Ukrainian Questions Posed by Russian Invasion
46:05The Genesis of Nations
46:20Geography and Ancient History
47:59Before Europe
48:38Vikings, Slavers, Lawgivers: The Kyiv State
51:34The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
51:15Rise of Muscovite Power
50:48Early Jews of Modern Ukraine
51:18Polish Power and Cossack Revolution
49:23Global Empires
49:54Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power, Ukrainian Populism
48:25Republics and Revolutions
50:30Interwar Poland’s Ukrainians
51:42Ukrainization, Famine, Terror: 1920s-1930s
50:25Habsburg Curiosity
47:58Colonization, Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing
50:03Reforms, Recentralization, Dissidence: 1950s-1970s
50:52Before and After the End of History
51:45Oligarchies in Russia and Ukraine
49:39Maidan and Self-Understanding
54:11Comparative Russian Imperialism
49:25Early Jews of Modern Ukraine
Richard C. Levin Professor of History, Yale University
In Class 8, guest lecturer Glenn Dynner, Professor of Judaic Studies and Director of the Bennett Center at Fairfield University, explores the early Jews of modern Ukraine.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.