Special Topics in Russian and Eurasian Studies

Readings

• Compulsory readings: Auer, Matthew R. 1998. “Environmentalism and Estonia’s Independence Movement.” Nationalities Papers 26 (4): 659–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/00905999808408593.
• Aghayev, Ismi, and Anna Edgar. 2023. “Controversy as COP29 to Be Held in Azerbaijan.” OC Media (blog). December 13, 2023. https://oc-media.org/controversy-as-cop29-to-be-held-in-azerbaijan/.
• Doose, Katja. 2019. “Green Nationalism? The Transformation of Environmentalism in Soviet Armenia, 1969–1991.” Ab Imperio 2019 (1): 181–205. https://doi.org/10.1353/imp.2019.0010.
• Mammadov, Rauf. 2024. “Azerbaijan and COP29: An Opportunity or a Challenge?” February 7, 2024. https://www.mei.edu/publications/azerbaijan-and-cop29-opportunity-or-challenge.
• McLaughlin, Jenna. 2023. “Ukrainian Hacktivists Fight Back against Russia as Cyber Conflict Deepens.” NPR, November 21, 2023, sec. World. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/21/1214170140/ukraine-hacktivists-cyber-russia-war.
• Stanek, Łukasz, Stephen Mukiibi, and Oleksandr Anisimov. 2021. “From Kampala to Soviet Kyiv—and Back.” June 9, 2021. https://africasacountry.com/2022/01/from-kampala-to-soviet-kyiv-and-back.
• Compulsory readings: Yusupova, G., Pfoser, A., 2023. Tourism, Memory Production and Contested Ethnic Hierarchies in Post-Soviet Almaty. Europe-Asia Studies 75, 491–508. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1964437
• De Waal, Thomas. 2020. “Now Comes a Karabakh War over Cultural Heritage.” Eurasianet. November 16, 2020. https://eurasianet.org/perspectives-now-comes-a-karabakh-war-over-cultural-heritage.
• Marat, Erica. 2023. “Central Asia Comes Out of the Russian Shadow.” The Diplomat, August 1, 2023. https://thediplomat.com/2023/07/central-asia-comes-out-of-the-russian-shadow/.