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Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440) 775-8121

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Polish Studies at Oberlin College

The Institution

Oberlin College, is small independent institution with an erollemnt of 2,800 students with a liberal and rigorous academic tradition, holds a distinguished place among American colleges and universities.

Poland-Related Courses

HIST 235 East European Jewry: 1772-1939 @
COURSE DESCRIPTION: First Semester. This course focuses on the Jews in Russia-Poland from the partitions of Poland until the eve of World War II, examining the religion, community organization, literature, economic profile, and politics of a diverse and enormously expressive community that sadly, has received most attention for its mass slaughter by the Nazis. This course, while studying the endemic anti-Semitism of the region, and Jewish responses to it, focuses primarily on the life and culture of the Jews themselves. Identical to JWST 235.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Magnus, S
Politics 214 Social and Political Change in Eastern Europe @
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on Eastern Europe as the first "relatively backward" region in the world capitalist system. In part one we will explore how Eastern Europe became the "other Europe." In Part Two we will explore the rise of Communism as a developmental alternative to Western capitalism, beginning with an examination of the social base of communist movements and the sources of its attraction for intellectual elites. We will then move on to the reasons of discontent with the Stalinist model which led to the Polish and Hungarian revolts of 1956 and the Prague Spring of 1968. In Part Three, we explore the dilemmas posed by the demise of communism as an alternative to Western capitalism and liberal democracy.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Crowley, S

Faculty

Crowley, Stephen Associate Professor of Politics Department, Oberlin College @
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Phone: (440)775-8286 / Fax: (440)775-8898 / E-Mail: Steve.Crowley@oberlin.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Politics in Russia and eastern Europe
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Laskowski Martha, Assistant Professor of Biology, Oberlin College @
Ph.D., Stanford
Phone: 440 776-3056 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: Marta.Laskowski@oberlin.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Plant physiology, plant molecular biology; Polish cultural heritage
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Magnus, Shulamit Associate Professor of History Department, Oberlin College @ @
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1988
Phone: (440)775-8529 / E-Mail: shulamit.magnus@oberlin.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Modern Jewish History, German Jewish History, Jewish Women's History, gender in Jewish Society, and contemporary Jewish Feminism Russian Jewish Haskalah
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