To search the library catalog, please click on quicksearch or orbis. Victor terras argues eloquently that russian literature has reflected, defined, and shaped the nations beliefs and goals. Kyoto kano school, japan, scenes from the tale of genji, 16251650. The library was an official depository of russian books from 18201917 and has the. Molly brunson yale slavic languages and literatures. I am an associate professor on term in slavic languages and literatures, with a secondary appointment in history of art at yale university. The school officially became yale college in 1718, when it was renamed in honor of welsh merchant elihu yale, who had donated the proceeds from. Course books and other related titles yale university press offers a 10% discount on the books used in hist 202 that it publishes, as well as on other related titles. Books from the history of russia series books in this series aim to offer a systematic presentation of the whole course of russian history, from its beginning to the present, through documentary material as well as special scholarly investigations. Yalenews features works recently or soon to be published by members of the university community. Debt, property, and the law in the age of dostoevsky and tolstoy, appeared from harvard university press in 2016. These pages document the rules and procedures for cataloging music at yale. Learn more about the actions yale university press is taking.
Poland, ukraine, lithuania, belarus, 15691999 2003. At yale, he first served as a research associate in history 19271946, and then became a full professor of russian history in 1946. An interactive approach to advanced communicative competence. Arch tait is an awardwinning translator and has translated over 30 books by leading russian authors. Yale university, private university in new haven, connecticut, one of the ivy league schools. Arne westad department of history at yale university. Authors of new books may forward publishers book descriptions to us by email. Yale autumn 2020 highlights by yale university press, london. Students are expected to have a basic knowledge of russian history. Back in russia, vernadsky resumed his course at the moscow university, graduating with honors in 1910. Advanced russian through history is a russian reader for students working towards advanced and superior level proficiency in russian. Anna alsufieva formerly yatsenko is assistant professor of russian at portland state university. Key episodes include missionary work in east asia, scientific expeditions in south america, mobilization for war and cold war, and the. History of yale the founders the history of yale college and university begins in the mid1600s when some puritans broke away from the massachusetts colony and formed their own biblebased settlement in the hartford area of connecticut.
Constantine muravnik slavic languages and literatures. Joel sumner smith, its associate librarian in the late 19th century, was one of the very few in his profession who read russian. Bensinger professor of comparative literature and of slavic languages and literatures 451 college st, new haven, ct 065118906 katerina. From its founding as a unique program for wideranging, crosscultural, philologically and theoretically engaged studies of. News from russia is a userfriendly book, both for teachers and students. At yale, he first served as a research associate in history 19271946, and then became a full. A concise history of russia cambridge university press. David brandenberger history university of richmond. History of russian literature yale university press.
The university traces its roots to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a local college in the tradition of european liberal education. Timothy snyder department of history at yale university. Strobe talbott, president, the brookings institution book description anticipating a new dawn of freedom and democracy after the disintegration of the soviet union, russians instead find themselves in a country desperately. Founded in 1701, it is the thirdoldest institution of higher education in the united states and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the american revolution.
Art history and russian, columbia university, 2000. The yale program in the history of the book brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars to explore the materiality of the written word over time and across cultures. American 59,202 apply american filter roman 16,009 apply roman filter french,394 apply french filter greek 12,492 apply greek filter syrian 12,006 apply syrian filter. Get news, articles, specials, and more delivered to your inbox. Paul bushkovitch reuben post halleck prof of history paul. We also ship to europe, asia, middle east, africa, australia and new zealand. His books include voices of revolution, 1917 yale, 2001. A portion of the proceeds from your purchases will be donated for the ongoing support and development of the open yale courses program. Welcome department of comparative literature yale university. Language courses intensive russian first and second. His previous books include the conquest of malaria. Books from the history of russia series books in this series aim to offer a systematic presentation of the whole course of russian history, from its beginning to the present, through documentary. Marci shore department of history at yale university. Sergei antonov department of history at yale university.
Yale university press books, ebooks and exhibition. He is a member of the american academy of arts and sciences. The connection between language and culture is clearly reinforced throughout the. Many of those books actually have a lot to do with russian history. History history of yale university to shed light on the forms, functions, and trajectory of u. Professor antonovs first book, bankrupts and usurers of imperial russia.
Generally recognized as the standard onevolume history of russia, this monumental work examines the social, religious, and cultural as well as the political and economic aspects of russian civilization from the earliest times to the present cold war. A microfiche collection of scarce books on 19th and early 20th century russia. The six romanov family albums held at the beinecke library represent a unique survival from the last years of russian imperial dynasty. Yale was originally chartered by the colonial legislature of connecticut as the collegiate school and was held at killingworth and other locations. The yale program in the history of the book brings together scholars across disciplines to explore the materiality of the written word over time and across cultures. This magisterial work, written by one of the worlds foremost slavic scholars, presents a survey of russian literature from its beginning in the eleventh century to modern times. Thorough, clearly written, will laid out, and very usable. Third edition the yale university press pelican history of art series 3rd ed by george heard hamilton isbn. The last third of the book discusses the revolution of 1917 and the emergence of the soviet union as a world power. Russian history philosophical aspects of literature russian poetry. Under the original charter of the collegiate school of connecticut, 17011745 franklin bowditch dexter yale university press, 1916 universities and colleges 382 pages. He has taught courses on east asian history and civilization, chinese social and economic history, the silk road, and historical methodology. Courses range in focus from the earliest recorded historical periods up through the modern day. Newly published history, architecture, art, current affairs, religion, philosophy and science books from yale university press, london.
