteries and pilgrimage destinations. Have discussions with Russian scholars of religion and practitioners of different faiths. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 79), History 361O, Religious Studies 325C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.79, HIS 361O, R S 325C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 34: Russian Cinema From Potemkin to Putin. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Russian Cinema From Potemkin to Putin), 323 (Topic 54), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian Cinema From Potemkin to Putin), 325 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.54 Additional prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Topic 35: Russian Fairytales. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Russian Fairytales), 323 (Topic 55), Slavic 324 (Topic: Russian Fairytales), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian Fairytales), 325 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.55 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 36: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 347 (Topic 44), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 36), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 340 (Topic 60). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 347.44, WGS 340.60 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 37: Soviet Romance in Film. Examine the construction of the ideology of love, intimate relations, and gender roles, deemed appropriate for a Soviet citizen, as it is demonstrated in a selection of films. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Soviet Romance in Film), 325 (Topic 37). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 38: Punks and Divas in Southeast Europe. Examine popular music and its role in political struggle and collective identity formation in the Balkans. Analyze music genres in this region in the context of the historical changes it underwent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the fall of Communism and -- in the case of former Yugoslavia -- the formation of seven new nation-states through a series of bloody and brutal wars. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 47), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 38), Women's and Gender Studies 345D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 347.47, WGS 345D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 39: Memory and Place After the Holocaust. Examine the literature of Eastern European Jewish Holocaust survivors and their artistic successors. Engage novels, short stories, memoirs, essays, and even song lyrics with questions of memory and of place. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 362N, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 362N, Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 35), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 39). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 362N, GSD 362N, J S 363.35 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 40: Russian and Mexican Men in Popular Culture. Study representations of masculinity in products of Mexican and Russian popular culture at the end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul), 323 (Topic 58), Mexican American Studies 337D, 374 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul), 325 (Topic 40), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.58, MAS 337D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 41: Russian Orthodox Religion and Culture. Examine the role and force of the Orthodox Church in Russian history, from the Christianization of the pagan Slavs in the 10th century, through the Russian Revolution into the Soviet era, and up to the present, while considering the prescriptive tenets of the Orthodox faith (religion) alongside descriptive experiences of life within and under Russian Orthodoxy (religiosity). Only one of the following may be counted: History 325Q, 366N (Topic: Rus Orthodox Religion/Cultr), Religious Studies 357 (Topic: Rus Orthodox Religion/Cultr), 357W, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Rus Orthodox Religion/Cultr), 325 (Topic 41). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 325Q, R S 357W Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 42: Youth and Violence in the Middle East and Eurasia. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), 323 (Topic 65), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), 342 (Topic 64), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), 325 (Topic 42). Same as: C L 323.65, MES 342.64 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 43: Traveling Culture. Examine mobility as a point of inquiry into questions of identity, community, belonging, place and landscape, art, representation, cultural difference, experience, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic 14), 326I, Russian, East European, Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 43) Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 326I Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 45: Russia Through American Eyes. Examine a wide array of American attitudes towards Russia and Russians. Using a variety of political, social, and cultural events and encounters, analyze the ways in which nationalism, imperialism, and geopolitics informed American narratives about Russia and Russians, assessments that range from enthusiasm and curiosity to condemnation and outright hostility. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 325M, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 71), History 326D, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russia Thru American Eyes), 325 (Topic 45). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 325M, C L 323.71, HIS 326D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 46: Queer Eastern Europe. Explore LGBTQI stories and political struggles in Eastern Europe with a focus on the region's queer culture: literature, cinema, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 74), European Studies 347 (Topic 55), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Queer Narr Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 46), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 26). Same as: C L 323.74, EUS 347.55, WGS 335.26 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 47: Cultural Translation. Examine theoretical readings and concrete examples of how translation politics, translation-induced reconstruction of literary systems, censorship, manipulation, and market dynamics affect the production, distribution, and reception of translated products in the realm of arts and entertainment, news media and politics, and various academic disciplines in the Middle East, United States, and beyond. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 77), European Studies 347 (Topic 53), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Cultural Translation), 342 (Topic 69), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 47). Same as: C L 323.77, EUS 347.53, MES 342.69 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 48: Identity, Codes, and Culture. Explore how to read identities as patterns in literary texts, linguistic and cultural corpora with digital methods, and come to a deeper understanding of individual texts and textual phenomena. Examine digital research methods, tools, and use cases. Work hands-on with literary and linguistic sources. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 75), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 351D, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.75, GSD 351D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
REE 325.10 The Major Works of Dostoevsky 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the dilemmas of homicide, suicide, patricide, and redemption in the novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 30), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic 5), 346, European Studies 347 (Topic 10), Russian 360 (Topic 1), Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.30, CTI 346
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.11 Contemporary Russian Cinema 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Uses contemporary Russian film both as a means of exploring the confusion that resulted from the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the search for a new sense of identity in Russia throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian 326 (Topic 4), 330 (Topic: Contemporary Russian Cinema), 330 (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 11).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.13 Medieval Russian Literature and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Medieval and early modern Russian literature and culture, including literary texts from Kievan and Muscovite Russia. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: The Icon and the Sword: An Introduction to Old Russian Literature and Culture), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: The Icon and the Sword: An Introduction to Old Russian Literature and Culture), 325 (Topic 13), Russian 330 (Topic: The Icon and the Sword: An Introduction to Old Russian Literature and Culture), 330 (Topic 6).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.16 The Major Works of Tolstoy 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores Russian writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, particularly his progression from idealizing family life and the Russian state to renouncing sexual love and national allegiances. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: The Major Works of Tolstoy), 323 (Topic 27), Russian 360 (Topic: Majors Works of Tolstoy), 360 (Topic 2), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: The Major Works of Tolstoy), 325 (Topic 16).
Same as: C L 323.27
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.18 War and Revolution in Russian Literature and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines Russian narratives of war and revolution as represented in fiction, cinema, and journalism. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 31), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic 8), 348, Russian 356 (Topic 3), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.31, CTI 348
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.19 Russian Youth Culture, Late Soviet to Present 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the history and cultural products (films, music, writings) of Russia's youth, and their impact on contemporary society and politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian Youth Culture, Gorbachev to Present), 325 (Topic 19), Russian 330 (Topic: Russian Youth Culture, Gorbachev to Present), 330 (Topic 8).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.2 Living a Catastrophe: Chernobyl 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine different ways of narrating the Chernobyl disaster and general disasters through history, environmental history, sociology, art, film, fiction, and science. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 57), History 362I, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Living a Catastro/Chernobyl), 325 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 347.57, HIS 362I
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.22 Russian Myths and Folktales 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of the Russian folktale, its roots in ancient, pre-Christian Slavic religious tradition, its connections with other forms of folklore such as myth and legend, and its transformation in modern Russian literature. Subjects include the continuing influence of folklore explored through various aspects of Russian culture, including literature, music, ballet, film, and popular culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322T, 325L (Topic 12), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 34), Russian 330 (Topic 9), Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322T, C L 323.34
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.24 Rebels and Revolutionaries in Russian History and Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study of fictional and real rebels and revolutionaries across almost a century of Russian literature. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 20), History 361E, 362G (Topic 15), Russian 356 (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.20, HIS 361E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.25 Literature and Art of Russian Modernism and Avant-Garde 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focusing on literary and artistic expressions of Russian modernist and avant-garde esthetics, this course explores various responses to Russian cultural modernity between 1890s, when Russian Symbolists first published their works, and the Party decree of 1932 that established the Writers' Union and outlawed all other literary organizations. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian 330 (Topic: Literature and Art of Russian Modernism and Avant-Garde), 330 (Topic 10), Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Literature and Art of Russian Modernism and Avant-Garde), 325 (Topic 25).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.29 Bulgakov's Master and Margarita 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the novel in the context of other literary works by Bulgakov and its varied sources in world literature, music, and the visual arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 323 (Topic 8), Russian 360 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 360 (Topic 3), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 325 (Topic 29).
