Courses in Russian and
East European Studies
Summer and Fall 1999
Produced by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina to assist students with Summer and Fall 1999 registration by providing a condensed list of courses offered in various departments relating to Slavic and East European studies. This brochure is a preliminary listing of courses scheduled to be offered. It is not an official publication of the Registrar's Office, which is the authority for resolution of any discrepancies or errors contained in this brochure.
Major in Russian and East European Area Studies
The Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies exposes the student to a language and the history, culture and institutions of the Russian and East European area. The program draws on the resources of several departments and provides both a range of perspectives and a unified understanding of the region and its peoples. The Curriculum is administered by the Joint Duke-UNC center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. The program is intended to prepare students for careers in the federal government, journalism, teaching, and graduate work in the various disciplines.
Core requirements for the major:
Art 112; Classical Archaeology 51; Classics 118; Economics 67, 168; Political Science 55, 57, 121.
Interested students should contact
Nicolae Harsanyi to discuss specific requirements and opportunities.
Slavic Languages and Literatures Majors and Minors
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures offers programs leading to the BA in Slavic Languages through courses in languages, literature, and linguistics. Majors and minors in Russian Language and Literature and Slavic and East European Linguistics provide preparatory training for government employment, business, journalism, and teaching, as well as graduate study in a range of disciplines.
Five semesters of Russian language (RUSS 1, 2, 3, 4, 21) provide a core foundation and entry to all the Slavic Department majors and minors.
Major in Russian Language and Literature
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32, 111 and 50, plus three electives chosen from among the literature and language courses offered by the department, two of which should be at the 100 level, with no more than one a course in literature in translation.
Minor in Russian Language
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32 and 111.
Major in Slavic and East European Linguistics
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32 and 101, plus two semesters of a language of another East Central European, Balkans or former USSR country. In addition, Linguistics 30, a course in Slavic linguistics, and another course at the 100 level in the department should be completed.
Minor in Russian and East European Literature in Translation
Students should complete five courses in literature in translation, with at least three being at the 100 level.
Contact the Slavic Department Undergraduate Advisor, Christopher Putney, for more specific requirements and opportunities in these majors and minors. All majors can be completed with honors. A minimum overall GPA of 3.2 and a major GPA of 3.5 are required for eligibility. For more information on the requirements for honors, please contact the appropriate Undergraduate Advisor.
HIST 019 Diversity/Post-1945 World
History MTWRF 8:00-9:30 M. Trotti
HIST 031 Russia 1861-Present
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 E. Brooks
HIST 089 Peace & War Interdisciplinary study; theory, militarism, international system, internal order and the search for peace.
MTWRF 1:15-2:45 E. Brooks
POLI 055 Soviet/Post-Soviet Politics
MTWRF 8:00-9:30 J. Weiler
POLI 085 Asia and World Affairs
Survey of relations between the U.S.
and Asian powers: China, the USSR, and Japan.
MTWRF 1:15-2:45 J. White
POLI 086 International Relations and World
Politics MTWRF 6:00-8:35 PM S. Bos
ECON 067 Comparative Economic Systems
Survey of U.S., French, Yugoslav, Soviet, and Chinese economic systems.
MTWRF 8:00-9:30 S. Rosefielde
ECON 161 International Economics
MTWRF 11:30-1:00 A. Field
HIST 019 Diversity/Post-1945 World History
MTWRF 11:30-1:00 W. Jones
HIST 119 Europe Since 1918
MTWRF 11:30-1:00 Van Wyk
LING 030 Introduction to Language MTWRF 9:45-11:15 Staff
LING 075 Languages and Nationalism
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 R. Greenberg
Note: Cross-listed as SLAV 075
POLI 086 International Relations and World Politics
MTWRF 8:00-9:30 D. Kono
SLAV 075 Languages and Nationalism
MTWRF 9:45-11:15 R. Greenberg
ANTH 327.34 Graduate Seminar in Transnationalism
Major theoretical literature on transnationalism,
globalization, diasporas, labor migration, and the
process of identity formation.