Russian history and culture is a microfiche collection of scarce books selected from the helsinki university librarys 300,000 volume russian collection. A 3,000year history of peoples, tribes and empires. Yale college, 17011740 by richard warch, yale university press, 1973 best study of the beginnings the separation of college and state. Timothy david snyder born august 18, 1969 is an american author and historian specializing in the history of central and eastern europe, and the holocaust. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. George vernadsky was a russianborn american historian and an author of numerous books on russian history. Known for its academic excellence and extraordinary faculty, the school offers programs leading to the m.
The black russian chronicles the life of the notable africanamerican who began life as a mississippi farm boy but moved to russian 1899 and became one of the citys richest and most famous owners of restaurants and variety theaters. Thank you for your interest in the department of the history of art. Those who have had no formal course in this subject are urged to include it in their graduate program. A history by brooks mather kelley, yale university press, 1974 a balanced, informative onevolume history school of the prophets. Taken between 1907 and 1915, the hundreds of pictures contained in these albums date from the first flowering of popular photography, when new breakthroughs in technology put cameras into the hands of amateurs, who were able to capture impromptu moments of. The format is predictable, the patterns are easy to follow, and the objectives, which are stated at the beginning of each unit, are clear. Norman holmes pearson, appointed 1941 but after that among the most colorful of yales counterespionage agents recruited by james angleton during the war his codename was puritan, was then yales only specialist in twentiethcentury poetry, aided informally in this regard as time passed by marie borroff, who wrote brilliantly on stevens and taught modern poetry courses, and louis. His chief books are nationalism, marxism, and modern central europe. This lively history of yale traces the development of the college from its founding in 1701 by a small group of puritan clergymen intent on preserving the purity of the faith in connecticut, to its survival in the eighteenth century as a center for intellectual life, to its expansion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as a major international university. Mark d the russian revolution, 19051921 oxford oxford university press 2017. Majors design individual courses of study that reflect the interdisciplinary nature of russian and east european studies. Paul bushkovitch is a professor of history at yale university, where he has taught for the past 36 years. Snowden is andrew downey orrick professor emeritus of history and history of medicine at yale university. Located in new haven, connecticut, yale law school is one of the worlds premier law schools.
Third edition the yale university press pelican history of art series hamilton, george heard on. Each map is accompanied by concise, descriptive text. In 1701 the connecticut legislature adopted a charter to erect a collegiate school. Welcome the department of slavic languages and literatures at yale university, which is one of the oldest programs of its kind in the united states, was born of the vision of two of the most remarkable figures in the university s twentiethcentury history. This book is a major contribution to the debate over what has happened in russia. Cataloging american musical theater collection cds to circulate in the music library. History russia, and eastern europe, united states, latin america, east asia, southeast asia, middle east, africa, jewish history. Yale program in the history of the book beinecke rare book. This work will stand on its own for some time to come as by far the best onevolume. Westad has published sixteen books, most of which deal with twentieth century asian and global history. Russian art 19171932, at the royal academy of arts london, marks the historic centenary by focusing on the 15year period between 1917 and 1932 when possibilities initially seemed limitless and russian art flourished across every medium. With the russian revolution of 1917, prohibitions on yiddish printing imposed by the czarist regime were lifted. In 1946, william clyde devane, the eminent longterm dean of yale college and professor. I actually disagree with removing the fiction books.
He served in that position until his retirement in 1956. Thus, the early postrevolutionary period saw a major flourishing of yiddish books and. These books represent a small fraction of the annotated books in the yale law librarys rare book collection. Soviet ideology, indoctrination and terror under stalin, 19281941 yale, 2011, explores the ussrs failure to. Interests second language acquisition and multimedia teaching materials nabokovs art and thought. Each chapter is accompanied by a corresponding minilecture and related learning tasks on the web. A critical edition of the history of the communist party of the soviet union bolsheviks, short course. The books and serials he acquired today form the core of one of the major holdings in the west. Yale university library was among the first in the united states to collect slavic materials systematically. Levin professor of history at yale university and a permanent fellow at the institute for human sciences in vienna. Graduate program yale slavic languages and literatures. Slavic languages and literatures, university of california, berkeley, 2009. Golder offered vernadsky a position at yale university in the united states. Yale university press london distributes to most countries outside of north and south america.