Same as: C L 323.8
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.31 Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History, culture, religions, and recent upheaval of the region of the northern Caucasus called Chechnya. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 31), 345 (Topic: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People), 345 (Topic 5), Slavic 324 (Topic: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People), 324 (Topic 3).
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.32 Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 323 (Topic 52), Linguistics 350 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Mexican American Studies 363R, 374 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian 369 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 325 (Topic 32), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 340 (Topic 74). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.52, MAS 363R, WGS 340.74
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.33 Russia's Soul: Spiritual Traditions 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore complex history of Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism in Russia. Examine important worship sites, including monasteries and pilgrimage destinations. Have discussions with Russian scholars of religion and practitioners of different faiths. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 79), History 361O, Religious Studies 325C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.79, HIS 361O, R S 325C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.34 Russian Cinema From Potemkin to Putin 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Russian Cinema From Potemkin to Putin), 323 (Topic 54), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian Cinema From Potemkin to Putin), 325 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.54
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.35 Russian Fairytales 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Russian Fairytales), 323 (Topic 55), Slavic 324 (Topic: Russian Fairytales), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian Fairytales), 325 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.55
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.36 Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 347 (Topic 44), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 36), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 340 (Topic 60). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 347.44, WGS 340.60
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.37 Soviet Romance in Film 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the construction of the ideology of love, intimate relations, and gender roles, deemed appropriate for a Soviet citizen, as it is demonstrated in a selection of films. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Soviet Romance in Film), 325 (Topic 37). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.38 Punks and Divas in Southeast Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine popular music and its role in political struggle and collective identity formation in the Balkans. Analyze music genres in this region in the context of the historical changes it underwent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the fall of Communism and -- in the case of former Yugoslavia -- the formation of seven new nation-states through a series of bloody and brutal wars. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 47), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 38), Women's and Gender Studies 345D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 347.47, WGS 345D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.39 Memory and Place After the Holocaust 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the literature of Eastern European Jewish Holocaust survivors and their artistic successors. Engage novels, short stories, memoirs, essays, and even song lyrics with questions of memory and of place. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 362N, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 362N, Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 35), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 39). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 362N, GSD 362N, J S 363.35
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.40 Russian and Mexican Men in Popular Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Study representations of masculinity in products of Mexican and Russian popular culture at the end of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul), 323 (Topic 58), Mexican American Studies 337D, 374 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul), 325 (Topic 40), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Russian/Mexican Men in Pop Cul). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.58, MAS 337D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.41 Russian Orthodox Religion and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the role and force of the Orthodox Church in Russian history, from the Christianization of the pagan Slavs in the 10th century, through the Russian Revolution into the Soviet era, and up to the present, while considering the prescriptive tenets of the Orthodox faith (religion) alongside descriptive experiences of life within and under Russian Orthodoxy (religiosity). Only one of the following may be counted: History 325Q, 366N (Topic: Rus Orthodox Religion/Cultr), Religious Studies 357 (Topic: Rus Orthodox Religion/Cultr), 357W, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Rus Orthodox Religion/Cultr), 325 (Topic 41). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 325Q, R S 357W
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.42 Youth and Violence in the Middle East and Eurasia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), 323 (Topic 65), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), 342 (Topic 64), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Youth/Violence Mid East/Eur), 325 (Topic 42).
Same as: C L 323.65, MES 342.64
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.43 Traveling Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine mobility as a point of inquiry into questions of identity, community, belonging, place and landscape, art, representation, cultural difference, experience, and history. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic 14), 326I, Russian, East European, Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 43) Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 326I
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.45 Russia Through American Eyes 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine a wide array of American attitudes towards Russia and Russians. Using a variety of political, social, and cultural events and encounters, analyze the ways in which nationalism, imperialism, and geopolitics informed American narratives about Russia and Russians, assessments that range from enthusiasm and curiosity to condemnation and outright hostility. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 325M, Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 71), History 326D, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russia Thru American Eyes), 325 (Topic 45). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 325M, C L 323.71, HIS 326D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.46 Queer Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore LGBTQI stories and political struggles in Eastern Europe with a focus on the region's queer culture: literature, cinema, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 74), European Studies 347 (Topic 55), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Queer Narr Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 46), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 26).
Same as: C L 323.74, EUS 347.55, WGS 335.26
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.47 Cultural Translation 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine theoretical readings and concrete examples of how translation politics, translation-induced reconstruction of literary systems, censorship, manipulation, and market dynamics affect the production, distribution, and reception of translated products in the realm of arts and entertainment, news media and politics, and various academic disciplines in the Middle East, United States, and beyond. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 77), European Studies 347 (Topic 53), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Cultural Translation), 342 (Topic 69), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 47).
Same as: C L 323.77, EUS 347.53, MES 342.69
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.48 Identity, Codes, and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore how to read identities as patterns in literary texts, linguistic and cultural corpora with digital methods, and come to a deeper understanding of individual texts and textual phenomena. Examine digital research methods, tools, and use cases. Work hands-on with literary and linguistic sources. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 75), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 351D, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.75, GSD 351D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325.9 The Russian Novel 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of classic Russian authors as well as experimental works from the nineteenth through the twenty-first century. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 29), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic 6), 347, English 322 (Topic 37), European Studies 347 (Topic 22), Russian 356 (Topic 1), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.29, CTI 347
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 325C Russian Food Ways 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: History 343Q, 362G (Topic: Russian Food Ways), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Russian Food Ways), 325C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 343Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S Topics in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 1-9 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
REE 335 Topics in History, Economics, and Government 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Marxist Economics. An introduction to the Marxian economic theory of capitalism through the study of Karl Marx's Capital, volume I, and of its contemporary relevance. Economics 357K and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 1) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing, and Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C in each; or consent of instructor.
Topic 2: Governments and Politics of Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 1), Government 324J, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 348.1, GOV 324J Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 3: Governments and Politics of Russia. Issues of nationalism and state-building facing Russia and its neighbors. Evaluation of the post-Soviet experience from the perspectives of both domestic and foreign policy. Government 336M and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 3) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 4: Politics in Southeast Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 361 (Topic 13: Politics in Southeast Europe); Government 328N; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 4). Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 5: History of Russia to 1917. Survey of Russian history from seventeenth-century Muscovy to the fall of the Romanovs in 1917. Same as: HIS 343L Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: History of Russia since 1917. A survey of Russian history from the revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Same as: HIS 343M Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Political Development in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365N (Topic 4: Political Development in Eastern Europe and Latin America); Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 6: Political Development in Eastern Europe and Latin America); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 7).
