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History Department (REE Focus): Graduate Curriculum

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Russian and East European historical studies at Indiana University include thorough coverage of the history of Eastern Europe from the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans, through Central Europe, Poland, and the Baltic Republics. We cover Russian history from early modern times to the present, plus courses on Ukrainian history and the histories of the peoples of the Caucasus and Central Asia (the latter through instructors in our sister department of Central Eurasian Studies). A great strength of our department is the variety of thematic, geographic, and chronological minors that students may take. Recent students in Russian history have minored in Asian history, American history, East European or European history, gender history, cultural history, and Central Asian studies. Students of East European history have minored in recent years in Russian history, Jewish history, gender history, and modern European history. Two recent additions to our thematic fields are cultural history, Jewish history and history of gender and sexuality. We now offer a major in these fields, and they can be combined with a concentration in a geographic field. Below is a list of current course offerings for graduate study in Russian and East European history at Indiana University. Please see the Department of History website for course descriptions.

Russian History Courses

East European History Courses