OVERVIEW

Space and Sovereignty in Russian Political Thought. Advanced seminar on the meaning and historical evolution of notions such as “sphere of influence”, “territorial integrity of the state”, “Russian world”, and “Eurasian space”. Oral presentations and final paper required.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Critical understanding of the main issues and historiographical debate on tsarist and soviet history. Development of methodological awareness through textual analysis.

TEACHING METHODS

The course is organized as a seminar and students are required to make oral presentations, participate in the discussion and write a final paper replacing the oral examination. Students not attending the seminar sessions must prepare one volume in the section b) of the bibliography and take the oral exam.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

a) students attending the seminar: a detailed bibliography will be distributed at the beginning of the course sessions

b) students not attending the seminar sessions will prepare one of the following volumes for the oral exam:

- Marlène Laruelle, Russian Eurasianism: An Ideology of Empire, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

-Mark Bassin, The Gumilev mystique: biopolitics, Eurasianism, and the construction of community in modern Russia, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2016

- Blair A. Ruble, Jodi Koehn, Nancy E. Popson, Fragmented Space in the Russian Federation, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

.- Elena A. Chebankova, Russia's Federal Relations. Putin’s reforms and management of the
regions, London Routledge, 2016

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARA MORINI (President)

LARA PICCARDO (President)

MARIA ELEONORA GUASCONI

MARIA ELISABETTA TONIZZI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

II semester

Class schedule

HISTORY OF RUSSIA AND EURASIA - ADVANCED