Russian and East European Studies
The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Program (REEES) of Emory University is administered through the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures (REALC). It is a dynamic interdepartmental program that seeks to broaden knowledge about Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia through multi- and inter-disciplinary programming. Along with core faculty in REALC, faculty of REEES include specialists in history, political science, art history, film and media studies, and music. REEES supports an undergraduate major and minor in “REES” with options in language and culture or interdisciplinary studies. A range of study abroad programs, internships, and opportunities for undergraduate research and Honors are available. [Please see REALC]
Concentrations
Faculty
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Juliette Apkarian
- Core
Courses
REES 100-Level Courses
Fulfills GER freshman seminar requirement. Seminar will introduce students to special topics in Russian and East European studies with a cross-disciplinary approach.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- FS
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
REES 200-Level Courses
An introduction to Russian, this course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the questions that have animated Russians for centuries: What is Russia? Where is Russia going? These issues are approached from a number of perspectives: historical, cultural, political, legal, & artistic.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
An introduction to Russian, this course takes an interdisciplinary approach to the questions that have animated Russians for centuries: What is Russia? Where is Russia going? These issues are approached from a number of perspectives: historical, cultural, political, legal, & artistic.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- SS
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Explores the repressions of the Soviet totalitarianism through the experience of those who lived through it. Taking a humanistic approach, this course will focus on autobiography, memoirs, letters, and diaries to explore average Soviet citizens' interior life during Stalinism.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 251
Explores the repressions of the Soviet totalitarianism through the experience of those who lived through it. Taking a humanistic approach, this course will focus on autobiography, memoirs, letters, and diaries to explore average Soviet citizens' interior life during Stalinism.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 251W
Study of Russian, Eastern European, or Eurasian languages, literature, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Study of Russian, Eastern European, or Eurasian languages, literature, society, thought, or culture, alone or in conjunction with other literary or cultural trends. Topics to be announced in advance.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
REES 300-Level Courses
This class will examine the transformation of Central Asia's ancient cultures by Russian imperialism, Soviet domination and post-Soviet globalization. Topics include settler colonialism, revolution, the eradication of nomadism, the attack on Islam, and the rise of urban, industrialism.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 328
This class will examine the transformation of Central Asia's ancient cultures by Russian imperialism, Soviet domination and post-Soviet globalization. Topics include settler colonialism, revolution, the eradication of nomadism, the attack on Islam, and the rise of urban, industrialism.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 328W
Topics to be announced in advance.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Topics to be announced in advance.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Variable credit. Department permission required.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
REES 400-Level Courses
Jr/Sr Colloquium. This class will study not simply the rise and rule of Iosef Stalin-one of the Twentieth Century's most sanguinary rulers-but also the deep social, political and cultural revolutions he wrought that still shape post-Soviet Russia and the world.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 420W
Jr/Sr Colloquium. Investigates he most infamous symbol of Soviet Communism, the forced-labor camps-the Gulags. From the intake of millions of "dekulakized" peasants to the killing fields of wartime Gulag to the Party's ""purged,"" the Gulag evolved and had a history. Here, we focus on that history.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 421W
Jr/Sr Colloquium. Concentrate on the experience of women across the broad scope of Russian history. Will investigate women's roles in the Russian aristocracy, serfdom, revolutionary movement, Communist state and post-Soviet embrace of capitalism and gender subordination.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 422W
Jr/Sr Colloquium. This course will examine Russia and its Muslims over a long chronological span (with particular emphasis on the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries) and broad geographical focus (the Volga, the Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as the Russian heartland).
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 423W
Required of Russian area studies majors. The interdisciplinary thesis must be approved by the Russian and East European Studies Committee and will be directed by a member of the faculty whose specialty lies in the field emphasized by the student's course of study.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Required of Russian area studies majors. The interdisciplinary thesis must be approved by the Russian and East European Studies Committee and will be directed by a member of the faculty whose specialty lies in the field emphasized by the student's course of study.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
This is the first of the two courses required for students pursuing Honors in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- XA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
This is the second of the two courses required for students pursuing Honors in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (REES).
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Students conduct directed or supervised research in support of a faculty member's research project or agenda. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- XA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Students study, read, and write on a topic under the direction or supervision of a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Students conduct independent research in support of their own research agenda or question with guidance from a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- XA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None