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Office Hours:
On leave academic year
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James West
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Professor of Humanities
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on leave academic year
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Phone: 802.443.5758
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Email: west@middlebury.edu
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Years at Midd: since 1995
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Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.
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Areas of Expertise
Russian History, especially Medieval and Early Modern Russian History, Modern European History, and Historiography. Particular interest in Peasant Cultures, European and Russian Cultural History. Current Project: Archival photo album of early Russian industrialists.
Courses Taught
Traditional Russia; Modern Russia; Problems in Modern Historiography; History of Modern Europe; Masterpieces of Russian Cultural History; Communism and Fascism; Topics in European Culture and History; European History Through the Eyes of the Novelist
Books
Ed., Between Tsar and People: Educated Society and the Quest for Public Identity in Late Imperial Russia