Thanks again, TS! One of the hardest things for me to understand are the concepts of: nation/natus/narod/people. I've decided that after I've finished the next couple of books I want to read, I'm going back to the Balkan Peninsula, the Habsburg, Ottoman, and Russian Empires, Poland, and Ukraine. I have all the books for the assigned reading for this course + several on various aspects the others named above. I'll need to spend at least 2 years on these areas and how they are interconnected before I can even start to understand the meaning of "nation."
Thank you so much for making this course publicly available. I listened to the lectures the first time through while doing the dishes in the evenings, but now I am (slowly) working back through them with your synopses and lists of terms to properly take my own notes.
Interesting piece by Noah Smith, ‘Are We Helping Ukraine?’ that reflects the range of splits in the country that reminds me of the U.S. Lots of questions for me. Anyone have thoughts?
The syllabus is available on Thinking About or you can google it. It provides a much needed road map for the course. I have been able to get hold of most of the books and do my “homework” before each class. If you only get one book, Serhii Plokhy’s The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine is the basic one for the course and it is excellent. It has a wonderful map section at the beginning.
References ordered..I watched the lectures when first presented..time to get my brain in the game and read the assignments...
Thanks again, TS! One of the hardest things for me to understand are the concepts of: nation/natus/narod/people. I've decided that after I've finished the next couple of books I want to read, I'm going back to the Balkan Peninsula, the Habsburg, Ottoman, and Russian Empires, Poland, and Ukraine. I have all the books for the assigned reading for this course + several on various aspects the others named above. I'll need to spend at least 2 years on these areas and how they are interconnected before I can even start to understand the meaning of "nation."
Thank you so much for making this course publicly available. I listened to the lectures the first time through while doing the dishes in the evenings, but now I am (slowly) working back through them with your synopses and lists of terms to properly take my own notes.
I don't suppose there are transcripts for the audio presentations? (I can read far better than I can listen, but even so I can't seem to find them).
The piece was a Substack piece today, 3/1
Interesting piece by Noah Smith, ‘Are We Helping Ukraine?’ that reflects the range of splits in the country that reminds me of the U.S. Lots of questions for me. Anyone have thoughts?
Professor,
I have been eagerly listening to your lectures. Is there any chance you can publish the reading per lecture?
I would like to prepare in advance before I enjoy your lectures.
Thanks.
The syllabus is available on Thinking About or you can google it. It provides a much needed road map for the course. I have been able to get hold of most of the books and do my “homework” before each class. If you only get one book, Serhii Plokhy’s The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine is the basic one for the course and it is excellent. It has a wonderful map section at the beginning.