Topic 8: Politics in Southern Europe. Comparative analysis of development politics in capitalist and socialist systems in southwestern and southeastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 361 (Topic 12: Politics in Southern Europe); Government 328M; Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 8). Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 9: German Unification: Problems and Prospects. A brief history of Germany since 1815, the contemporary German state and its institutions, and perspectives for the current decade. Only one of the following may be counted: Germanic Civilization 360E (Topic: German Reunification: Problems and Prospects); Government 365N (Topic: German Reunification: Problems and Prospects); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 9). Additional prerequisite: For government majors, six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 10: The Military in Politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365G, 365N (Topic 3); Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 9); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 365G, LAS 337M.9 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 11: Germany in the Twentieth Century. Survey of German political and military institutions, economic development, culture, and society. Only one of the following may be counted: History 337N, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Germany in the 20th Century), 352C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 337N, LAH 352C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and a grade point average of at least 3.5.
Topic 12: Stalinist Russia. History 350L (Topic 41) and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 12) may not both be counted. Same as: HIS 350L.41 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Russian Economic Development since 1917. The growth of the planned economy in industry, agriculture, and labor. Economics 346K and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 13) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of coursework in social science; or consent of instructor.
Topic 14: Political Economy of International Crises. Examines several dimensions of the ongoing crises in the world economic order and the interrelationships among them. Problem areas covered are neoliberalism, international money, debt, famine, immigration, and energy shocks. Economics 357L and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 14) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of coursework in social science.
Topic 15: Understanding the Cold War. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 16: Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Examines the major political, social, and cultural events that shaped Eastern European society in the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 16), History 362G (Topic 7), 362Q, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.16, HIS 362Q Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Introduction to the Holocaust. Examines the mass killing of Jews and other victims in the context of Nazi Germany's quest for race and space during World War II. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic: Introduction to the Holocaust), 346 (Topic 17), History 362D, 362G (Topic: Introduction to the Holocaust), 362G (Topic 3), Jewish Studies 364 (Topic: Introduction to the Holocaust), 364 (Topic 6), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Introduction to the Holocaust), 335 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 18: Southeast Europe in the Twentieth Century. Explores the key events and developments of Southeastern Europe, the region commonly referred to as the Balkans, in the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 18), History 362G (Topic 9), 362S, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 8), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.18, HIS 362S, J S 364.8 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: World War II in Eastern Europe. Examines the war in Eastern Europe with a particular emphasis on occupation, collaboration, and resistance; the Holocaust; and the connection between ethnic cleansing, population transfer, and the establishment of communism in postwar Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 12), History 350L (Topic 79), 361I, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 11), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 19). Same as: EUS 346.12, HIS 361I, J S 364.11 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: German Nationalisms. History of diverse views and movements regarding German national identity within their respective contexts, 1800-present. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 22), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361K, Government 365N (Topic 6), 365N (Topic 19), 368T, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.22, GOV 368T, GSD 361K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 21: Causes of War. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 360G, 360N (Topic 2), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Causes of War), 335 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 360G
Topic 22: Politics of New Democracies. Examination of the process of democratization and factors related to its success. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365N (Topic 13), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Politics of New Democracies), 337M (Topic 15), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Politics of New Democracies), 335 (Topic 22). Additional prerequisite: For government majors, six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 23: Jews of Eastern Europe. Explores the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: History 362G (Topic 8), 362R, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 7), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 23), Religious Studies 357 (Topic 13), 357E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 362R, J S 364.7, R S 357E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 24: Political Warfare and Propaganda. Examine the phenomenon of political warfare in a contemporary global context, focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe. Explore the evolution of techniques of political warfare, including psychological warfare and propaganda. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 360N (Topic: Political Warfare/Propaganda), 364V, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Political Warfare/Propaganda), 335 (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GOV 364V Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Topic 25: Revolutionary Russia. An in depth examination of the political, social, economic, and cultural dynamics at work in early twentieth-century Russia. Only one of the following may be counted: History 343R, 350L (Topic: Revolutionary Russia), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Revolutionary Russia), 335 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 343R Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 26: Criminal Punishment in Russia. Examine the theories of criminal responsibility from a legal perspective. Explore the application of criminal punishment in Russia in the Imperial, Soviet and modern eras. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Criminal Punishment in Russia) and 335 (Topic 26) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 27: Reacting to Revolutionary Ideas. Explore revolutionary themes in Western and non-Western countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Reacting/Revolutionary Ideas), 351G, Russian, East Europeans, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Reacting/Revoltn Ideas: HON), 335 (Topic 27) Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAH 351G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and a grade point average of at least 3.50. Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.
Topic 28: Russian and Soviet Film: Uses of History. Explore twentieth-century Russian history through its representation in film. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Rus/Soviet Film: Uses of Hist), 350L (Topic 93), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Rus/Soviet Film: Uses of Hist), 335 (Topic 28). Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 29: Environmental History of Eastern Europe. Explore and relate commodification of nature, the climate crisis, and preserving biodiversity from the past and present. Investigate how human societies have changed their environments and how the environment has influenced the courses of societies through case studies from the ecological impact of the Teutonic Crusades to nuclear waste management in Chernobyl. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 43), History 362U, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Envir Hist: Cent E Euro/Rus), 335 (Topic 29). Three lecture hours per week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.43, HIS 362U Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 30: Technology and Society in Modern Eastern Europe and Russia. Learn how technologies and social changes shape each other. Use case studies from Eastern Europe and Russia from the Industrial Revolution to the Era of AI. Explore the industrialization of production and consumption, the professionalization of engineering, the emergence of multidivisional industrial enterprises, the relationship between humans and machines, the uses of "cheap nature", and technological utopianism. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 44), History 361V, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.44, HIS 361V Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 31: Security and Policy in Eastern Europe and Russia. Examine key contemporary security issues and policy dilemmas through the perspective of post-communist Eastern European countries in the context of European Union (EU) enlargement waves, and in the framework of their membership in supranational organizations. Consider the transformation of regional states' national security strategies, threat perception, and priorities transitioning from former Warsaw pact to full-fledged EU and NATO membership in shaping their respective national security priorities. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 13), Government 362U, 365N (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), Russian, Eastern Europe, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), 335 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 348.13, GOV 362U Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 32: European Espionage 1914-1989. Examine the development and transformation of espionage, intelligence, and surveillance in Europe from the first World War to the end of the Cold War. Only one of the following may be counted: History 361S, 362G (Topic: European Espionage 1914-89), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 361S Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 33: Political Ideologies and Manifestos. Survey major political ideologies like socialism, capitalism, and fascism; as well as the more recent so-called "Fourth Political Theory of Russian ideologue Aleksandr Dugin, (variable) popular ideologies, and internet manifestos. Explore each ideology through original texts and utopian/dystopian representations in popular culture (e.g., literature, film, music, graphic art, architecture, design). Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 16), Government 324C, Religious Studies 335C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Polit Ideologies/Manifestos), 335 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 348.16, GOV 324C, R S 335C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 34: Populism in Central and Eastern Europe. Survey the political nature, profile, and patterns of populism in selected post-communist democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. Examine populism in terms of impact on agenda setting, political process, and governance of the region in focus at specific national and European Union-wide levels. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 12), Government 324D, 360N (Topic: Populism Central/E Europe), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Populism Central/E Europe), 335 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 348.12, GOV 324D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 35: Socialism's Past and Futures. Examine ordinary people's experience of socialism in the Soviet Union and the plural interpretations of this experience after the USSR's collapse. