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76250-01 - Übung: Unraveling "Little Russia": Ukraine and Tsarist Rule (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Oleksandr Polianichev (oleksandr.polianichev@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has repeatedly insisted that Ukraine is not a “real country” but merely the result of a Soviet political experiment. As Vladimir Putin has claimed on numerous occasions, “there was no Ukraine in the Russian Empire” and “no Ukraine ever existed in the history of mankind” prior to the Bolsheviks’ rise to power. Accordingly, one of the key objectives of Russia’s war effort is to restore Ukraine to its supposedly original and authentic pre-1917 condition—Little Russia, imagined as a mere regional expression of a greater Russian national whole. The goal of this course is to unravel the enigma of “Little Russia”—the official designation for Ukrainian lands during the imperial era—by examining Ukraine’s experience within the Russian Empire. Drawing on recent theoretical advancements in European, imperial, and global history, we will situate Ukraine within the broader imperial context in which its history unfolded, highlighting that this context was neither inherent nor natural, but was imposed through force and sustained by asymmetrical power relations. Students will engage with imperial-era Ukraine as a lived experience and examine the longue durée of Russia’s attitudes toward Ukraine. Students will critically assess how historical perceptions and policies have evolved over time, influencing the current ideologies of Russia’s war. At the same time, they will recognize how today’s narratives, although echoing elements of the imperial period, diverge from the more ambivalent and inconsistent approaches of the tsarist era. |
| Literatur | Zenon E. Kohut, Russian Centralism and Ukrainian Autonomy: Imperial Absorption of the Hetmanate, 1760s–1830s. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988. Serhii Plokhy, The Cossack Myth. History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Alexei Miller, The Ukrainian Question: Russian Empire and Nationalism in the 19th Century. Budapest, New York: Central European University Press, 2003. Johannes Remy, Brothers or Enemies: The Ukrainian National Movement and Russia from the 1840s to the 1870s. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. Faith Hillis, Children of Rus’: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013. Fabian Baumann. Dynasty Divided: A Family History of Russian and Ukrainian Nationalism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2023. Serhiy Bilenky, Laboratory of Modernity: Ukraine Between Empire and Nation, 1772–1914. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 10.15-12.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Donnerstag 18.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 25.09.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 02.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 09.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 16.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 23.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 30.10.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 06.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 13.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 20.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 27.11.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 04.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 11.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Donnerstag 18.12.2025 | 10.15-12.00 Uhr | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3 |
| Module |
Modul: Archive/Medien/Theorien Osteuropa-Studien (Bachelor Studiengang: Osteuropa-Studien) Modul: Areas: Osteuropa (Master Studiengang: Europäische Geschichte in globaler Perspektive ) Modul: Basis Osteuropäische Geschichte (Bachelor Studiengang: Osteuropa-Studien) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) Modul: Osteuropäische Geschichte: Räume und Epochen (Master Studienfach: Osteuropäische Geschichte) Modul: Spezialisierung «Geschichte und Polititsche Bildung» (Masterstudium: Fachdidaktik) Wahlbereich Bachelor Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschichte) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master Studienfach: Geschichte) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Departement Geschichte |