Russian Social and Intellectual History
Explores main currents of Russian social thought in the 18th and 19th centuries, focusing on the social and intellectual history of the Russian empire.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.38 GPA, 62.7% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2013: 3.38 GPA, 61.9% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Identify and debate major turning points in the social and intellectual history of the Russian empire.
Explain why imperial Russian subjects - and contemporary observers - were so preoccupied with the question of whether the country was a part of Europe.
Analyze the relationship between the social conditions and intellectual trends that developed in the Russian empire to consider how they shaped one another.
Develop your own answer to the following question: how does the social and intellectual history of the Russian empire help you to situate the country, its conditions, and its peoples in the wider world?
Communicate ideas, questions, and conclusions clearly in written and spoken form to make compelling arguments.
Delineate and evaluate key historiographical debates in the social and intellectual history of the Russian empire.
Source: UW Guide
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2010: 3.38 GPA, 62.7% A/AB (n=51 letter grades); Spring 2013: 3.38 GPA, 61.9% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).
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Topics
- Russian social thought in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- The question of Russia's place in Europe from the perspective of imperial subjects and contemporary observers.
- Interplay between social conditions and intellectual trends in the Russian empire.
Skills
- Identifying and debating major turning points in Russian social and intellectual history.
- Analyzing the reciprocal relationship between social conditions and intellectual trends in the Russian empire.
- Delineating and evaluating key historiographical debates regarding the Russian empire.
- Communicating ideas and conclusions clearly in written and spoken forms to construct compelling arguments.
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