Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies
ROBERT M. JENKINS, Director
Jacqueline M. Olich, Associate Director
Professors
Richard N. Andrews, Public Policy
Christopher Browning, History
Richard R. Cole, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Patrick Conway, Economics
Carl Ernst, Religious Studies
Suzanne Gulledge, School of Education
H. Garland Hershey, School of Dentistry
Konrad Jarausch, History
Charles Kurzman, Sociology
Gary Marks, Political Science
Timothy McKeown, Political Science
David McNelis, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Louise McReynolds, History
Barbara Moran, School of Information and Library Science
John Pickles, Geography
David Pike, Germanic Languages
Barry Popkin, Carolina Population Center
Donald J. Raleigh, History
Thomas Ricketts, School of Global Public Health
Steven S. Rosefielde, Economics
Peter Sherwood, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Irene Zipper, School of Social Work
Associate Professors
Chad Bryant, History
Dean M. Harris, Health Policy and Management
Hana Pichova, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Zlatko Plese, Religious Studies
Andrew Reynolds, Political Science
Christopher Putney, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Michele Rivkin-Fish, Anthropology
Graeme Robertson, Political Science
Mark Sorensen, Anthropology
Silvia N. Tomášková, Anthropology, Women’s Studies
Milada Vachudova, Political Science
Assistant Professors
Radislav Lapushin, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Katya Pertsova, Linguistics
Klara Peter, Economics
Ewa Wampuszyc, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Senior Lecturer
Robert Jenkins, Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies and Political Science
Lecturers
Erica Johnson, Global Studies
Eleonora Magomedova, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Jacqueline Olich, Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies and History
Jonathan Weiler, Global Studies
Professors Emeriti
Joseph Anderle, History
Samuel H. Baron, History
Willis E. Brooks, History
Carolyn Connor, Classics
Lawrence E. Feinberg, Slavic Languages and Literatures
David M. Griffiths, History
Michael Hunt, History
Madeline G. Levine, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Vasa D. Mihailovich, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Anthony R. Oberschall, Sociology
Chuck Stone, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Requirements for the M.A. Degree
The Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies offers graduate work leading up to the degree of master of arts in Russian and East European studies. The degree program satisfies the general requirements of The Graduate School. In addition, the student must fulfill the following curriculum requirements:
• Four semester courses in a Slavic or East European language (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, or Serbo-Croatian)
• Completion of HIST 783, RUES 710, RUES 730, and RUES 993
• Completion of at least three courses in a concentration determined in consultation with the graduate program advisor.
• Completion and defense of the thesis project
Further information may be obtained from Robert Jenkins, Director, The Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, CB# 5125, FedEx Global Education Center, 301 Pittsboro St., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5125. Telephone: (919) 962-0901. Fax: (919) 962-2494. E-mail: rjenkins@email.unc.edu. Web: cseees.unc.edu.
Courses for Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Students
RUES
469 Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia (POLI 469, PWAD 469) (3). See POLI 469 for description.
699 Selected Topics in Russian and East European Studies (3). Selected topics in Russian and East European studies. Varies by semester.
Courses for Graduate Students
RUES
710 Core Colloquium (1). Series of follow-up discussions of guest lectures sponsored by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. The discussions will be based on bibliographies previously assigned by guest lecturers.
730 Identities and Transitions (POLI 746) (3). Capstone course for the master of arts in Russian/East European studies. Interdisciplinary course focusing on the variety of problems encountered by the societies of East European countries and successor states of the former Soviet Union in their transition from communism to democracy.
991 Independent Study in Russian and East European Studies (1–21). Allows students to undertake advanced research under the supervision of a faculty member.
993 Master’s Thesis (3–6).