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2019 - 2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Russian, Central & East European Studies
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Russian, Central, and Eastern European Studies
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RES 291 - Perspectives in 20th-Century Central and Eastern European Literature 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 291 . This course examines and analyzes a number of 20th-century works in translation from several countries of Central and Eastern Europe (primarily, but not limited to, the former-Yugoslavia, Poland, and the former-Czechoslovakia). Attention is devoted to how writers, artists, poets, and others attempt to understand and respond to major events and issues in specific countries, and in the region in general: war, genocide, revolution, totalitarianism, political repression, clashes of religion and culture, and quests for (self-)identity.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Not offered every year.
Plus-2 option available.
Foreign language option available in Polish for course and +2.
Instructor: Armstrong -
RES 495 - Senior Research or Seminar 2 or 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
An interdisciplinary senior seminar or senior research project for students completing the concentration in Russian, Central and Eastern European Studies. May be repeated in consecutive semesters by a student pursuing a single research project. Credits earned each semester must fulfill program requirements as specified in program description.
Instructor: Staff
Special Topics-Spring
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RES 295-01 - Special Topic: Defeat Evil With Good: Victory and Aftermath. Poland 1979 - 2019 4 credits (Spring)
This course will examine Poland’s transformations from 1979-2019, from the Solidarity movement and the great strike of 1980, the military coup of 1981 and the round-table compromise of 1989 that led to the fall of the Communist regime in Poland. It will then analyze the post-1989 transformations and Poland’s political evolution, the normalization of the ex-Communist party, the social impact of capitalism, and the role of the Church and the recent rise of populist authoritarianism.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff -
RES 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Comparing Genocides 4 credits (Spring)
The course will explore key aspects of genocide in the modern era. It will focus mainly on four instances of genocide: of the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, of the Jews by Nazi Germany, of Bosnians in the Bosnian war, and of Tutsi by Hutu in Rwanda, and will deal extensively with the involvement and responsibility of not only the immediate perpetrators, but of their societies at large. Basic knowledge of the historical facts involved is expected.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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