Here are courses currently offered or planned by Miami
faculty in the Silk Road Project. Click on a course title
so see a syllabus.
ATH/GEO/RUS
306: Peoples and Cultures of Russia and
Eurasia.
Douglas Rogers
GEO 408/508: Geography of the Silk Road. Stan Toops
HST 434/534
China and the Silk Road before
1600. Yihong
Pan
REL 314: Religions of the Silk Road. Liz Wilson,
Scott Kenworthy, Rick Colby
POL
420/520: Engendering Communism, Nationalism, and
Fundamentalism: Women along the Silk
Road. Karen
Dawisha
ENG/ITL
364: From Marco Polo to Machiavelli: Asian
Influences and Classical Renaissance in Italian
Culture. Sante
Matteo
HST 493:
The Great Game: Diplomacy, Intrigue, and the
Struggle for Central Asia.
Michael Rouland
CLS 310: The Greeks in the Near East and Central
Asia. Steve
Nimis
RUS 259: Russia’s Imagined Orient: Caucasus and Central Asia on Page and Screen. Ben
Sutcliffe
POL 331: DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOVIET POLITY. Venelin I. Ganev
GLG 108: Geology & Geopolitics: Silk Road . Yildirim Dilek
HST 206: Historical Inquiry on the Silk Road . Mary E. Frederickson
ATH/HST/POL/REL/RUS 254
Introduction to Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian
Studies
Dr. Scott Kenworthy
HST 360.R
Central Asia in the 20th Century
MWF 9:00-9:50
Dr. Michael Rouland
REL 235
Religions of Russia and Eurasia
Dr. Scott Kenworthy
RUS 250.G
Cultural Circulation in Central Asia
MWF 4:00-4:50
Dr. Nathan Light
RUS 250.H
Life, History, and Narrative in Central Asia
MWF 4:00-4:50
Dr. Nathan Light