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324U, History 326E, 366N (Topic: Socialism's Past and Futures), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324U, HIS 326E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 36: Intelligence and Espionage in the Eastern Bloc. Examine the specific national approaches to foreign and domestic intelligence and espionage of former Communist bloc countries from early twentieth century to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 19), Government 324E, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 348.19, GOV 324E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 37: Geography in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Explore alternatives to nation-state imaginaries across Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Examine spatial thinking, utopia, dystopia, the history of geosciences, counter-mapping, and the decolonial geopoetics of space. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 78), Geography 328E, History 361U, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 37). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.78, GRG 328E, HIS 361U Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 38: East European Transnational Worlds to 1914. Examine an overview of major developments in the economic, political, social, cultural, and gender and sexuality fields of East European history before 1914. Explore diplomacy, institutional legacies of war and peace, urban and rural developments and inequalities, spaces of language and religion, race, labor migration, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 331E, History 361T, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 38). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GRG 331E, HIS 361T Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 39: Cold War Eastern Europe. Discover the primary historical developments of the post-war period in Eastern Europe from the imposition of communism in 1945 until its collapse in 1989. Explore political, economic, and cultural transformations of the Cold War. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 45), History 362O, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 39). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.45, HIS 362O Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 40: Economic Development in Post-Communist States. Relate broad issues of economic development across the post-communist space since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Question and explore concepts, assumptions, and tools we use to assess development. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 47), Government 324F, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Econ Dev Post Comm States), 335 (Topic 40). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.47, GOV 324F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 41: Nature and Politics in Post-Communist States. Explore the key issues related to the political economy of human-nature interactions in post-communist countries, including politics of point-source natural resources, diffuse resources, and the commons. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 49), Government 324I, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 41). Three lecture hours per week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.49, GOV 324I Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 42: Russia and Ukraine in World History. Focus on multicultural history, shared imperial and national spaces, and geopolitics of entangled Russian-Ukrainian relations. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 46), History 361W, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Rus and Ukraine in Wrld Hist), 335 (Topic 42). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.46, HIS 361W Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 43: Central Asian Politics and Economies. Relate major political and economic issues of post-Soviet Central Asia from Soviet legacy and regime types to state-business relations and investment environment. Learn about the characteristics that unite and distinguish the Central Asian region. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 336C, Government 324G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Central Asian Pol and Econ), 335 (Topic 43). Three lecture hours a week for one semester Same as: ANS 336C, GOV 324G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 44: War and Genocide: The Holocaust. Examine the Holocaust as part of Nazi Germany's quest to build a new racial order. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 17), 346 (Topic 55), History 362D, 362G (Topic 3), 362V, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 6), 364 (Topic 27), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 17), 335 (topic 44). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 346.55, HIS 362V, J S 364.27 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 45: Legacies of World War II in Eastern Europe. Examine the complex and dynamic legacies of World War II and questions of memory, identity, and politics from 1945 to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 362T, History 366N (Topic: Legacies/WWII/East Europe), 362W, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 28), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 45). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GSD 362T, HIS 362W, J S 364.28 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
REE 335.10 The Military in Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365G, 365N (Topic 3); Latin American Studies 337M (Topic 9); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 365G, LAS 337M.9
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.11 Germany in the Twentieth Century 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of German political and military institutions, economic development, culture, and society. Only one of the following may be counted: History 337N, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Germany in the 20th Century), 352C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 337N, LAH 352C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and a grade point average of at least 3.5.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.12 Stalinist Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History 350L (Topic 41) and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 12) may not both be counted.
Same as: HIS 350L.41
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.13 Russian Economic Development since 1917 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The growth of the planned economy in industry, agriculture, and labor. Economics 346K and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 13) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of coursework in social science; or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.14 Political Economy of International Crises 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines several dimensions of the ongoing crises in the world economic order and the interrelationships among them. Problem areas covered are neoliberalism, international money, debt, famine, immigration, and energy shocks. Economics 357L and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 14) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Economics 304K and 304L with a grade of at least C in each, and six additional semester hours of coursework in social science.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.16 Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the major political, social, and cultural events that shaped Eastern European society in the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 16), History 362G (Topic 7), 362Q, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.16, HIS 362Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.18 Southeast Europe in the Twentieth Century 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the key events and developments of Southeastern Europe, the region commonly referred to as the Balkans, in the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 18), History 362G (Topic 9), 362S, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 8), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.18, HIS 362S, J S 364.8
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.19 World War II in Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the war in Eastern Europe with a particular emphasis on occupation, collaboration, and resistance; the Holocaust; and the connection between ethnic cleansing, population transfer, and the establishment of communism in postwar Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 12), History 350L (Topic 79), 361I, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 11), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 19).
Same as: EUS 346.12, HIS 361I, J S 364.11
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.2 Governments and Politics of Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 1), Government 324J, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 348.1, GOV 324J
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.20 German Nationalisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
History of diverse views and movements regarding German national identity within their respective contexts, 1800-present. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 22), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361K, Government 365N (Topic 6), 365N (Topic 19), 368T, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.22, GOV 368T, GSD 361K
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.21 Causes of War 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Government 360G, 360N (Topic 2), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Causes of War), 335 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 360G
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.23 Jews of Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explores the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: History 362G (Topic 8), 362R, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 7), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 23), Religious Studies 357 (Topic 13), 357E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 362R, J S 364.7, R S 357E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.24 Political Warfare and Propaganda 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the phenomenon of political warfare in a contemporary global context, focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe. Explore the evolution of techniques of political warfare, including psychological warfare and propaganda. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 360N (Topic: Political Warfare/Propaganda), 364V, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Political Warfare/Propaganda), 335 (Topic 24). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 364V
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.25 Revolutionary Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An in depth examination of the political, social, economic, and cultural dynamics at work in early twentieth-century Russia. Only one of the following may be counted: History 343R, 350L (Topic: Revolutionary Russia), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Revolutionary Russia), 335 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 343R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.26 Criminal Punishment in Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the theories of criminal responsibility from a legal perspective. Explore the application of criminal punishment in Russia in the Imperial, Soviet and modern eras. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Criminal Punishment in Russia) and 335 (Topic 26) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.27 Reacting to Revolutionary Ideas 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore revolutionary themes in Western and non-Western countries during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Reacting/Revolutionary Ideas), 351G, Russian, East Europeans, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Reacting/Revoltn Ideas: HON), 335 (Topic 27) Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAH 351G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and a grade point average of at least 3.50.
