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20th Century Russia, Central Asia
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1999
Office: HSSB 4212 Hours:
Fax: (805) 893-8795
Email: edgar@history.ucsb.edu
Current Projects- Interethnic Marriage in Soviet Central Asia
Selected Publications- Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004).
- “Bolshevism, Patriarchy, and the Nation: The Soviet 'Emancipation' of Muslim Women in Pan-Islamic Perspective," Slavic Review vol. 65, no. 2 (Summer 2006), pp. 252-272.
- “Portrait of Lenin: Carpets and National Culture in Soviet Turkmenistan,” in Valerie Kivelson and Joan Neuberger, eds., Russian Visual Culture (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007).
- "The Fragmented Nation: Genealogy, Identity, and Social Hierarchy in Turkmenistan," in Paul Spickard, ed., Race and Nation: Ethnic Systems in the Modern World (New York and London: Routledge, 2005).
- “Emancipation of the Unveiled: Turkmen Women under Soviet Rule, 1924-1929,” Russian Review, vol. 62, no. 1 (January 2003), pp. 132-149.
- "Genealogy, Class, and 'Tribal Policy' in Soviet Turkmenistan, 1924-1934," Slavic Review, vol. 60, no 2 ( Summer 2001), pp. 266-288.
Undergraduate and Graduate Courses- 135B History of Russia, 1800-1917
- 135C History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991
- 201E Advanced Historical Literature (Modern Europe)
- 135P Proseminar in Russian History
- 183DR Readings in Central Asian History
- 200E Historical Literature (Modern Europe)
Honors and Professional Activities- Berkshire Conference Article Prize, 2006
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