Current Research: Ethnography and the Conceptualization of Human Diversity in Nineteenth Century Russia

Teaching Fields: Imperial Russia, Soviet Union, Early Modern Russia, Modern Europe

Teaching Interests: Intellectual and Cultural History, Nationalism, History of Science.

Teaching Experience:

Twentieth Century Russia

Seton Hall University, Spring 1999

University of New Hampshire, Spring 1997, Spring 1996.

Imperial Russia

Seton Hall University, Fall 1998, Spring 2000.

URL: <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna/imperialrus/>

            The World of Anna Karenina
                        Seton Hall University, Spring 2001
                        URL: <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna/karenina/>

The Transformation of Russia, 1894-1932

University of New Hampshire, Spring 1997.

Western Civilization I (Antiquity through the Reformation)

Seton Hall University, Fall 1998, Fall 1999

URL: <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna/westciv1/>

Western Civilization II (Absolutism through the Cold War)

Seton Hall University, Spring 1999, Spring 2000

University of New Hampshire, Spring 1996 Fall 1996, Spring 1997

URL: <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna/westciv2/>

Introduction to Historical Thinking

University of New Hampshire, Fall, 1996

The Soviet Union, 1945-1991

University of New Hampshire, Fall, 1996

Education:

1995 Ph.D. Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Dissertation: “Constructing the Science of Nationality: Ethnography in Mid-Nineteenth Century Russia.
Advisor: Richard Wortman

1990 M. Phil. Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Major Fields: Imperial Russia, Soviet Union, Early Modern Russia.

Minor Field: Modern Europe.

1989 M.A. Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Thesis: “The Local Committees of 1902: Gentry Attitudes toward the Crisis in Russian Agriculture”

1984 B. A. Oberlin College. History Major.

Academic Employment:

1999 - present Program Director, Curricular Development Initiative: “Informational Technology in Russian and East European Studies.” Seton Hall University

1998 - present Assistant Professor, Department of History;

Director, Russian and East European Studies Program.

Seton Hall University.

1996 - 1997 Lecturer in History, University of New Hampshire.

Publications:

2001 “Putting the Imperial Russia Survey On-Line: Notes from the Trenches,” Newsnet: The Newsletter of the AAASS (January 2001).

2000 “On Russian Orientalism: A Reply to Adeeb Khalid,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, v. 1, no. 4 (Fall 2000)

2000 Review of Mark Bassin, Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840-1865. Russian Review,

v. 59 (July 2000)

2000 “Salvage Biography and the Search for a Usable Past: Russian Ethnographers Confront the Legacy of Terror,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, v. 1, no. 2 (Spring 2000)

2000 “V. V. Grigor’ev in Orenburg, 1851-1862: Russian Orientalism in Service of Empire?” Slavic Review. v. 59, no. 1. (Spring 2000).

2000 “Ethnicity, Nationality and the Masses: Narodnost’ and Modernity in Imperial Russia.” in Russian Modernity, eds. David Hoffmann and Yanni Kotsonis, MacMillan Press.

1998 "Science, Empire and Nationality: Ethnography in the Russian Geographical Society, 1845-1855." in Imperial Russia: New Histories for the Empire, eds. Jane Burbank and David Ransel, Indiana University Press.

1998 “Mikhail Lomonosov,” A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing. v. 2, p. 571. D. R. Wolff, ed.. Garland.

1998 “Nestor,” A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing. v. 2, p. 655 . D. R. Wolff, ed., Garland, 1998.

1998 “Russian Historiography (to 1917),” in A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing. v. 2, pp. 794-798. . D. R. Wolff, ed.. Garland, 1998.

1993 “The Benckendorff Papers: Generations of Service to the Tsars.” Columbia Library Columns, Spring 1993.

Conference Participation

2000 Chair, "Ethnography and Literature." American Association for the Advancement
of Slavic Studies, Annual Conference, November 2000, Denver.

2000 “Curricular Development in Russian and East European Studies using Informational Technology.” Annual Conference of the American Association for History and Computing. Waco, Texas. April 2000.

1999 “Ethnicity, Nationality and the Masses: the Concept of Narod in Imperial Russia,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Annual Conference, November 1999, St. Louis.

1999 Discussant, “Russia’s First Museum: The Kunstkamera in Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts.” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Annual Conference, November 1999, St. Louis.

1999 "Grigor'ev in Orenburg: Orientalism in the Service of Empire?" Maryland Russian History Workshop. University of Maryland, December 1999.

1997 “Grigor’ev in Orenburg: A Case Study in Orientalism and Empire.” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Annual Conference, Seattle, November 1997.

1995 "Do We Need the Concept of the Intelligentsia? Intellectual life in the 1840s reexamined." American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Conference, Washington DC, October 1995.

1995 "Constructing the Science of Nationality: Ethnography in the Russian Geographical Society, 1845-1861." Conference paper, American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 1995.

1994 "Science, Empire and Nationality: The Case of the Russian Geographical Society, 1845-1855." Social Science Research Council Workshop, "Visions, Institutions and Experiences of Imperial Russia," September, 1994.

1991 "Three Visions of Early Russian Ethnography: Nadezhdin, Kavelin, Baer." Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, Bryn Mawr College, April 1991.

Lectures and Presentations:

2000 “After the Fall: Russian and East European Studies in the Post-Communist Era,” Seton Hall University Day Lecture, October 20, 2000.

2000 “Curricular Development in Russian and East European Studies using Informational Technology,” Faculty Showcase presentation, Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, Seton Hall University, June 25, 2000.

2000 “A Web-Based Approach to Teaching Western Civilization.” Think-Pad University Fly-In, Seton Hall University, May 11, 2000.

