Russia: From St. Vladimir to Vladimir Putin
| Dates: | September 9 - October 14, 2021 |
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| Meets: | Th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
| Location: | Online |
| Cost: | $75.00 |
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Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2021 - 2022 OLLI at MSU Membership or 2021 - 2022 OLLI at MSU Membership
This course will cover some of the major issues that have occupied Russia's tsars, philosophers, politicians, writers, artists, composers and others. Topics include:
- The Orthodox Church's influence on the Russian worldview and its increasingly important role in post-Soviet Russia.
- Russia's geographic position on the border of Europe and Asia, and the ongoing tug-of-war between Westernizers, who lean toward European models, and Slavophiles, who believe that Russia is to follow its own unique, more oriental path.
- The influence that the concept of "Russians as the older brother" has had on recently-flared inter-ethnic tensions.
- Russia's long history of authoritarian and patriarchal rulers and the negative impact on the development of democratic institutions.
| Fee: | $75.00 |
Online
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.
Asya Pereltsvaig
Asya Pereltsvaig received a degree in English and history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in linguistics from McGill University. She taught at Yale and Stanford. She has also taught in lifelong education programs since 2010. Her expertise is in language and history and the relationship between them. Cambridge University Press published her most recent book, Languages of the World: An Introduction, (4th edition) in 2023. Asya is a popular instructor for several OLLI programs nationwide and was the faculty host for the OLLI trip to the Baltic countries and St. Petersburg in July 2017.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 09/09/2021 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
| 09/16/2021 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
| 09/23/2021 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
| 09/30/2021 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
| 10/07/2021 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
| 10/14/2021 | Thursday | 2 PM to 4 PM | Online |
Participants will gain a better understanding of today's Russia and its role in the world stage by studying Russian cultural and ideological history.