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Valerie A. Kivelson

Name: Valerie A. Kivelson

Title(s):

  • Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, History
  • Professor, History

Contact Information: 734.763.2049 , vkivelso@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facultydetail.asp?ID=83

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CREES
  • CES-EUC
  • CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • History

Education Background: B.A., History, Harvard University, 1980; M.A., Russian Language and Literature, San Francisco State University, 1982; M.A., Russian History, Stanford University, 1983; Ph.D., Russian History, Stanford University, 1988

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Russian and East European Studies
  • European Studies

Related Countries:

  • Russia
  • Soviet Union

Research/Teaching Specialization: Early modern Russia, political culture, witchcraft, cartography, empire, serfdom

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Imperial Russia; 18th Century Russia; Russia to Peter the Great; Russian Orthodoxy; Witchcraft: Russian and Europe 1450-1750; Autocracy and Dictatorship in Russian and the Soviet Union; Empire: Russia and Soviet Union 1450-2004