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Please join us for a discussion with Gulnar T. Kendirbai, author of Russian Practices of Governance in Eurasia: Frontier Power Dynamics, Sixteenth Century to Nineteenth Century (Routledge, 2020), joined by Richard Wortman (Columbia University), Shoshana Keller (Hamilton College), Nathaniel Knight (Seton Hall University), and moderator Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute).
Russian Practices of Governance in Eurasia analyses the role of the mobility factor in the spread of Russian rule in Eurasia in the formative period of the rise of the Russian Empire and offers an examination of the interaction of Russian authorities with their nomadic partners.
SPEAKERS
Gulnar T. Kendirbai is Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University, specializing in Eurasian and Central Asian intellectual history.
Richard Wortman is James Bryce Professor Emeritus of European Legal History at Columbia University, and specializes in the history of Imperial Russia.
Shoshana Keller is Professor of History at Hamilton College, focusing on Soviet and Central Asian history.
Nathaniel Knight is Professor and Department Chair of History at Seton Hall University, where he teaches Russian and East European history, Western Civilization and Historical Methods.
Moderated by Alexander Cooley, director of the Harriman Institute