TR 2:00-3:15 D. Nonini
CZCH 101 Beginning Czech MWF
9:00-9:50 L. Janda
ECON 059 Introduction to Economic Thought
TR 2:00-3:15 McFarland
ECON 160 European Economic Integration
MWF 9:00-10:50 Black
ECON 161 International Economics
MWF 11:00-11:50 Staff
TR 12:30-1:45 A. Field
ECON 168 Soviet/Post-Soviet Economic System
MWF 9:00-9:50 Rosefielde
HIST 017 20th Century Europe
MWF 2:00-2:50 Jarausch
HIST 018 Contemporary World Since 1945 MWF 10:00-10:50 Fletcher MWF 1:00-1:50 Hunt
HIST
030 Russia To 1861 MWF 10:00-10:50 Griffiths
HIST 031 Russia 1861-Present
TR 12:30-1:45 Raleigh
HIST 036 Intro to Islamic Civilization
TR 11:00-12:15 Shields
HIST 090Z-010 Legacies of Russian and Soviet Imperialism:
National Identity and Ethnicity
T 2:00pm-4:50 Brooks
HIST 100-003 Contemporary Balkans
W 6:00-8:50 PM Dienstbier
HIST 185 Russia 1796-1917 TR
9:30-10:45 Brooks
HIST 204A Russian History Before
1796 W 1:00-3:50 Griffiths
MACD 103 Intermediate Macedonian
TR 3:00-4:45 R. Greenburg
PHIL 037 Social Ethics and Political Thought
MWF 8:00-8:50 Staff
TR 3:30-4:45 Adams
PHIL 068 Ethics of Peace, War, and Defense
Authority of the state, pacifism,
national defense, ethics of revolution, war in the nuclear age
MWF 8:00-8:50 Staff
PLSH 103 Intermediate Polish
TR 12:30-1:45 B. Holmgren
POLI 057 Politics of East Central Europe
MW 8:30-9:45 Hicks
Honors: MW 2:00-3:15 Hicks
POLI 086 International Relations World Politics
MW 9:00-9:50 (+rec) T. Oatley
TR 8:00-9:15 S. Hall MWF 1:00-1:50 Staff
POLI 114 European Societies Commonalties
and differences and difficulties of integration process
TR 11:00-12:15 Von Wahl
POLI 141 Theories of War and Peace
TR 1:00-2:15 Staff
RELI 024 Introduction to Judaic
Civilization MW 12:00-12:50 Halpern
RELI 025 Introduction to Islamic
Civilization TR 11:00-12:15 Sheilds
RUSS 001 Elementary Russian
MWF: 8:00-8:50 (Sec. 1), 10:00-10:50 (Sec. 2),
12:00-12:50 (Sec. 3), 3:00-3:50 (Magomedova,
Sec. 4), 10:00-10:50 (Sec. 5).
**Recitation Sections**
R: 9:30-10:20 (601), 2:00-2:50 (602), 3:30-
4:20 (604), 3:30-4:20 (606), 2:00-2:50 (607),
8:00-8:50 (609); W: 12:00-12:50 (603),
4:00-4:50 (605), 4:00-4:50 (608).
RUSS 002 Elementary Russian
MWF 8:00-8:50 Staff
Recitation: R 8:00-8:50
RUSS 003 Intermediate Russian
MWF: 8:00-8:50, 12:00-12:50 Staff
RUSS 004 Intermediate Russian
MWF 3:00-3:50 Staff
RUSS 011 Intermediate Russian Conversation
TR 3:30-4:20 Staff
RUSS 021 Russian Conversation
MWF: 12:00-12:50, 2:00-2:50 Staff
RUSS 031 Advanced Russian Grammar
MWF 1:00-1:50 Staff
RUSS 044 Selected Readings in Russian
TBA Staff
RUSS 070 19th Century
Russian Literature
MWF 10:00-10:50 Staff
RUSS 097 Honors Reading
TBA Staff
RUSS 111 Advanced Russian Conversation
and Composition
MWF 2:00-2:50 E. Magomedova
RUSS 121 Advanced Russian Practicum
TBA Staff
RUSS 171 Gogol
TR 2:00-2:50 Putney
RUSS 190 Teaching Methods
TBA E. Magomedova
SERB 101 Elementary Serbo-Croatian
MWF 1:00-1:50 R. Greenberg
SLAV 006F Metaphor and the Body
MWF 11:00-11:50 L. Janda
SLAV 044 Slavic Readings
TBA Staff
SLAV 097 Slavic Honors
TBA Staff
SLAV 100 Old Church Slavonic
MWF 10:00-10:50 Feinberg
SLAV 167/ Ethnic Conflicts
PWAD 167 MW 3:00-4:15 R. Greenberg
SLAV 240 Graduate Readings
TBA Staff
This new semester-long program, open to both undergraduate and graduate students, begins Fall 1998 at Jerome of Prague College. Students have the opportunity to complete an independent research project and four courses chosen from a variety of fields in the humanities and social sciences including Czech language and literature. Internships with local or multinational companies or Czech political institutions are also possible. Students are housed at the Komensky Dorm within walking distance of the Prague Castle.