2000 “Teaching Western Civilization using the World Wide Web.” NJIN/SHU Best Practices Showcase: Invited Speaker. February 23, 2000

2000 “The Roots of the War in Chechnya.” Public lecture sponsored by the Russian and East European Studies Program and History Club, Seton Hall University, February 16, 2000

1999 “Curricular Development using Microsoft FrontPage.” Faculty Showcase presentation. Teaching Learning and Technology Center, Seton Hall University, October 12, 1999.

1999 “Glavnye techeniia v anglo-amerikanskoi istoriografii o Rossii.” [Main trends in Anglo-American historiography on Russia] Presentation to Historical Department. Nauchnyi issledovatel’skii institut.gumanitarnykh nauk. Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia, July 1999.

1999 “The Economic Crisis in Russia: its Causes and Consequences,” Invited Speaker, International Symposium, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, February 19, 1999.

1998 "Grigor’ev in Orenburg: Russian Orientalism in the Service of Empire?" Columbia University Faculty Seminar in Slavic Studies, May 1, 1998.

1998 "A Scholar in the Service of Empire: V. V. Grigor’ev and the Problem of Russian Orientalism." Guest Lecture. Yale University, Center for Russian Studies. April 14, 1998.

1998 “Russia under Nicholas I.” Guest Lecture in History. C. W. Post College of Long Island University, February 6, 1998.

1998 “The Ethnographic Tradition: Nationality, Science and the State in Imperial Russia.” Presented at Colorado College, January 20, 1998; Ohio State University. February 9, 1998.

1997. “Visions of Modern Russia,” “From Peasant to Proletarian.” University of Maryland, Guest lectures in Russian history, September 1997.

1996 “Sistema obrazovaniia v Soedinennykh Shtatakh,” [The Educational System in the United States] Presentation at Volga-Viatka Regional Teacher's Conference. Sponsored by Open Society Institute. Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia, August 1996.

1995 "Etnografiia v pervoe desiatiletie Russkogo geograficheskogo obshchestva." [Ethnography in the First Decade of the Russian Geographical Society] Presentation at Congress marking 150^th anniversary of the Russian Geographical Society, St. Petersburg, August 23, 1995.

1995 "Etnografiia i kontseptsiia o nauke." [Ethnography and the Concept of Science] Presentation at conference "Regionalism, Local Interests and Science." St. Petersburg, June 1995.

1993 “Semeistvo Benkendorf,” [The Benckendorff Family] Istoricheskii al'manakh, Broadcast throughout Russia on St. Petersburg Television, October 3, 1993.

1991 “The Slavophile and Westernizer Debates.” University of Arizona, Department of History. Guest Lecture in Russian Intellectual History. Spring 1991.

Web Sites:

“Documents in Russian History” <http://artsci.shu.edu/reesp/documents>

“Russian and East European Studies Program” <http://artsci.shu.edu/reesp>

“Imperial Russia” <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna/imperialrus>

“Western Civilization I” <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna/WestCivI>

“Western Civilization II” <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna/westciv2>
Personal Home Page <http://pirate.shu.edu/~knightna>

Grants and Fellowships:

1999-2002       Seton Hall University, Curricular Development Initiative III:
     “Curricular Development in Russian and East European Studies”
      Project Director

1999-2001 National Council for Eurasian and East European Research:

“The Ethnographic Tradition: Concepts of Human Diversity in Russian Culture”

Research Grant

1998 International Research Exchange Board: Short-term Research Grant

1998 Columbia University, Harriman Institute: Post-Doctoral Fellowship

1997 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,

Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies: Research Scholar

1996 International Research Exchange Board: Short-term Research Grant

1995-1996 American Council of Teachers of Russian: Research Scholar

1995 Columbia University, The Harriman Institute: Post Doctoral Fellowship

1995 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,

Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies: Short-Term Research Grant

1994 Social Science Research Council, Selected Participant:
"Visions, Institutions and Experiences of Imperial Russia," September 1994.

1993 Columbia University, The Harriman Institute: Pepsico Travel Grant.

1989-1994 Columbia University, The Harriman Institute: Junior Fellowships.

1991-1992 International Research and Exchanges Board: Long Term Research Grant.

1991-1992 Fulbright-Hayes Training Grants:
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship.

1991 Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference: Best Graduate Student Paper.

1987-1989 Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences:
Presidential Fellow.

Professional Service

Seton Hall University
Faculty Senate, June 2000 – present

Informational Technology Committee, June 2000 – present

Nominations and Elections Committee, September 1999 – present

Selection Committee, Curricular Development Initiative IV.

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

Internet Committee, November 1999 – present

Representative to NINCH, March 2000 – present

Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, Referee, October 2000.

National Endowment for the Humanities, Reviewer, September 2000

Russian Review, Referee, March 2000.

Virtual Primary Textbook for Soviet Russian History, Advisory Board, Sept. 1999 – present

Professional Affiliations:

American Historical Association

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

American Association for History and Computing

National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage

Soiuz—The Research Network for Post-Communist Cultural Studies.

Languages:

Russian (near-native), French (reading), German (reading).

References:

Richard Wortman, Professor of History, Columbia University.

Leopold Haimson, Professor of History, Columbia University.

Mark Von Hagen, Professor of History, Columbia University.

Jeffry Diefendorf, Professor of History, University of New Hampshire.

Alfred Rieber, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania.

1995 Ph.D. Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation: “Constructing the Science of Nationality: Ethnography in Mid-Nineteenth Century Russia. Advisor: Richard Wortman

Professional Service

1995 Ph.D. Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Dissertation: “Constructing the Science of Nationality: Ethnography in Mid-Nineteenth Century Russia.
Advisor: Richard Wortman