Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Virginia
Degrees Offered
CREES is an interdisciplinary center through which faculty and students from a number of different departments within U.Va's College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (and from other schools at the university) meet and interact. It does not have its own faculty, students, or degree programs. The college does offer both an interdisciplinary B.A. in Russian and East European Studies and an M.A. in Contemporary Russian Studies, but these are administered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. For the undergraduate major, please click here. For the M.A. program, please click here.
Current / Upcoming Semester Courses
Fall 2009
| HIEU 2152 | The Russian Empire, 1700-1917: From Peter the Great to Lenin |
Geraci | TR | 14:00-14:50 |
| PLCP 3210 | Russian Politics | Urbanovich | TR | 11:00-12:15 |
| PLIR 3760 | Russia / USSR in World Affairs |
Lynch | TR | 12:30-13:45 |
| POL 1210 | Introduction to Polish | Nafpaktitis | MWF | 12:00-12:50 |
| POL 2210 | Intermediate Polish |
Tolczyk | MWF | 12:00-12:50 |
| RELC 5559 | Modern Eastern Orthodox Theology |
Guroian | T | 15:30-18:00 |
| RUSS 1010 | First-Year Russian | Travisano | TR | 15:30-16:20 |
| RUSS 2010 | Second-Year Russian | STAFF | T | 15:30-16:20 OR 09:30-10:20 |
| RUSS 3010 | Third-Year Russian | Dianina | MWF | 10:00-10:50 |
| RUSS 3030 | Intermediate Russian | STAFF | TBA | TBA |
| RUSS 3060 | Russian for Business | Stauffer | TR | 15:30-16:45 |
| RUSS 4010 | Fourth-Year Russian | Travisano | MWF | 10:00-10:50 |
| RUSS 5030 | Advanced Russian I | Elson | MWF | 09:00-09:50 |
| RUSS 5050 | Advanced Conversation | Travisano | MW | 08:00-08:50 OR 13:00-13:50 |
| RUSS 5170 | Russian Poetry | Connolly | TR | 11:00-12:15 |
| RUSS 5180 | Russian Satire | Ryan | TR | 14:00-15:15 |
| RUSS 5501 | Culture and Identity | Dianina | MW | 13:00-14:15 |
| RUSS 5502 | Culture and Identity | Nafpaktitis | MW | 15:30-16:45 |
| RUSS 5503 | Culture and Identity | Harris | TBA | TBA |
| RUTR 2470 | Understanding Russia: Symbols, Myths, and Archetypes of Identity | Urbanovich | MW | 15:30-16:45 |
| RUTR 3350 | Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature | Kaufman | TR | 14:00-15:15 |
| RUTR 3501 | Emigre Russian Literature | Ryan | TR | 09:30-10:45 |
| RUTR 3502 | Russian and Soviet Film |
Nafpaktitis | TR | 15:30-16:45 |
| SLFK 2140 | Slavic Ritual and Demonology | Ingram | TR | 12:30-13:20 |
| SLTR 2000 | Eastern Europe through Literature and Film |
Tolczyk | MW | 14:00-15:15 |
| YIDD 1050 | Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture | Grossman | TR | 11:00-12:15 |
| ANTH 2430 | Languages of the World |
Dobrin | MW | 11:00 - 11:50 |
| ANTH 3885 | Archeology of Europe | Laviolette | MWF | 11:00-11:50 |
| DRAM 3840 /MDST 3840 | History of Film II |
Korte | MWF | 12:00 - 12:50 |
| GETR 3559 | Dostoevsky & German Modernism |
Kuznetsova | MW | 2:00 - 3:15 |
| GETR 3590 | History of Film II |
Bennet | MWF | 12:00-12:50 |
| HIEU 2162 | Russia since 1917 |
Rossman | MW | 12:00-12:50 |
| HIEU 3622 | Russian Intellectual History 1800-1917 | Geraci | TR | 2:00-3:15 |
| HIEU 4502 | Satlinism | Rossman | M | 3:30-6:00 |
| HIEU 5302 | Nationality, Race & Ethnicity in modern Europe | Geraci | W | 6:00-8:30 |
