Skip to main content.
OSUN Menu
Education sub-menu
Education
OSUN Courses
Faculty
Graduate Programs
Certificate Programs
Mobility
Teaching
Birkbeck Summer School
Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP)
Developing Teaching Professionals
Experiential Learning Institute
Global History Lab
Global Teaching Fellowship Program
GLOBALED
Curricula
CORUSUS
Economic Democracy Initiative
Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network
Global Studies
Hannah Arendt Humanities Network
Human Rights Program
Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative
Policy Labs
Professional Development Program for University Administrators
Strengthening the Core
Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice
Research sub-menu
Research
Research Projects
Community Engaged Research
The Democracy Institute
Economic Democracy Initiative
GEOHUB
Global Institute of Advanced Study
OSUN Forum on Democracy and Development
Research Creation Initiative
Fellowships
Chatham House Academy Fellowships
Global Scholars Academy
Past Projects
Interruptrr
Global Observatory on Academic Freedom
Open Society Research Platform
Access sub-menu
Access
Teacher Education
Enhanced Network Teacher Education Capacity
Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives
Education Pathways
Bard Microcollege for Just Community Leadership
Collaborative for Liberal Education for Adolescents
Consortium for the Liberal Arts in Prison
Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives
Civic sub-menu
Civic Engagement
Student Engagement
Get Engaged Conference
Global Commons
Global Engagement Fellows
Engaged Learning
Certificate in Civic Engagement
Community Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences
Community Engaged Research
Experiential Learning Institute
Solve Climate by 2030
Past Projects
Engaged Senior Projects
OSUN Science Shop
Academic Freedom sub-menu
Academic Freedom
Initiatives
AltLiberalArts
Invisible University for Ukraine
Smolny Beyond Borders
Threatened Scholars Integration Initiative
Institutional Partners
American University of Afghanistan
Parami University
News sub-menu
News + Opportunities
Newsroom
Current News
News Archive
Events
Current Events
Events Archive
Opportunities
For Students
For Faculty
Archive
Resources sub-menu
Resources
Digital Collection
Digital Case Studies
Digital Course Collection
Student-Produced Videos
Teaching Tools
About sub-menu
About
About OSUN
Our Vision
Who We Are
What We Do
Member Institutions
Themes
Annual Report
Branding
Search
Search
Courses
Education Menu
Education Menu
OSUN Courses
Mobility
Faculty
Graduate Students
Staff
Undergraduate Students
Gradute Programs
Certificate Programs
Civic Engagement
Food Studies
Global Education Development
Human Rights
Public Policy and Economic Analysis
Sustainability and Social Enterprise
Teaching
Birkbeck Summer School
Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP)
Developing Teaching Professionals
Experiential Learning Institute
Global History Lab
Global Teaching Fellowship Program
GLOBALED
Curricula
CORUSUS
Economic Democracy Initiative
Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network
Global Studies
Hannah Arendt Humanities Network
Human Rights Program
Liberal Arts and Sciences Collaborative
Policy Labs
Professional Development Program for University Administrators
Strengthening the Core
Transnational Feminism, Solidarity, and Social Justice
Search OSUN Courses
OSUN Themes: Arts and Society; Human Rights; Liberal Arts and Sciences
Russia Paradox: Intellectual History of the Russian Empire(s)
Term:
September 12, 2024 – December 19, 2024
Level
: 200-Level
Day/Time:
Thursday 9:10 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor:
Victor Apryshchenko
, Bard College
This course explores the contradictions and myths associated with the Russian Empire in its pre-Soviet and Soviet periods It uses intellectual history as a prism through which to explore challenges and contradictions of the notion of empire, and the implications of ideological hegemony and practices such as Russification within multi-ethnic and multi-cultural states. The course concludes with an exploration of the uses and abuses of historical memory in the Soviet and Putin eras, and examines how the Putin regime is the heir of the Soviet state in terms of its ideologies, institutions, and international aggressions.
Credits:
4 US / 8 ECTS
Register Here