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This course explores various issues of nationalism in post-Soviet Russia/Eurasia from the collapse of the Soviet Union up to recent developments. The objective of the course is to provide a broad understanding of the importance of nationalism in late Soviet and Russian political history.
Students will familiarize themselves with the late Soviet and post-Soviet nationalities policies as well as with ethnic problems and conflicts in the USSR/ Eurasia. Students will be also able to analyze the logic of decision-making in the Soviet nationalities policy and realize political potential and prospects of nationalism in present Eurasia. The course will enable students to evaluate policies, problems and conflicts both from normative and non-normative (pragmatic) perspectives.
The course consists of three parts: the first part presents theoretical introduction to nationalism, the second part covers the Soviet period and the third part focuses on the post-Soviet nationalism. Among the topics covered are the collapse of the USSR, Russian compatriots’ policy, ethnic reasons of the collapse of the USSR, ethnic mobilization in the late Soviet period, conflict in Chechnya, radical Russian nationalism and many others.
Last update: Dr. Dmitry Dubrovskiy (14.02.2024)
Этот курс исследует различные проблемы национализма в постсоветской России/Евразии, начиная с распада Советского Союза и заканчивая недавними событиями. Цель курса – обеспечить широкое понимание важности национализма в поздней советской и российской политической истории.
Студенты ознакомятся с позднесоветской и постсоветской национальной политикой, а также с этническими проблемами и конфликтами в СССР/Евразии. Студенты также смогут проанализировать логику принятия решений в советской национальной политике и осознать политический потенциал и перспективы национализма в современной Евразии. Курс позволит студентам оценивать политику, проблемы и конфликты как с нормативной, так и с прагматической точки зрения.
Курс состоит из трех частей: первая часть представляет собой теоретическое введение в национализм, вторая часть охватывает советский период, а третья часть посвящена постсоветскому национализму. Среди затронутых тем - распад СССР, политика российских соотечественников, этнические причины распада СССР, этническая мобилизация в позднесоветский период, радикальный русский национализм и многие другие.
Aim of the course -
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Students will familiarize themselves with the late Soviet and post-Soviet nationalities policies as well as with ethnic problems and conflicts in the USSR/ Eurasia. Students will be also able to analyze the logic of decision-making in the Soviet nationalities policy and realize political potential and prospects of nationalism in present Russia. The course will enable students to evaluate policies, problems and conflicts both from normative and non-normative (pragmatic) perspectives.
Last update: Dr. Dmitry Dubrovskiy (14.02.2024)
Студенты ознакомятся с позднесоветской и постсоветской национальной политикой, а также с этническими проблемами и конфликтами в СССР/Евразии. Студенты также смогут проанализировать логику принятия решений в советской национальной политике и осознать политический потенциал и перспективы национализма в современной России. Курс позволит студентам оценивать политику, проблемы и конфликты как с нормативной, так и с ненормативной (прагматической) точки зрения.)
Студенты ознакомятся с позднесоветской и постсоветской национальной политикой, а также с этническими проблемами и конфликтами в СССР/Евразии. Студенты также смогут проанализировать логику принятия решений в советской национальной политике и осознать политический потенциал и перспективы национализма в современной России. Курс позволит студентам оценивать политику, проблемы и конфликты как с нормативной, так и с ненормативной (прагматической) точки зрения.)
Course completion requirements -
Last update: Dr. Dmitry Dubrovskiy (14.02.2024)
The course is designed as a series of lectures and seminars to discuss selected issues related to theory and history of nationalism in Russia.
First, as the course is grounded on discussion of problems with no sole optimal solution, each student must take part in the discussions during seminars. The assessment of students` work is based on individual participation and individual oral presentations on the issues raised in the compulsory readings. Grading is based on answers to the instructor’s questions addressed to the audience and particular students; students’ questions to the instructor; discussions among students in smaller groups. Students are assessed for the quality of their arguments and ability to analyze critically the problem, engage with the arguments of the book, peers and the instructor, ability to find links between different parts of the course and its readings.
Second, the attendance is obligatory. Students must not skip classes without valid reason. If a student misses more than one class without a valid reason, he/she will be punished by reduction of his/her assessment by 5 % for each class sh/e has missed.
Finally, to pass the exam each student has to submit an essay on one of the books that were discussed during the course. The topic of an essay should be approved by the instructor and submitted by the student no later than three weeks before the deadline.
