Offered :

Begins Monday 11 April 2022

Description :

The Russian invasion of Ukraine may have happened suddenly and without provocation, but it is part of a larger history of Russian intervention in neighboring countries. This course seeks to provide background on the current war by examining Russian foreign policy in the context of competing nationalisms and territorial disputes in the former Soviet space. Lectures cover the collapse of the Soviet Union, the humiliation of post-soviet Russia, nationalist conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia, and Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan revolution. A final lecture will discuss the situation in Ukraine at the time of the lecture.

Date & Time:

This course begins on Monday 11 April 2022, 7:00-8:30pm (NZ time), and meets for 6 consecutive weeks (including Easter Monday). The last session meets on Monday 16 May 2022. Some global equivalents: US Pacific Coast: Mondays 12:00am-1:30am US East Coast: Mondays 3:00am-4:30am London, UK: Mondays 7:00am-8:30am New Delhi, India: Mondays: 12:30pm-2:00pm Sydney, Australia: Mondays 5:00-6:30pm.

Meet our Instructor

History Instructor Dr Alexander Maxwell, PhD

Dr Alexander Maxwell, PhD is an Associate Professor of History at Victoria University in Wellington, where he teaches, among other things, a course on Soviet history. He is the author of Choosing Slovakia, Patriots Against Fashion, and Everyday Nationalism in Hungary. He has published widely on nationalism theory and the history of Eastern Europe. He is currently writing a book on Habsburg Panslavism.

Location:

Due to the current Covid wave, this course is live-streamed via Zoom only and there is no in-person component.


Distance-Learning Options:

This course is offered as a live-stream Zoom course only. Live-streaming allows you to participate fully in your own learning, ask questions of the instructor and participate fully in the same way as if you were in a physical classroom. Please note that this course is not recorded and available only to be watched during the live-streamed sessions. Detailed instructions on how to access our distance learning components will be sent after completing your registration. There are no additional fees for this service. However, distance learners will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a good quality web camera (tablet devices and mobile phones can also access our live-streamed classes), a built-in microphone (most modern laptops have built-in microphones) or a headset with a microphone. You may also need to download and install the free Zoom software on your computer or device.

Pricing options

Course curriculum

    1. Putin and the Cold War

    1. Russia from Yeltsin to Putin:

    1. The Chechen Wars:

    1. War with Georgia: Ossetia and Abkhazia:

    1. Ukraine, Crimea and the Donbas:

    1. The 2022 Russian Invasion:

About this course

  • $125.00
  • 6 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

Notes:

This course has no assignments, required readings, quizzes, tests or exams. All classes encourage questions and group discussion. There are no refunds for missed classes. Guests of registered participants are welcome to attend a single class at no charge.

Prerequisites :

There are no prerequisites for this course