printer friendly pageREES 200: Current Issues in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Enrollment limited to REEES students. Scholars present analyses of methodologies, challenges, and current issues in the study of Russia, E. Europe, and Eurasia.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
REES 299: Directed Reading
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-12
| Repeatable
for credit
REES 320: State and Nation Building in Central Asia
Issues of identity, development, and security following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the emergence of independent states in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus. Topics include the impact of 9/11, the spread of radical Islamist movements in the region, its growing role as a transit route for drugs, weapons, and possibly nuclear materials, the impact of the Soviet legacy, the nature of political and economic transformations, relations with neighboring countries, security challenges, and options facing U.S. policy makers.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Lapidus, G. (PI)
REES 35: Films of Central Asia
Films with English subtitles from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. May be repeated once for credit. (AU)
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
Instructors:
Kunanbaeva, A. (PI)
REES 105: Central and East European Politics (REES 205)
Focus is on how the states of Central and East Europe, including the Baltic states, have moved from communism and the Soviet Bloc to democracy, NATO and the EU. Topics include the communist legacy, transitions and their legacies, ethnic issues, and the evolution of economic and social policies, and the comparison of democratization processes in these countries to democracies in other regions, such as Latin America and southern Europe.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
REES 130: WIth God in Russia: Orthodox Christianity in the 19th and 20th Centuries (REES 330)
The experience of religion, particularly Orthodoxy, under tsars and commissars. Religion as a lived experience; practice and belief in the provinces and villages, intertwining of religion and folk customs (the so-called double faith); condition of the Church before and after the Revolutions of 1917; religion under Soviet control; and liberation of the Church since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
REES 205: Central and East European Politics (REES 105)
Focus is on how the states of Central and East Europe, including the Baltic states, have moved from communism and the Soviet Bloc to democracy, NATO and the EU. Topics include the communist legacy, transitions and their legacies, ethnic issues, and the evolution of economic and social policies, and the comparison of democratization processes in these countries to democracies in other regions, such as Latin America and southern Europe.
REES 330: WIth God in Russia: Orthodox Christianity in the 19th and 20th Centuries (REES 130)
The experience of religion, particularly Orthodoxy, under tsars and commissars. Religion as a lived experience; practice and belief in the provinces and villages, intertwining of religion and folk customs (the so-called double faith); condition of the Church before and after the Revolutions of 1917; religion under Soviet control; and liberation of the Church since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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