Department of History
Dr. Gary Thurston
Professor of History
Ph.D., 1973, Columbia University
M.A., Certificate of the Russian Institute, 1965, Columbia University
Research Interests:
Thurston's current project is a book on "Soviet spaces." For some idea of the problematics, see his recent article in his online version of The Forum on Public Policy: "Movements of Peoples and the Genesis of Soviet Spaces." www.forumonpublicpolicy.com/papers.htm Winter, 2007
Courses Taught:
- HIS 132 - Introduction of Russian and Soviet History
- HIS 310 - History of Europe: 1815-1914
- HIS 315 - Tolstoy in European Intellectual History
- HIS 332 - History of Imperial Russia
- HIS 333 - Twentieth Century Russia
- HIS 506 - Graduate Seminar in European History
Publications:
The Popular Theater Movement in Russia, 1862-1919. Northwestern University Press, 1998.“Alexis de Tocqueville in Russia,” The Journal of the History of Ideas 37, 2 (April 1876), 289-306.
“Sologub’s Melkiy bes,” The Slavonic and Eastern European Review 55, 1 (January 1977), 30-44.
“The Impact of Russian Popular Theater, 1886-1915,” The Journal of Modern History 55, 2 (June 1983).
Contact Information:
Department of History
University of Rhode Island
80 Upper College Road, Suite 3
Kingston, RI 02881
Office: 203 Tucker House
Phone: 401.874.4078
Email:Thurston@uri.edu
