OVERSEAS STUDIES IN Moscow

Placements in areas such as banking, finances, consulting, journalism, language teaching, and technology. Introduction to Russian society and work experience. Evaluation and analysis of experience in final academic paper.

2-3 units, Aut (Abashkin, A)

OSPMOSC 51M. Second-Year Russian

5 units, Aut (Boldyreva, T)

OSPMOSC 62. Economic Reform and Economic Policy in Modern Russia

Russian economic history in the 20th century. Reasons and logic for economic transformation, major components of postcommunist economic transformation doctrine, and results of practical implementation. Mechanisms of economic policy decision making in modern Russia, and patterns of and alternatives in economic development. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom

5 units, Aut (Mau, V)

OSPMOSC 72. Space, Politics, and Modernity in Russia

The idea of space as a key to understanding Russian politics and governance, economy, society, and culture. Phenomenology of Russian space: structure, topology, and features, including notions of enormity. Space in its relation to state power; how geography shaped Russian history and politics. Reification of space-state relationship on levels such as economy, politics and administration, security and social mobility, nationalism and imperialism, culture and language, and habits and ways. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom

5 units, Aut (Medvedev, S)

OSPMOSC 74. Post-Soviet Eurasia and SCO: Society, Politics, Integration

Analysis of the opportunities and challenges for political, economic, and military cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Likelihood of SCO's aspirations being realized and the potential of its becoming a political and military counterbalance to the West. Issues related to national security and security perceptions of post-Soviet states and China, their economic and energy ambitions and needs, and the role of external players in the region. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom

5 units, Aut (Bratersky, M; Kortunov, S)

OSPMOSC 75. Soviet and Post-Soviet Leaders

The role of the leader in the Soviet and post-Soviet systems, the role of personality and career trajectories in the making of leaders; the impact and legacies of Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin in Soviet and post-Soviet political culture. Core readings will be biographies of these men. GER:DB-SocSci

5 units, Aut (Weiner, A)

OSPMOSC 76. Soviet History in Present-Day Russian Media

Presentations in the present-day Russian print and broadcast media of key events, such as the 1917 Revolution, the Great Terror, the Second World War, the Thaw, the so-called years of stagnation, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

3 units, Aut (Weiner, A)

OSPMOSC 77. Russian Cinema: Peaks and Failures

Soviet and post-Soviet film, from art house to blockbuster, and from Oscar and Cannes winners Burnt by the Sun and Russian Arc to lesser known local productions such as Bimmer and Brother-2. Overview of contemporary Russian film directors.

5 units, Aut (Staff, 1)

OSPMOSC 111M. Third-Year Russian

5 units, Aut (Filatova, G)

OSPMOSC 177M. Fourth-Year Russian

5 units, Aut (Staff, 1)

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Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09

Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09

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OVERSEAS STUDIES IN Moscow