Grading rules
Gfinal = 0,20 active participation and presence in the class + 0.20 Case Portfolio + 0.20 Presentation + 0.40 Written essay
1/ Oral presentations: One presentation is introductory to the chosen case, based on generally available data and material. The criteria of assessment include the ability to present and interpret data: clarity, logic, and responsiveness (when questioned).
2/ Portfolio: Each student, after picking up a particular case, starts working on a portfolio that he/she continues to develop until the end of class. The portfolio includes different sources for analyses - from the mass media reports and primary source material, including mass media, analytical reporting, blogs and forums, statistical data, qualitative studies of narratives, to a review of academic literature and analytical literature; finally, the elements of independent analysis of the case under study. Here the criteria are: completeness of various “layers” of the portfolio, and interconnections between them. At least 30 sources have to be collected in the portfolio – with the explanation, why it important for the case under investigation (should be done till mid-term”)
3/ Written essay: The written essay is assigned by the end of the class; it must basically include a review of the academic literature on the chosen case. The criteria of assessment are: clarity of writing style, thorough documentation/reference style, creating logical structure of the essay
1. Активное участие. Курс предполагает комбинацию лекций и семинаров,, с чтением к каждому занятию. Готовность к занятию означает, что студент прочитал заданный текст и готов его обсуждать.
2. Пропуск занятий возможен только по договоренности с лектором. Пропуск замешается кратким письменным пересказом обсужденной на занятии статьи или главы из монографии
3. Каждый студент делает одну презентацию за занятие, по темам, распределенным заранее
4. Каждый студент готовит портфолио по избранной для эссе теме (список статей или монографией плюс краткое резюме содержания этих работ). Портфолио по избранной теме представляет собой расширенную библиографию, с которой автор будет работать для написания финального эссе. Каждый источник должен сопровождаться кратким комментарием, что именно в этом источнике нужно для раскрытия темы эссе.
5. Финальная оценка определяется письменной работой по заранее утвержденной теме. Изменение темы возможно не позже, чем за три недели до срока сдачи.
Формула оценки – активное участие плюс презентация плюс финальное эссе
Beissinger, M.R. (2009). Nationalism and the Collapse of Soviet Communism. Contemporary European History, [online] 18(3), pp.331–347
Brubaker, Rogers. "Nationalizing states revisited: projects and processes of nationalization in post-Soviet states." In Nationalism, ethnicity and boundaries, pp. 177-203. Routledge, 2014.
Du Quenoy, Irina, and Dmitry Dubrovskiy. "Violence and the Defense of ‘Traditional Values’ in the Russian Federation." Religion and Violence in Russia: Context, Manifestations, and Policy (2018): 93-116
Fenghi, Fabrizio, 2017. Making post-Soviet counterpublics: the aesthetics of Limonka and the National-Bolshevik Party. Nationalities Papers, 45(2), pp.182-205.
Knox, Zoe 2005. Russian Orthodoxy, Russian Nationalism, and Patriarch Aleksii II. Nationalities Papers, 33(4), pp.533-545.
Koposov, Nikolay. Memory laws, memory wars: the politics of the past in Europe and Russia. Cambridge, Cambridge UP. Chapter 1.
Laruelle, Marlene. "Rethinking Russian nationalism: Historical continuity, political diversity, and doctrinal fragmentation." In Russian nationalism and the national reassertion of Russia, pp. 13-48. 2010.
Laruelle, Marlene. "Russia as a “Divided nation,” from compatriots to Crimea: A contribution to the discussion on nationalism and foreign policy." Problems of Post-Communism 62, no. 2 (2015): 88-97.
Laruelle, Marlene. Russian nationalism: Imaginaries, doctrines, and political battlefields. Taylor & Francis, 2019. Parts I-II
Mitrofanova, Anastasia. "Russian ethnic nationalism and religion today." The New Russian Nationalism: Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 104-131.
Ryazanova-Clarke, Lara. "From commodification to weaponization: The Russian language as ‘pride’and ‘profit’in Russia's transnational discourses." International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 20, no. 4 (2017): 443-456.
Shcherbak, Andrey, and Kristina Sych. "Trends in Russian nationalities policy: a structural perspective." Problems of Post-Communism 64, no. 6 (2017): 311-328.
Sukhankin, Sergey. "Anti-Semitism in the late Soviet Union: The rise and fall of Pamyat movement." Tiempo devorado 4, no. 1 (2017): 0039-60
Suny, R.G. (1993). Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Suny, R.G. (1993). Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Verkhovsky, Alexander. "Radical nationalists from the start of Medvedev’s presidency to the war in Donbas: True till death?." The new Russian nationalism. imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 75-103.