The Saratov program combines intensive Russian language training with instruction in Russian literature, area studies, and culture. The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students with at least four semesters of Russian language instruction The city of Saratov, founded in 1590, is located on the banks of the Volga river. Students have the option of living with a Russian family or in a private apartment.
For more information contact the
Center at 962-0901 or the Study Abroad Office at 962-7001.
Our Center sponsors a number of activities every year, including frequent lectures, visiting professors, and special seminars. UNC-Chapel Hill also has a rich collections of books and periodicals on Russia, the USSR, and Eastern Europe in the relevant languages, as well as in English and other Western languages.
For more information on any of the
listings in this brochure, please contact the Center for Slavic,
Eurasian and East European Studies, or the registrar's office,
or consult the published course listings.
Anderle, Joseph. Professor Emeritus of History. Eastern Europe, chiefly since 1815. 962-2184. Baron, Samuel. Alumni Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus. shbaron@email.unc.edu. 962-2115 Brooks, E. Willis. Gordon and Bowman Gray Associate Professor of History. 19th century Russia; Social/administrative history. ewbrooks@email.unc.edu. 962-5043. Connor, Carolyn. Assistant Professor of Classics. Byzantine studies. calliec@uncmvs.oit.unc.edu. 962-7919. Davis, Edward. Slavic Cataloger. emdavis@email.unc.edu. 962-0160. Debreczeny, Paul. Alumni Distinguished Professor of Russian Literature. 19th century and comparative literature. pdebrecz@email.unc.edu. 962-1178. Feinberg, Lawrence. Associate Professor of Slavic Languages. Slavic linguistics, morphology, poetics. lfeinber@email.unc.edu. 962-7552. Greenberg, Robert. Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages. Balkan/South Slavic and synchronic linguistics, dialectology; Bulgarian. Rdgreenb@email.unc.edu. 962-7550. Griffiths, David. Professor of History. 18th century Russia, social and intellectual history, Marxism. griffith.ham@mhs.unc.edu. 962-5057. Harsanyi, Nicolae. Administrative Director, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. 962-0901. Hicks, Barbara. Assistant Professor of Political Science. Comparative politics, Eastern Europe. hicks.ham@mhs.unc.edu. 962-0441. Hertz-Picciotto, Irva. Associate Professor of Epidemiology. Irva_hertzp@unc.edu. 966-7445. Holmgren, Beth. Associate Professor of Slavic Languages. 20th century, Russian and Polish literature; feminist theory; Polish. holmgren@email.unc.edu. 962-7554. Jolluck, Katherine. Assistant Professor of History. 20th century Eastern Europe; World War II; East European Women and War. jolluck@email.unc.edu. 962-6618. Janda, Laura. Professor of Slavic Languages. Director of UNC-CH Center. Russian/West Slavic and cognitive linguistics; Czech. lajanda@email.unc.edu. 962-7549. Levine, Madeline. Kenan Professor of Slavic Literatures, Chair of Slavic Department. Russian and Polish literature, literature of the Holocaust; Polish. mglevine@email.unc.edu. 962-7553. Magomedova, Eleonora. Lecturer of Slavic Languages. Russian language, pedagogy, 20th century Russian literature. emagomed@email.unc.edu. 962-7551. Mihailovich, Vasa. Emeritus Professor of Slavic Languages. vdmihail@email.unc.edu. 962-1023. Putney, Christopher. Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages. Medieval, 18th and 19th century Russian literature. crputney@email.unc.edu. 962-7548. Raliegh, Donald J. Professor of History. 20th century Russian and Soviet history. djr@email.unc.edu. 962-8077. Rosefielde, Steven. Professor of Economics. Comparative economic systems. srosefield.econ@mhs.unc.edu. 966-5371. Rupen, Robert. Emeritus Professor of Political Science. rrupen@gibbs.oit.unc.edu. 962-0417. Schwartz, Joel. Professor of Political Science. Soviet politics and American social policy. jjschwar@email.unc.edu. 962-3041. Vuletic, Ivana. Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages. South Slavic, 19th and 20th century Russian literature, Serbo-Croatian. ivuletic@email.unc.edu. 962-7556. Zilper, Nadia. Slavic Bibliographer, Davis Library Collection Development Department. nadia_zilper@unc.edu. 962-3740.