SLAV 623 - Historiography of Imperial and Soviet Russia

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Platt. At least advanced reading knowledge of Russian. Seminar discussion will be conducted in English, but a fair amount of reading will be assigned in Russian. The course is designed for graduate students with at least advanced reading knowledge of Russian: seminar discussion will be conducted in English, but a fair amount of reading will be assigned in Russian. We will cover the development of Russian historical research and writing from the start of the eighteenth century to the present, focusing on major texts, schools and figures. Alongside this traditional historiographical architecture, segments of the course will be devoted as well to a variety of theoretical models and approaches to research, including: institutional history, cultural history, poetics of history, philosophy of history, "invention of tradition," trauma studies, and others.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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