Restrictions: Restricted to Plan I majors in the College of Liberal Arts.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.29 Environmental History of Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore and relate commodification of nature, the climate crisis, and preserving biodiversity from the past and present. Investigate how human societies have changed their environments and how the environment has influenced the courses of societies through case studies from the ecological impact of the Teutonic Crusades to nuclear waste management in Chernobyl. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 43), History 362U, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Envir Hist: Cent E Euro/Rus), 335 (Topic 29). Three lecture hours per week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.43, HIS 362U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.3 Governments and Politics of Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Issues of nationalism and state-building facing Russia and its neighbors. Evaluation of the post-Soviet experience from the perspectives of both domestic and foreign policy. Government 336M and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.30 Technology and Society in Modern Eastern Europe and Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Learn how technologies and social changes shape each other. Use case studies from Eastern Europe and Russia from the Industrial Revolution to the Era of AI. Explore the industrialization of production and consumption, the professionalization of engineering, the emergence of multidivisional industrial enterprises, the relationship between humans and machines, the uses of "cheap nature", and technological utopianism. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 44), History 361V, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.44, HIS 361V
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.31 Security and Policy in Eastern Europe and Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine key contemporary security issues and policy dilemmas through the perspective of post-communist Eastern European countries in the context of European Union (EU) enlargement waves, and in the framework of their membership in supranational organizations. Consider the transformation of regional states' national security strategies, threat perception, and priorities transitioning from former Warsaw pact to full-fledged EU and NATO membership in shaping their respective national security priorities. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 13), Government 362U, 365N (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), Russian, Eastern Europe, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), 335 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 348.13, GOV 362U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.32 European Espionage 1914-1989 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the development and transformation of espionage, intelligence, and surveillance in Europe from the first World War to the end of the Cold War. Only one of the following may be counted: History 361S, 362G (Topic: European Espionage 1914-89), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 361S
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.33 Political Ideologies and Manifestos 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey major political ideologies like socialism, capitalism, and fascism; as well as the more recent so-called "Fourth Political Theory of Russian ideologue Aleksandr Dugin, (variable) popular ideologies, and internet manifestos. Explore each ideology through original texts and utopian/dystopian representations in popular culture (e.g., literature, film, music, graphic art, architecture, design). Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 16), Government 324C, Religious Studies 335C, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Polit Ideologies/Manifestos), 335 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 348.16, GOV 324C, R S 335C
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.34 Populism in Central and Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey the political nature, profile, and patterns of populism in selected post-communist democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. Examine populism in terms of impact on agenda setting, political process, and governance of the region in focus at specific national and European Union-wide levels. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 12), Government 324D, 360N (Topic: Populism Central/E Europe), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Populism Central/E Europe), 335 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 348.12, GOV 324D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.35 Socialism's Past and Futures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine ordinary people's experience of socialism in the Soviet Union and the plural interpretations of this experience after the USSR's collapse. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324U, History 326E, 366N (Topic: Socialism's Past and Futures), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324U, HIS 326E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.36 Intelligence and Espionage in the Eastern Bloc 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the specific national approaches to foreign and domestic intelligence and espionage of former Communist bloc countries from early twentieth century to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 348 (Topic 19), Government 324E, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 348.19, GOV 324E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.37 Geography in Eastern Europe and Eurasia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore alternatives to nation-state imaginaries across Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Examine spatial thinking, utopia, dystopia, the history of geosciences, counter-mapping, and the decolonial geopoetics of space. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 78), Geography 328E, History 361U, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 37). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.78, GRG 328E, HIS 361U
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.38 East European Transnational Worlds to 1914 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine an overview of major developments in the economic, political, social, cultural, and gender and sexuality fields of East European history before 1914. Explore diplomacy, institutional legacies of war and peace, urban and rural developments and inequalities, spaces of language and religion, race, labor migration, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 331E, History 361T, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 38). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 331E, HIS 361T
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.39 Cold War Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Discover the primary historical developments of the post-war period in Eastern Europe from the imposition of communism in 1945 until its collapse in 1989. Explore political, economic, and cultural transformations of the Cold War. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 45), History 362O, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 39). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.45, HIS 362O
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.40 Economic Development in Post-Communist States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Relate broad issues of economic development across the post-communist space since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Question and explore concepts, assumptions, and tools we use to assess development. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 47), Government 324F, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Econ Dev Post Comm States), 335 (Topic 40). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.47, GOV 324F
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.41 Nature and Politics in Post-Communist States 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the key issues related to the political economy of human-nature interactions in post-communist countries, including politics of point-source natural resources, diffuse resources, and the commons. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 49), Government 324I, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 41). Three lecture hours per week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.49, GOV 324I
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.42 Russia and Ukraine in World History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on multicultural history, shared imperial and national spaces, and geopolitics of entangled Russian-Ukrainian relations. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 46), History 361W, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Rus and Ukraine in Wrld Hist), 335 (Topic 42). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.46, HIS 361W
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.43 Central Asian Politics and Economies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Relate major political and economic issues of post-Soviet Central Asia from Soviet legacy and regime types to state-business relations and investment environment. Learn about the characteristics that unite and distinguish the Central Asian region. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 336C, Government 324G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic: Central Asian Pol and Econ), 335 (Topic 43). Three lecture hours a week for one semester
Same as: ANS 336C, GOV 324G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.44 War and Genocide: The Holocaust 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the Holocaust as part of Nazi Germany's quest to build a new racial order. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 17), 346 (Topic 55), History 362D, 362G (Topic 3), 362V, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 6), 364 (Topic 27), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 17), 335 (topic 44). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 346.55, HIS 362V, J S 364.27
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.45 Legacies of World War II in Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the complex and dynamic legacies of World War II and questions of memory, identity, and politics from 1945 to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 362T, History 366N (Topic: Legacies/WWII/East Europe), 362W, Jewish Studies 364 (Topic 28), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 335 (Topic 45). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GSD 362T, HIS 362W, J S 364.28
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.5 History of Russia to 1917 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Survey of Russian history from seventeenth-century Muscovy to the fall of the Romanovs in 1917.
Same as: HIS 343L
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 335.6 History of Russia since 1917 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A survey of Russian history from the revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Same as: HIS 343M
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345 Topics in Sociology, Geography, and Anthropology 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Fulfills the basic Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies requirement in sociology, geography, and anthropology. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Post-Soviet Societies. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 1); Sociology 321K (Topic 1: Post-Soviet Societies); Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Post-Soviet Societies).