Last update: Dr. Dmitry Dubrovskiy (14.02.2024)
Малахов, Владимир. Национализм как политическая идеология. Университет «Книжный дом».М, 2005. Ч. 1. Национализм как предмет политической теории
Щербак Андрей Николаевич, Болячевец Лилия Станиславовна, Платонова Евгения Сергеевна История советской национальной политики: колебания маятника? // Полит. наука. 2016. №1. URL: https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/istoriya-sovetskoy-natsionalnoy-politiki-kolebaniya-mayatnika (дата обращения: 22.09.2023).Laruelle, Marlene. "Rethinking Russian nationalism: Historical continuity, political diversity, and doctrinal fragmentation." In Russian nationalism and the national reassertion of Russia, pp. 13-48. 2010.
Beissinger, M.R. (2009). Nationalism and the Collapse of Soviet Communism. Contemporary European History, [online] 18(3), pp.331–347
Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel. "Two centuries of Russian Sámi policy: arrangements for autonomy and participation seen in light of imperial, Soviet and federal indigenous minority policy 1822–2014." Acta Borealia 32, no. 1 (2015): 40-67.
Brubaker, Rogers. "Nationalizing states revisited: projects and processes of nationalization in post-Soviet states." In Nationalism, ethnicity and boundaries, pp. 177-203. Routledge, 2014.
Du Quenoy, Irina, and Dmitry Dubrovskiy. "Violence and the Defense of ‘Traditional Values’ in the Russian Federation." Religion and Violence in Russia: Context, Manifestations, and Policy (2018): 93-116
Knox, Zoe 2005. Russian Orthodoxy, Russian Nationalism, and Patriarch Aleksii II. Nationalities Papers, 33(4), pp.533-545.
Koposov, Nikolay. Memory laws, memory wars: the politics of the past in Europe and Russia. Cambridge, Cambridge UP. Chapter 1.
Kuzio, Taras. Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality. Routledge, 2022.
Laruelle, Marlene. "Russia as a “Divided nation,” from compatriots to Crimea: A contribution to the discussion on nationalism and foreign policy." Problems of Post-Communism 62, no. 2 (2015): 88-97.
Laruelle, Marlene. Russian nationalism: Imaginaries, doctrines, and political battlefields. Taylor & Francis, 2019. Parts I-II
Martin, Terry Dean. The affirmative action empire: nations and nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939. Cornell University Press, 2001.
Mitrofanova, Anastasia. "Russian ethnic nationalism and religion today." The New Russian Nationalism: Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 104-131.
Ryazanova-Clarke, Lara. "From commodification to weaponization: The Russian language as ‘pride’and ‘profit’in Russia's transnational discourses." International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 20, no. 4 (2017): 443-456.
Shcherbak, Andrey, and Kristina Sych. "Trends in Russian nationalities policy: a structural perspective." Problems of Post-Communism 64, no. 6 (2017): 311-328.
Shtyrkov, Sergey. "Religious nationalism in contemporary Russia: the case of the Ossetian ethnic religious project." In Understanding Russianness, pp. 232-244. Routledge, 2011.
Sukhankin, Sergey. "Anti-Semitism in the late Soviet Union: The rise and fall of Pamyat movement." Tiempo devorado 4, no. 1 (2017): 0039-60
Suny, R.G. (1993). Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Suny, Roni. Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 1993
Surzhko Harned, Lena. "Russian world and Ukrainian autocephaly: Religious narratives in anti-colonial nationalism of Ukraine." Religions 13, no. 4 (2022): 349.
The new Russian nationalism: Imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2000–15 / Ed. by Pål Kolstø, Helge Blakkisrud. –Edinburg: Edinburg univ. press, 2016
Verkhovsky, Alexander. "Radical nationalists from the start of Medvedev’s presidency to the war in Donbas: True till death?." The new Russian nationalism. imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 75-103.
Verkhovsky, Alexander. "Russian approaches to radicalism and ‘extremism’as applied to nationalism and religion." Russia and Islam: State, Society and Radicalism 66 (2010): 2
White, James M., and Alexander S. Palkin. "Religion and Nationalism in Modern Russia; Or the Uses and Abuses of Edinoverie." the soviet and post-soviet review 44, no. 3 (2017): 343-356.
Teaching methods - Russian
Last update: Dr. Dmitry Dubrovskiy (14.02.2024)
Преподавание курса основано на лекциях и семинарах, которые в основном посвящены обсуждению прочитанных к семинару текстов. Отдельной формой занятий являются презентации, на которых студенты защищают тему своей работы по курсу.
