Deported Nationalities in Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Course Description:
This course will examine the history of Stalin’s deportation of whole nationalities from the Caucasus and other regions west of the Urals to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In particular it will focus on the Russian-Germans, Karachais, Chechens, Ingush, Balkars, Crimean Tatars and Meskhetian Turks exiled to special settlements in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan during World War II. The course will cover the development of Soviet nationalities policies during the 1920s and 1930s, the planning and conduct of the deportations, the changing legal and material conditions of the deportees, their struggles for rehabilitation and return and finally, post-Soviet conditions. Among other factors the course will look at the roles played by geography, language, economics, religion, memory and gender in the historical development of the deported nationalities in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Special attention will be paid to the differences between the deported national groups in regards to cultural retention and political mobilization. The course will seek to ascertain the root causes of these variations. A comparative approach will be followed throughout the course.
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What would your course requirements look like? What kinds of activities would you have your students do? Is it a lecture course or a discussion course? What texts would anchor the syllabus?
I can send all that to you. I only included the descriptions because the complete syllabus is too long. Including requirments, texts, grading and the schedule it takes up three pages. If you want to see it let me know and I will e-mail you a copy.
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