It was founded in 1701 and is the third oldest university in the united states. Shortlisted for the pushkin house russian book prize uk. English books about russian art history are usually just covering separate. For over 50 years, yales comparative literature department has been one of the preeminent sites, worldwide, for the comparative practice of literary history and analysis, and for the promulgation of literary theory. Best russian history books this is a list of the greatest russian history books. Third edition the yale university press pelican history of art series. Some of those books describe serfdom and the russian culture better than many history books can. Founded in 1701, it is the thirdoldest institution of higher education in the united states and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the american revolution chartered by connecticut colony, the collegiate school was established in 1701 by clergy to educate congregational ministers.
It now appears that victor terrass excellent handbook of russian literature 1985 was, in a manner of speaking, just the prelude to this grand work which will certainly be welcomed by all scholars and students of russian literature. Russian and east european studies russian and east european studies encompasses the history, literature, politics, economics, social organization, and culture of russia, the non russian portions of the former soviet union, and eastern europe. He studied history, philosophy, and modern languages at the university of oslo before doing a graduate degree in usinternational history at the university of north carolina at chapel hill, where he primarily worked with michael h. The school officially became yale college in 1718, when it was renamed in honor of welsh merchant elihu yale, who had donated the. Levin professor of history at yale university and a permanent fellow at the institute for human sciences in vienna snyder is a member of the council on foreign relations and the committee on conscience of the united.
Yale university is a private ivy league research university in new haven, connecticut. A superb history of russian literature, one that surely will reign as the standard history for years and decades. Edyta bojanowska yale slavic languages and literatures. Those who have had no formal course in this subject are urged to include it in their. Advanced russian through history yale university press. Mark d steinberg slavic languages and literature at illinois. Welcome the department of slavic languages and literatures at yale university, which is one of the oldest programs of its kind in the united states, was born of the vision of two of the most remarkable figures in the universitys twentiethcentury history. Books in this series aim to offer a systematic presentation of the whole course of russian history, from its beginning to the present, through documentary. Feb 28, 2020 the following are a few resources on the web that will be of use in researching yale s history. Cosponsored by yales department of english and beinecke rare book and manuscript library, the program hosts a series of public lectures throughout the academic. Readers also used their books to record events, ranging from a drunken outburst in the new jersey assembly to a famous naval battle of the war of 1812 and the beheading of henry viiis fifth queen.
Italy, 19001962 and naples in the time of cholera, 18841911. Yiddish book collection of the russian avantgarde beinecke. Students are required to study history from a variety of. A study of ivan goncharovs travelogue about africa and asia, the frigate pallada 1858 in the context of global imperial history. Yale university press books, ebooks and exhibition catalogues.
The beinecke, in collaboration with the yale university library judaica collection, continues to digitize and make yiddish books available online. Harry ree a british agent in the french resistance. This book was first published in 1948, part of a series on russian history by the same author, and it remains one of the most authoritative and comprehensive histories of kievan rus in the english language. Publishers of art, architecture, history, biography and current affairs books. The department of history is home to one of the most popular majors on the yale campus and encompasses the histories of africa, asia, europe, the middle east, and north and south america. George vernadsky was a professor of russian history at yale. Weve brought together our own list of books that chart this period of change. Studies in print culture and the history of the book. A warsaw generations life and death in marxism, 19181968 yale university press, 2006 and the translator of michal glowinskis holocaust memoir the black seasons northwestern university press, 2005. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. By the turn of the eighteenth century, some of these puritans settled in new haven. Founded in 1908 by george parmly day, and his wife, wilhelmina, yale university press is one of the oldest and largest american university presses.
The last third of the book discusses the revolution. It belongs in the library of every teacher and every serious student of russina literature. The yale silk road database presents over 11,000 images of major sites in the silk road region taken during faculty site seminars led by mimi hall yiengpruksawan professor, history of art under the auspices of the council on east asian studies at yale university in the summers of 20062010. Many of these resources are digitized versions of the reference materials most commonly used by the staff of manuscripts and archives in answering patron questions about the history of yale university. The afterlife of totalitarianism in eastern europe crown, 20, caviar and ashes. Books from the history of russia series yale university press. Historian amanda joyce hall explains how south africas black press reported on the struggle for racial equality in south africa and the united states. The russian voyage of the frigate pallada belknap press, imprint of harvard university press, 2018. The book consists of thirtysix chapters focusing on the history of russia, from kievan rus to the postsoviet era. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. My goodness, some of these books helped propel the russian revolution. Hewett book prize for an outstanding publication on the political economy of russia, eurasia andor eastern europe, awarded by the. The book contains thirtyfour handsomely drawn mapsaccurate, uncluttered, and easytoreadthat show how russia s boundaries have changed from the formation of the embryonic state of kievan rus in the ninth century to the most recent revisions resulting from world war ii.