Syllabus -
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1. Introduction. Soviet and Russian Nationalism : uncertain relations
Reading
Suny, R.G. (1993). Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
Laruelle, Marlene. "Rethinking Russian nationalism: Historical continuity, political diversity, and doctrinal fragmentation." In Russian nationalism and the national reassertion of Russia, pp. 13-48. 2010.
2. Ideological foundation of Russian nationalism
Laruelle, Marlene. Russian nationalism: Imaginaries, doctrines, and political battlefields. Taylor & Francis, 2019. Parts I-II
3 Late Soviet Union and Russian Nationalism in Russia: “Russian Party” and “Pamyat” Russian nationalism and collapse of USSR.
Reading
Sukhankin, Sergey. "Anti-Semitism in the late Soviet Union: The rise and fall of Pamyat movement." Tiempo devorado 4, no. 1 (2017): 0039-60
Beissinger, M.R. (2009). Nationalism and the Collapse of Soviet Communism. Contemporary European History, [online] 18(3), pp.331–347
Suny, R.G. (1993). Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
4. Russian policy of nationalities and Russian nationalism
Shcherbak, Andrey, and Kristina Sych. "Trends in Russian nationalities policy: a structural perspective." Problems of Post-Communism 64, no. 6 (2017): 311-328.
Brubaker, Rogers. "Nationalizing states revisited: projects and processes of nationalization in post-Soviet states." In Nationalism, ethnicity and boundaries, pp. 177-203. Routledge, 2014.
5. Russian compatriots’ abroad – between “common past” and “ethnic unity”
Reading
Laruelle, Marlene. "Russia as a “Divided nation,” from compatriots to Crimea: A contribution to the discussion on nationalism and foreign policy." Problems of Post-Communism 62, no. 2 (2015): 88-97.
6. Russian Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism
Reading
Knox, Zoe 2005. Russian Orthodoxy, Russian Nationalism, and Patriarch Aleksii II. Nationalities Papers, 33(4), pp.533-545.
Mitrofanova, Anastasia. "Russian ethnic nationalism and religion today." The New Russian Nationalism: Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 104-131.
7. Russian radical nationalism
Reading
Verkhovsky, Alexander. "Radical nationalists from the start of Medvedev’s presidency to the war in Donbas: True till death?." The new Russian nationalism. imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 75-103.
Du Quenoy, Irina, and Dmitry Dubrovskiy. "Violence and the Defense of ‘Traditional Values’ in the Russian Federation." Religion and Violence in Russia: Context, Manifestations, and Policy (2018): 93-116
8 Putin and Nationalism
Reading
Kolstø, Pål. "The ethnification of Russian nationalism." The New Russian nationalism: Imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2000–2015 (2016): 18-45.
9 Russia: Nationalizing country, weaponizing memory and language
Reading
Koposov, Nikolay. Memory laws, memory wars: the politics of the past in Europe and Russia. Cambridge, Cambridge UP. Chapter 1.
Ryazanova-Clarke, Lara. "From commodification to weaponization: The Russian language as ‘pride’and ‘profit’in Russia's transnational discourses." International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 20, no. 4 (2017): 443-456.
10. Russian nationalism and the Ukrainian War
Reading
Kolstø, Pål. "Crimea vs. Donbas: How Putin won Russian nationalist support—And lost it again." Slavic Review 75, no. 3 (2016): 702-725.
Kuzio, Taras. Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality. Routledge, 2022.
Last update: Dr. Dmitry Dubrovskiy (14.02.2024)
1. Введение. Что такое национализм? Национализм и его типы. Основные подходы к изучению
Литература:
Малахов, Владимир. Национализм как политическая идеология. Университет «Книжный дом».М, 2005. Ч. 1. Национализм как предмет политической теории
2. Русский национализм: общая характеристика и периодизация.
Литература:
Щербак Андрей Николаевич, Болячевец Лилия Станиславовна, Платонова Евгения Сергеевна История советской национальной политики: колебания маятника? // Полит. наука. 2016. №1. URL: https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/istoriya-sovetskoy-natsionalnoy-politiki-kolebaniya-mayatnika (дата обращения: 22.09.2023).Laruelle, Marlene. "Rethinking Russian nationalism: Historical continuity, political diversity, and doctrinal fragmentation." In Russian nationalism and the national reassertion of Russia, pp. 13-48. 2010.
3. Идеологические основания русского национализма. Русский национализм – политические проекты и политическое воображение.
