“Gulag Studies” has progressed enough, at this point, that it is possible to teach a seminar course on the Gulag. Steve’s excellent posts on images and primary sources show some of the amazing resources out there. In terms of historiography, we now have a developed (or developing) literature on memoir analysis, oral history, forced labor and […]
How do I teach the Gulag in survey classes on Russian history? As with any undergraduate survey, trying to push students to think differently about what they think they know is a good place to start. The problem with the Gulag, however, is that very few students know anything—and I mean anything—about it. Many have […]
Teaching Historiography to Undergraduates
It Ain’t Easy Being a Green Screen
Creating Video Lectures: Storytelling
Creating Video Lectures–Behind the Scenes
Is Anyone Out There?
Using Alternative Projects in Russian History Courses
Digital + Liberal Arts = Employability?
Alyssa DeBlasio: Some Problems I Encountered Using Class-sourcing
This blog was founded by Karl Qualls, Associate Professor of History at Dickinson College. Karl has received the Constance and Rose Ganoe Memorial Award for Inspirational Teaching, Gamma Sigma Alpha National Honor Society Professor of the Year, and Student Senate Professor of the Year. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters, including a chapter in the textbook Russia and Western Civilization: Cultural and Historical Encounters (M.E. Sharpe, 2003) written in collaboration with his colleagues at Dickinson College. He is also author of the monograph From Ruins to Reconstruction: Urban Identity in Soviet Sevastopol after World War II (Cornell, 2009). He teaches Russian, German, Italian, and eastern European histories, as well as courses on European dictators, urban history, historical methods, the Holocaust, and more.
