Spring 2022
In Session
Wednesdays
10 AM - 12 PM
February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 16, 23, 30, April 6, and 13, 2022
Location:
Main Campus
Tuition:
$210
Attend In Person OR Online!
See Below for full details about our new Hybrid courses
There are people and epochs in history that are never entirely put to rest, chief among them the figure of Stalin. Among many Russians today there remains a nostalgic longing for the strong-arm figure he represented and for the leader who brought victory in World War II. However, for many he was the pathological dictator who sent over 20,000,000 to their deaths in the gulag, who placed artists in cultural straitjackets, and who created unprecedented famine through forced collectivization. Was the Stalin era a collective love story or the pathology of a mad man? These are questions to which we may never have complete answers, yet they may tell us much about Russia today.
NEW - Hybrid Course Format
- All classes will be delivered both in person and online via live video streaming. Students will enroll in their preferred format during registration.
- In person classes will be held in the Rubel Room at the University of Arizona's Poetry Center (1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85721). Enrollment for in person classes is limited by classroom capacity and offered on a first come, first served basis. All students attending on campus will observe the relevant University of Arizona policies designed to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 (more information here). Students who enroll to attend in person will also have complete online access to the course including all class recordings.
- Online students may attend all classes via live video streaming and will be able to participate in all course Q&A sessions with the professor in real time. Students may also access class recordings for a limited time to assist those who may not be able to attend the live class times. Online access will be password protected and only available to enrolled students.
Registration Will Open Online:
Monday, November 22, 2021 at 8 AM (AZ Time)
Required Reading:
- Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita (1966, Penguin 50th anniversary edition), revised version of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation.
- Vasily Grossman, Life and Fate, trans; Robert Chandler (New York Review Classics, 2006).