Литература:
Laruelle, Marlene. Russian nationalism: Imaginaries, doctrines, and political battlefields. Taylor & Francis, 2019. Parts I-II
4. «Национальный вопрос в СССР» - политика, теория, практика. Политика в отношении национальных меньшинств.
Литература
Suny, Roni. Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 1993
Martin, Terry Dean. The affirmative action empire: nations and nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939. Cornell University Press, 2001.
5. Позднесоветский национализм. «Русская партия», «Общество Память», Мемориал. Национальный вопрос и распад СССР.
Литература
Sukhankin, Sergey. "Anti-Semitism in the late Soviet Union: The rise and fall of Pamyat movement." Tiempo devorado 4, no. 1 (2017): 0039-60
Beissinger, M.R. (2009). Nationalism and the Collapse of Soviet Communism. Contemporary European History, [online] 18(3), pp.331–347
Suny, R.G. (1993). Chapter 3. State-Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience. In: The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
6. Национальности и национальный вопрос в России после 1991 г. Проблема национальных меньшинств. Разнообразие ситуаций (национальные меньшинства, «титульные национальности», stateless cultures, и т.д.)
Shcherbak, Andrey, and Kristina Sych. "Trends in Russian nationalities policy: a structural perspective." Problems of Post-Communism 64, no. 6 (2017): 311-328.
Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel. "Two centuries of Russian Sámi policy: arrangements for autonomy and participation seen in light of imperial, Soviet and federal indigenous minority policy 1822–2014." Acta Borealia 32, no. 1 (2015): 40-67.
7 Русские националистические партии 1990-2000-е– развитие и упадок
Литература:
The new Russian nationalism: Imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2000–15 / Ed. by Pål Kolstø, Helge Blakkisrud. –Edinburg: Edinburg univ. press, 2016
8 Возвращение русского национализма: государственная историческая политика, политика в отношении соотечественников, создание идеологии «Русского мира».
Reading
Laruelle, Marlene. "Russia as a “Divided nation,” from compatriots to Crimea: A contribution to the discussion on nationalism and foreign policy." Problems of Post-Communism 62, no. 2 (2015): 88-97.
Brubaker, Rogers. "Nationalizing states revisited: projects and processes of nationalization in post-Soviet states." In Nationalism, ethnicity and boundaries, pp. 177-203. Routledge, 2014.
9 Религия и национализм в современной России. Радикальные партии и движения. Борьба с экстремизмом и радикальный ислам. Радикализм и «родноверы»
Литература
Knox, Zoe 2005. Russian Orthodoxy, Russian Nationalism, and Patriarch Aleksii II. Nationalities Papers, 33(4), pp.533-545.
Mitrofanova, Anastasia. "Russian ethnic nationalism and religion today." The New Russian Nationalism: Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 104-131.
Verkhovsky, Alexander. "Russian approaches to radicalism and ‘extremism’as applied to nationalism and religion." Russia and Islam: State, Society and Radicalism 66 (2010): 2
White, James M., and Alexander S. Palkin. "Religion and Nationalism in Modern Russia; Or the Uses and Abuses of Edinoverie." the soviet and post-soviet review 44, no. 3 (2017): 343-356.
Verkhovsky, Alexander. "Radical nationalists from the start of Medvedev’s presidency to the war in Donbas: True till death?." The new Russian nationalism. imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2015 (2000): 75-103.
Du Quenoy, Irina, and Dmitry Dubrovskiy. "Violence and the Defense of ‘Traditional Values’ in the Russian Federation." Religion and Violence in Russia: Context, Manifestations, and Policy (2018): 93-116
Shtyrkov, Sergey. "Religious nationalism in contemporary Russia: the case of the Ossetian ethnic religious project." In Understanding Russianness, pp. 232-244. Routledge, 2011.
10 Историческая политика. «Можем повторить» против «никогда снова»
Литература
Koposov, Nikolay. Memory laws, memory wars: the politics of the past in Europe and Russia. Cambridge, Cambridge UP. Chapter 1.
Ryazanova-Clarke, Lara. "From commodification to weaponization: The Russian language as ‘pride’and ‘profit’in Russia's transnational discourses." International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 20, no. 4 (2017): 443-456.
11. РусскийнационализмивойнавУкраине
Литература
Kuzio, Taras. Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War: Autocracy-Orthodoxy-Nationality. Routledge, 2022.
Surzhko Harned, Lena. "Russian world and Ukrainian autocephaly: Religious narratives in anti-colonial nationalism of Ukraine." Religions 13, no. 4 (2022): 349.