Topic 2: Regions and Cultures of Europe. Spatial patterns in Europe, with emphasis on cultural, historical, and political geography. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic: Regions and Cultures of Europe), 346 (Topic 19), Geography 326, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 2). Same as: EUS 346.19, GRG 326 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 3: Shamanism in Central Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 30: Shamanism in Central Asia); Middle Eastern Studies 326 (Topic 1: Shamanism in Central Asia); Religious Studies 342 (Topic 1: Shamanism in Central Asia); Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 3). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 4: Geography of the Former Soviet Union. A systematic introduction to cultural, physical, political, and economic geography of the former Soviet Union. Focus on the fundamental transformation that the former Socialist Union Republics, now sovereign states, have undergone since 1991. Same as: GRG 327 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 5: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People. Considers the history, culture, religions and recent upheaval of the region of the northern Caucasus called Chechnya. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People), 345 (Topic 5: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and the People), Slavic 324 (Topic: Chechnya: the Politics, Power, and People), 324 (Topic 3). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 6: Northern Lands and Cultures. Develops geographical understanding of the Circumpolar region of the North, an ancient human habitat, home to distinct millennia-old civilizations. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic: Northern Lands and Cultures), 346 (Topic 9), Geography 356T (Topic: Northern Lands and Cultures), 356T (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Northern Lands and Cultures), 345 (Topic 6). Same as: EUS 346.9, GRG 356T.4 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 7: Northern Gods, Northern Faiths: The Conversion of Scandinavians, Finns, An introduction to the basic source texts for several pre-Christian belief systems evolving in geographic proximity and their influence on one another including pre-Christian Slavic; pre-Christian Scandinavian; pre-Christian Sami and Finnish; and ancient and modern Siberian shamanism. Only one of the following may be counted: German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361G, Religious Studies 357 (Topic 16), 357N, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GSD 361G, R S 357N Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: Cultures and Ecologies. Examines the anthropology of "nature" and "natural resources," with particular attention to the communities in the arctic and subarctic regions. Use ethnographies to learn about the cultures of peoples who inhabit northern latitudes, especially their cosmological modes of belief and their ecological ways of life. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic: Cultures and Ecologies), 325L (Topic 16), 325R, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Cultures and Ecologies), 345 (Topic 8). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 325R Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 9: Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia. A comprehensive overview of major religious culture regions in the former Eastern bloc countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 356T (Topic: Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia), 356T (Topic 14), Religious Studies 357 (Topic: Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia), 357 (Topic 5), 357G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia), 345 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: GRG 356T.14, R S 357G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 10: Politics and Performance. Consider the power struggles of the democratic process by closely attending to language, rhetoric and performance. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323E, 324L (Topic: Politics and Performance), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Politics and Performance), 345 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 323E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Indigenous Peoples of Russia and the USSR. Examine an introduction to theories of colonial critique and visual culture studies. Explore the history of the Indigenous peoples of the Eurasian north. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Indig People: Rus and USSR), 324L (Topic 76), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 11) Same as: ANT 324L.76 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Shamanism and the Primitive. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 325W, Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 341P, Religious Studies 352 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 352G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 345 (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 341P, ANT 325W, R S 352G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 13: Power and Resistance in Putin's Russia. Introduction to Russian political and protest cultures--beyond the headlines and outside the Kremlin walls. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322W, 324L (Topic: Power and Resistance in Rus), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Power and Resistance in Rus), 345 (Topic 13). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 322W Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 14: Eastern Europe on American TV. Focus on ways Eastern Europe is depicted on American television screen. Use anthropological framework to study multiple types of television shows, including reality tv, network dramas, and miniseries. Analyze ethnic, racial, national, and gender representation and what these constructions tell us about the ways that Eastern Europe is imagined. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 345C, Anthropology 345E, European Studies 348 (Topic 22), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 345C, ANT 345E, EUS 348.22 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 16: Comparative White Nationalisms. Consider critical questions about the constructions of whiteness and nationalism across the globe. Examine, through an anthropological lens, how the boundaries of whiteness changed throughout history, and its relationship to far-right political groups, to trace the history of white nationalism and its present-day global resurgence. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323I, 324L (Topic: Comparng White Nationalisms), Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Compartv White Nationalisms), 345 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 323I Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Global Perspectives of Health, Illness, and Inequality. Use an anthropological framework to think critically and analytically about global past and contemporary issues in health. Examine the root causes of health, illness, and inequality. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324Q, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Glbl Persp Hlth/Ill/Inequal), 345 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324Q Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 18: The Anthropology of Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories. Develop an anthropological perspective on disinformation and conspiracy theories and examine how these phenomena are embedded in cultural, social, and political contexts. Explore the ways in which disinformation is constructed, disseminated, and maintained within different media ecologies. Anthropology 345D and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 18) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 345D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: The Politics of Insult. Examine how linguistic practices of (im)politeness and verbal aggression shape--and are shaped by--social hierarchies, cultural contexts, and political dynamics across different contexts, from liberal to anti-liberal. Analyze how seemingly neutral concepts of "civility" and appropriate speech" often mask power relations while exploring how taboo language, conflict talk, and transgressive communication can both challenge and reinforce existing social orders. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 321P, Linguistics 350G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 321P, LIN 350G
REE 345.10 Politics and Performance 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider the power struggles of the democratic process by closely attending to language, rhetoric and performance. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323E, 324L (Topic: Politics and Performance), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Politics and Performance), 345 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323E
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.11 Indigenous Peoples of Russia and the USSR 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine an introduction to theories of colonial critique and visual culture studies. Explore the history of the Indigenous peoples of the Eurasian north. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Indig People: Rus and USSR), 324L (Topic 76), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 11)
Same as: ANT 324L.76
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.12 Shamanism and the Primitive 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 325W, Asian Studies 340 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 341P, Religious Studies 352 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 352G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Shamanism & the Primitive), 345 (Topic 12). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 341P, ANT 325W, R S 352G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.13 Power and Resistance in Putin's Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Introduction to Russian political and protest cultures--beyond the headlines and outside the Kremlin walls. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322W, 324L (Topic: Power and Resistance in Rus), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Power and Resistance in Rus), 345 (Topic 13). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 322W
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.14 Eastern Europe on American TV 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on ways Eastern Europe is depicted on American television screen. Use anthropological framework to study multiple types of television shows, including reality tv, network dramas, and miniseries. Analyze ethnic, racial, national, and gender representation and what these constructions tell us about the ways that Eastern Europe is imagined. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 345C, Anthropology 345E, European Studies 348 (Topic 22), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 345C, ANT 345E, EUS 348.22
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.16 Comparative White Nationalisms 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider critical questions about the constructions of whiteness and nationalism across the globe. Examine, through an anthropological lens, how the boundaries of whiteness changed throughout history, and its relationship to far-right political groups, to trace the history of white nationalism and its present-day global resurgence. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 323I, 324L (Topic: Comparng White Nationalisms), Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Compartv White Nationalisms), 345 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 323I
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.17 Global Perspectives of Health, Illness, and Inequality 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Use an anthropological framework to think critically and analytically about global past and contemporary issues in health. Examine the root causes of health, illness, and inequality. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324Q, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Glbl Persp Hlth/Ill/Inequal), 345 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324Q
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.18 The Anthropology of Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develop an anthropological perspective on disinformation and conspiracy theories and examine how these phenomena are embedded in cultural, social, and political contexts. Explore the ways in which disinformation is constructed, disseminated, and maintained within different media ecologies. Anthropology 345D and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 18) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 345D
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.19 The Politics of Insult 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine how linguistic practices of (im)politeness and verbal aggression shape--and are shaped by--social hierarchies, cultural contexts, and political dynamics across different contexts, from liberal to anti-liberal. Analyze how seemingly neutral concepts of "civility" and appropriate speech" often mask power relations while exploring how taboo language, conflict talk, and transgressive communication can both challenge and reinforce existing social orders. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 321P, Linguistics 350G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 321P, LIN 350G
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.2 Regions and Cultures of Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Spatial patterns in Europe, with emphasis on cultural, historical, and political geography. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic: Regions and Cultures of Europe), 346 (Topic 19), Geography 326, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 2).
Same as: EUS 346.19, GRG 326
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.4 Geography of the Former Soviet Union 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A systematic introduction to cultural, physical, political, and economic geography of the former Soviet Union. Focus on the fundamental transformation that the former Socialist Union Republics, now sovereign states, have undergone since 1991.
Same as: GRG 327
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.6 Northern Lands and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Develops geographical understanding of the Circumpolar region of the North, an ancient human habitat, home to distinct millennia-old civilizations. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic: Northern Lands and Cultures), 346 (Topic 9), Geography 356T (Topic: Northern Lands and Cultures), 356T (Topic 4), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Northern Lands and Cultures), 345 (Topic 6).