| HIST 3412 | Shaping the Modern World | Zelikow | MW | 10:00-10:50 |
| HIST 3611 | Espionage and Intelligence in the 20th Century | Haines | MW | 4:00-4:50 |
| HIUS 3455 | History of US Foreign Relations to 1914 | Staff | TR | 12:30-1:45 |
| HIUS 8451 | History of US Foreign Relations | Leffler | T | 7:00-9:30 |
| MESA 1000 | From Ghengis Khan to Stalin: Invasions & Empires of Central Asia | Lyons | TR | 2:00-3:15 |
| PLCP 3210 | Russian Politics | Lynch | TR | 11:00-12:15 |
| PLIR 7760 | Russian/Soviet Foreign Policy | Lynch | R | 7:00-9:30 |
| POL 1220 | Introduction to Polish | Nafpaktitis | MWF | 12:00-12:50 |
| POL 2220 | Introduction to Polish | Tolczyk | MWF | 12:00-12:50 |
| RUSS 1020 | First-Year Russian | Travisano | TR | 9:30-12:20 OR 3:30-4:20 |
| RUSS 2020 | Second-Year Russian | Herman | TR | 9:30-12:20 OR 3:30-4:20 |
| RUSS 3020 | Third-Year Russian | Dianina | MWF | 10:00-10:50 |
| RUSS 3030 | Intermediate Conversation | Thompson | MW | 1:00-1:50 |
| RUSS 4020 | Fourth-Year Russian |
Travisano | MWF | 10:00-10:50 |
| RUSS 5010 | Readings in Social Sciences | Elson | MW | 8:30-9:50 |
| RUSS 5050 | Advanced Conversation |
Travisano | MW | 8:00-8:50 OR 4:00-4:50 |
| RUSS 5124 | Tolstoy | Herman | TR | 2:00-3:15 |
| RUSS 5140 | Russian Modernism | Tolczyk | MW | 2:00-3:15 |
| RUSS 5500 | Understanding Russian Symbols | Urbanovich | MW | 3:30-4:45 |
| RUTR 2320 | America Through Russian Eyes | Nafpaktitis | MW | 3:30-4:45 |
| RUTR 2730 | Dostoevsky and the Modern Novel | Connolly | TR | 11:00-11:50 |
| RUTR 3360 | 20th Century Russian Literature | Ryan | TR | 9:30-10:45 |
| RUTR 3510/100 | Dostoevsky | Connolly | TR | 11:00-11:50 |
| RUTR 3510/200 | Art of Scandal | Dianina | MWF | 1:00-1:50 |
| RUTR 3510/300 | Dostoevsky Behind Bars | Kaufman | TR | 9:30-10:45 |
| RUTR 3559 | Dostoevsky and German Modernism | Kuznetsova | MW | 2:00-3:15 |
| SLAV 2360 | Dracula | Stepanic | TR | 2:003:15 |
| SLFK 2120 | Ritual and Family Life | Ingram | TR | 12:30-1:20 |
| SOC 3490 | Cities and Cultures | Makarova | TR | 2:00-3:15 |
| SOC 4559 | Sociology of the Everyday | Makarova | TR | 11:00-12:15 |
| USEM 1580/001 | The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union | Urbanovich | M | 9:00-11:30 |
| USEM 1580/ | Genocide and Mass Killing | Rossman | T | 3:00-4:50 |
| USEM 1580/ 016 | Journeys Through Hell | Tolczyk | W | 4:00-5:50 |
| YIDD 1060 | Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture | Grossman | TR | 11:00-12:15 |
Courses Offered in Past Semesters
Spring 2009
Russian Summer Language Institute
Now in its 29th year, U.Va.'s Russian Summer Language Institute offers an eight-and-a-half week program equivalent to the first TWO YEARS (12 credits) of study in Russian. For more information, see the web page of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures: http://www.virginia.edu/slavic/acad_progs/rsli.html.
Study Abroad
In the past, the University of Virginia has conducted Study Abroad programs in Kazan (Tatarstan, Russian Federation). We are currently in the process of establishing a new program in St. Petersburg, and hope to take students as soon as the Summer of 2010. Academic year, semester, and summer study will be available for U.Va. credit, and there will be opportunities both for students who have a basis in Russian language and those with no prior knowledge of Russian.