The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies at Stanford University and the Bay Area Global Education Program presented:

2005 Teacher Workshop: Empire and Russia: Past and Present

Saturday, April 9, 2005 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Building 200 Room 034 Main Quad

Program

CREEES and BAGEP present a workshop for K-14 teachers devoted to exploring the theme of empire, both past and present. At a moment when the American public (and much of the world) has likened American foreign policies to those of past empires, the conference will examine how scholars conceptualize and analyze the phenomenon of empire, focusing on Russia as a test-case.    How do we define empire in modern history?  How are empires formed, and how are they sustained? What do they mean, both practically and symbolically, for rulers and the ruled?  How and why do they collapse?  Through an examination of Russia's history and contemporary politics, Stanford lecturers will discuss these questions with concrete examples from imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Eurasia.    A session on curricular resources for teachers is included.

Funding for this workshop is provided by grants from the United States Department of Education (Title VI).

This workshop directly addresses Sections 10.4, 10.7, 10.9, 10.10, 11.9, and 12/9 of the History and Social Science Content Standards for the State of California.

9:00 – 10:30   "Empire and Pre-Revolutionary Russia"
Robert Crews, Assistant Professor of History, Stanford University
Professor Crews will outline concepts of empire in historical analysis, providing examples from Imperial Russia before 1917.

10:45—12:15 "Empire in the Soviet Era"
Stuart Finkel, Post-Doctoral Humanities Fellow, Stanford University
Dr. Finkel will discuss empire under Soviet rule, including ethnic territorial divisions, language and cultural policies, and extensions of empire in World War II and the Cold War.

1:00 to 2:30 "Russia and Empire after the Soviet Collapse"
Kathryn Stoner Weiss, Associate Director and Senior Researcher, Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law, Stanford Institute for International Studies
Dr. Stoner-Weiss discusses the implications of the collapse of the Soviet Union for post-Cold War politics, and for the remaining quarters of what was the Russian empire.

2:45-4:00 "Images of Empire: Past and Present"
Jack Kollmann, Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, Stanford University
Dr. Kollmann will present slide images of empire and its manifestations from Russian and Soviet times.

4:15-5:30 "Curricular Resources on Russia and Empire"
Terry Haugen, Teacher Trainer
Ms. Haugen presents web and curricular resources for classroom use related to today’s presentations.

Location:  Building 200, Room 034, Main Quad, Stanford University

Weblinks

provided by Terry Haugen, BAGEP

Teacher Guide for the video "Russia Land of the Czars"
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/archives/thc_guide.2247.html

Originally created as an on line teaching program for Australian students, this website provides background information about nineteenth century imperial Russia and classroom activities.
http://www.ssdec.nsw.edu.au/history/romanovs/background.html

Treasures of the Czars exhibit on-line that took place in St Petersburg Florida. Has biographies of each Romonov czar
http://www2.sptimes.com/Treasures/TC.LOBBY.html

Pictures from imperial Russia prior to 1917
http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/russia/russia.html

Crossroads of Continents, an on-line exhibit about Siberia and Alaska from the Smithsonian Institution
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/croads/index.html

Opening page of the Hermitage Museum. This site provides a virtual tour of the Winter Palace
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

A CNN Special Report ten years after the break up of the Soviet Union
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/russia/

CNN in depth report about the Russian elections with information about President Putin's background and policies
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/russia/

New York Times Upfront Article about Vladimir Putin "The New Czar?"
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=1101b

A series of video clips from CNBC's Special Report on Russia Today are included. Click on the list below the Russian flag to see more clips from this series
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6063583/

Red Tape From Red Square has a series of political cartoons from the Soviet era and nineteenth century
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/pubadmin/russianposters/BRA.html

Links to a variety of resources from the Soviet period
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/econgs/Rusland.html

A series of recent Russian political cartoons
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/r/russian.asp

Photos and Posters from the Russian Archives of several museums and the Hoover Institution
http://www.russianarchives.com/rao/gallery/index.html

(Very Short) Event SlideShow