Same as: EUS 346.9, GRG 356T.4
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.7 Northern Gods, Northern Faiths: The Conversion of Scandinavians, Finns, Northern Slavs and Shamans 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
An introduction to the basic source texts for several pre-Christian belief systems evolving in geographic proximity and their influence on one another including pre-Christian Slavic; pre-Christian Scandinavian; pre-Christian Sami and Finnish; and ancient and modern Siberian shamanism. Only one of the following may be counted: German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361G, Religious Studies 357 (Topic 16), 357N, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GSD 361G, R S 357N
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.8 Cultures and Ecologies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines the anthropology of "nature" and "natural resources," with particular attention to the communities in the arctic and subarctic regions. Use ethnographies to learn about the cultures of peoples who inhabit northern latitudes, especially their cosmological modes of belief and their ecological ways of life. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 325L (Topic: Cultures and Ecologies), 325L (Topic 16), 325R, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Cultures and Ecologies), 345 (Topic 8). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 325R
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 345.9 Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
A comprehensive overview of major religious culture regions in the former Eastern bloc countries. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 356T (Topic: Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia), 356T (Topic 14), Religious Studies 357 (Topic: Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia), 357 (Topic 5), 357G, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 345 (Topic: Geography of Religion in Eastern Europe and Russia), 345 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GRG 356T.14, R S 357G
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 358Q Supervised Research 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 379C Conference Course 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of the undergraduate adviser in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 679H Honors Tutorial Course 6 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Intensive reading and research planned with and approved by the honors adviser, followed by completion of a thesis. Required of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies majors who plan to seek special honors in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. Conference course for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 679HA, upper-division standing, admission to the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Honors Program, and consent of the honors adviser; for 679HB, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 679HA.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Upper Division
REE 380 International Business Fellows Seminar 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Multidisciplinary seminar for students in area studies, business administration, law, and public policy. The faculty includes both academics and business leaders. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 391 (Topic 6), International Business 395 (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Latin American Studies 381 (Topic 8), Middle Eastern Studies 380, Public Affairs 388K (Topic: International Business Fellows Seminar), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 380.
Same as: ANS 391.6, LAS 381.8, MES 380
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Doctoral
REE 381 Seminar in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Civilizations and Cultures 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Core course. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 382 Conference Course in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 3 Hours
0 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Individual instruction on some aspect of the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)
Academic Level: Master's
REE 385 Topics in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Chechnya: Politics, Power, and People. The history, culture, religions, and recent upheaval of Chechnya.
Topic 2: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita) and 385 (Topic 2: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 3: Russian Literature and the Devil. Examines Russian literature's extensive reflection on the nature and place of evil in human existence. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Russian Literature and the Devil) and 385 (Topic 3: Russian Literature and the Devil) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 4: Medieval Slavic Manuscripts. Explores the selective study of historical texts forming the Old Church Slavonic canon. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Medieval Slavic Manuscripts) and 385 (Topic 4: Medieval Slavic Manuscripts) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 5: War and Peace in Russian Literature and Culture. Explores Russian literary and cinematic responses to the ravages of war and revolution, heroic and bloody conflicts that repeatedly devastated the country throughout its long and tumultuous history. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: War and Peace in Russian Literature and Culture) and 385 (Topic 5: War and Peace in Russian Literature and Culture) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Topic 6: The History of Russian Cinema. Survey of Russian Cinema from 1910 to 1980. Provides an overview of the historical, political, and cultural contexts that produced some of the most important films of the twentieth century. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: History of Russian Cinema) and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Topic 7: Cultural Geography of Russia. Focuses on culture, history, and traditions of diverse people and ethnic groups of Russia from a geographical perspective. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Cultural Geography of Russia) and 385 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
REE 386 Topics in Literature and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Chechnya: Politics, Power, and People. The history, culture, religions, and recent upheaval of Chechnya. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Chechnya: Politics, Power, and People) and 386 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Topic 2: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 385 (Topic 2), 386 (Topic 2).
Topic 3: Russian Literature and the Devil. Examines Russian literature's extensive reflection on the nature and place of evil in human existence. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Russian Literature and the Devil), 385 (Topic 3), 386 (Topic 3).
Topic 4: Madness and Madmen in Russian Literature. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Madness and Madmen in Russian Literature) and 386 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Topic 5: Stalinism: Ideology and Culture. Examine Stalinism as a complex historical, ideological, and cultural phenomenon that crucially shaped Russia's destiny from the twentieth century to the present moment. Consider this phenomenon beyond popular stereotypes (blood-thirsty tyrant; miserable and terrorized population; total propaganda; etc). Only one of the following may be counted: History 386S, Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Stalinism: Ideology & Culture), 386 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 386S Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 6: Memory and Archive in the European Novel. Examine 20th-century European novels that function as archives of cultural memory to retrieve individual and collective memories that lay hidden and forgotten by 20th-century history. Consider critically acclaimed writers, such as W. G. Sebald, Dubravka Ugresic, Danilo Kis, Witold Gombrowicz, and Dasa Drndic. Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Memory/Archive in Europe) and 386 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Topic 7: Conspiracy Culture in the United States and Russia. Examine a wide spectrum of conspiracist expression, from such historical texts as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion to the fictions of Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Viktor Pelevin, and others. Consider a number of pop culture artifacts that thematize conspiracy and paranoia, as well as secondary works by contemporary scholars working in the field of conspiracy studies. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Consprcy Culture US/Russia) and 386 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Topic 8: Satire and Politics. Explore several contemporary novels, featuring comedy or satire, from different Eastern European regions (Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Dagestan, Slovenia, Romania) to consider how complex history and politics are often intertwined with fantastical, humorous, and grotesque elements. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Satire and Politics) and 386 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Topic 9: Post-Communist Protest in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Consider the range of protest movements and revolutions resulting from the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union. Examine the dismantling of the "socialist realism" paradigm in literature and the arts, using a range of literary and non-fiction texts and films to explore these developments in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Russia, and other countries. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Postcom Protest Ukraine/E Eur) and 386 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
REE 386.1 Chechnya: Politics, Power, and People 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The history, culture, religions, and recent upheaval of Chechnya. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Chechnya: Politics, Power, and People) and 386 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.2 Bulgakov's Master and Margarita 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Bulgakov's Master and Margarita), 385 (Topic 2), 386 (Topic 2).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.3 Russian Literature and the Devil 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examines Russian literature's extensive reflection on the nature and place of evil in human existence. Only one of the following may be counted: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Russian Literature and the Devil), 385 (Topic 3), 386 (Topic 3).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.4 Madness and Madmen in Russian Literature 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Madness and Madmen in Russian Literature) and 386 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.5 Stalinism: Ideology and Culture 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine Stalinism as a complex historical, ideological, and cultural phenomenon that crucially shaped Russia's destiny from the twentieth century to the present moment. Consider this phenomenon beyond popular stereotypes (blood-thirsty tyrant; miserable and terrorized population; total propaganda; etc). Only one of the following may be counted: History 386S, Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Stalinism: Ideology & Culture), 386 (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 386S
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.6 Memory and Archive in the European Novel 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine 20th-century European novels that function as archives of cultural memory to retrieve individual and collective memories that lay hidden and forgotten by 20th-century history. Consider critically acclaimed writers, such as W. G. Sebald, Dubravka Ugresic, Danilo Kis, Witold Gombrowicz, and Dasa Drndic. Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Memory/Archive in Europe) and 386 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.7 Conspiracy Culture in the United States and Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine a wide spectrum of conspiracist expression, from such historical texts as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion to the fictions of Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Viktor Pelevin, and others. Consider a number of pop culture artifacts that thematize conspiracy and paranoia, as well as secondary works by contemporary scholars working in the field of conspiracy studies. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Consprcy Culture US/Russia) and 386 (Topic 7) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.8 Satire and Politics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore several contemporary novels, featuring comedy or satire, from different Eastern European regions (Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Dagestan, Slovenia, Romania) to consider how complex history and politics are often intertwined with fantastical, humorous, and grotesque elements. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Satire and Politics) and 386 (Topic 8) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 386.9 Post-Communist Protest in Ukraine and Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider the range of protest movements and revolutions resulting from the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union. Examine the dismantling of the "socialist realism" paradigm in literature and the arts, using a range of literary and non-fiction texts and films to explore these developments in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Russia, and other countries. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Postcom Protest Ukraine/E Eur) and 386 (Topic 9) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 387 Topics in Economics, History, and Government 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Security and Policy in Eastern Europe and Russia. Consider key foreign policy challenges and security issues facing post-communist Eastern European countries from the perspective of their respective NATO and EU memberships. Examine contemporary policy debates regarding a resurgent Russian, Chinese foreign policy outreach, and non-state actors, as well as challenges and concerns on terrorism, extremism, and ethnic, religious, and political radicalization. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 390L (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 387 (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), 387 (Topic 1).
Topic 2: Protest and Revolution in Eastern Europe. Explore the causes, and the patterns and modes of mobilization, of protest and regime change in Eastern Europe from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Examine and compare the specific national roots of discontent, the mechanics of mass mobilization, and the patterns of democratic uprisings, as well as the responses of national elites and external actors, in the context of these countries' socialist and post-socialist pathways. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 387 (Topic: Protest and Rev in E Europe) and 387 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Topic 3: Communism in Eastern Europe. Explore the complicated nature of communist rule in Eastern Europe in its many forms, from Poland in the North to Yugoslavia in the South. Examine the variety of lived experiences of citizens of Eastern Europe, from the imposition of communism in the region after World War II to the collapse of the system in 1989. Discuss the most recent scholarship on the region that ties regional developments to the broader Cold War context, and covers issues ranging from state-society dynamics, to religion, consumer culture, urban change, and collectivization. Only one of the following may be counted: History 383J (Topic: Communism/ Eastern Europe), 383D, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Communism/ Eastern Europe), 387 (Topic: 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 383D Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
REE 387.1 Security and Policy in Eastern Europe and Russia 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Consider key foreign policy challenges and security issues facing post-communist Eastern European countries from the perspective of their respective NATO and EU memberships. Examine contemporary policy debates regarding a resurgent Russian, Chinese foreign policy outreach, and non-state actors, as well as challenges and concerns on terrorism, extremism, and ethnic, religious, and political radicalization. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 390L (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 387 (Topic: Security/Policy E Eur/Rus), 387 (Topic 1).
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 387.2 Protest and Revolution in Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the causes, and the patterns and modes of mobilization, of protest and regime change in Eastern Europe from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Examine and compare the specific national roots of discontent, the mechanics of mass mobilization, and the patterns of democratic uprisings, as well as the responses of national elites and external actors, in the context of these countries' socialist and post-socialist pathways. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 387 (Topic: Protest and Rev in E Europe) and 387 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 387.3 Communism in Eastern Europe 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Explore the complicated nature of communist rule in Eastern Europe in its many forms, from Poland in the North to Yugoslavia in the South. Examine the variety of lived experiences of citizens of Eastern Europe, from the imposition of communism in the region after World War II to the collapse of the system in 1989. Discuss the most recent scholarship on the region that ties regional developments to the broader Cold War context, and covers issues ranging from state-society dynamics, to religion, consumer culture, urban change, and collectivization. Only one of the following may be counted: History 383J (Topic: Communism/ Eastern Europe), 383D, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 385 (Topic: Communism/ Eastern Europe), 387 (Topic: 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 383D
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 388 Topics in Anthropology, Sociology, and Geography 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Master's
Topic 1: Post-Soviet Geopolitics. Examine the major geopolitical issues in the post-Soviet space, including the history of formation of ethnic and cultural identities, nation-building, and challenges to the regional development. Consider the influences of the 'new world order' on the former Soviet Union republics and their political, demographic, and socio-economic patterns, with special attention on the development of foreign relations by the newly independent countries with their neighbors. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 388 (Topic: Post-Soviet Geopolitics) and 388 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Topic 2: Global Race and Racism. Trace the concept of race over time and in its various socio-racial configurations across the globe. Consider race and racism from a global perspective, and utilize anthropological frameworks to analyze the historical and contemporary aspects of racism, racialization, white supremacy, and racial belonging. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 388 (Topic: Global Race and Racism) and 388 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Topic 3: Ethnography of Digital Media. Investigate new digital technologies and their impact on social worlds, survey old media paradigms (the novel, the newspaper), and explore new social kinds (the troll, the hashtag, the GIF archive, the emoticon, the TikTok challenge). Focus on the "practical" contributions to conversations about media, but also consider classical theoretical text to develop a rigorous understanding of new media forms, and to design ethnographic data collection methods for projects that can answer a variety of questions about digitally mediated interaction. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 388 (Topic: Ethnography of Digtl Media) and 388 (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
REE 388.1 Post-Soviet Geopolitics 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examine the major geopolitical issues in the post-Soviet space, including the history of formation of ethnic and cultural identities, nation-building, and challenges to the regional development. Consider the influences of the 'new world order' on the former Soviet Union republics and their political, demographic, and socio-economic patterns, with special attention on the development of foreign relations by the newly independent countries with their neighbors. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 388 (Topic: Post-Soviet Geopolitics) and 388 (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 388.2 Global Race and Racism 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Trace the concept of race over time and in its various socio-racial configurations across the globe. Consider race and racism from a global perspective, and utilize anthropological frameworks to analyze the historical and contemporary aspects of racism, racialization, white supremacy, and racial belonging. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 388 (Topic: Global Race and Racism) and 388 (Topic 2) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 388.3 Ethnography of Digital Media 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Investigate new digital technologies and their impact on social worlds, survey old media paradigms (the novel, the newspaper), and explore new social kinds (the troll, the hashtag, the GIF archive, the emoticon, the TikTok challenge). Focus on the "practical" contributions to conversations about media, but also consider classical theoretical text to develop a rigorous understanding of new media forms, and to design ethnographic data collection methods for projects that can answer a variety of questions about digitally mediated interaction. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 388 (Topic: Ethnography of Digtl Media) and 388 (Topic 3) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 189 Master's Writing Colloquium 1 Hour
1 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Receive guidance and assistance through the process of writing a Master's thesis or report. Intended for Master of Arts candidates in the final year of their graduate studies. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and concurrent registration in a thesis or report class.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 698 Thesis 6 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies; for 698B, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 698A.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's
REE 398R Master's Report 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies.
Grading: Credit No Credit
Repeatable for credit: No
Academic Level: Master's