HELP finding a professor for Russian History, one-course, spring 2012

[Francoise Rosset]

Dear SEELANGers:

Me again.
I have been asked by the History department to send out a general SOS.
We realize this is a very busy time but your help 
will be immensely appreciated, as usual. For 
general comments, feel free to respond  to the 
list; for specific recommendations, please use 
these two e-mail addresses:
frosset at wheatonma.edu, jbeselfa at wheatoncollege.edu
(The second person is John Bezís-Selfa, Chair of History)

We need help identifying a (local) person to 
teach ONE course in Russian History.
This is a one-time need, and the fee for one course is $5000.
By local I mean someone who can reasonably get to 
Norton, MA, twice a week. Norton MA = 
intersection of 95 and 495 in MA, 20 mins NE of 
Providence, and on the Boston-Providence commuter 
train line.

Background
We have a course on Russian History (survey, 
primarily 19th-20th-current) scheduled for the 
spring. The the professor of this course has only 
recently informed us that she is extending her 
sabbatical and will not be here to teach HIST 
215. But we MUST teach it.
The course is taught only every 2-3 years as is.
It fulfills one of the requirements for Russian 
Studies, and we have 10 majors graduating this 
spring in Russian, nine of whom need this course 
to graduate (plus ten others in the junior and 
sophomore classes). We have 20-odd students who 
are using this course as an academic "connection" 
to another course or as part of a set.

Desiderata
MA or ABD or PhD in History, focus on Russian or European or Eurasian History.
Experience in American college/university.
Ability and willingness to teach a survey course 
with brief medieval background and emphasis on 
the 19th and 20th centuries. Prior teaching 
experience a great plus.
The course meets twice a week most likely MW in the middle of the day

We can assure you that both History and Russian 
are utterly welcoming and supportive and will do 
the utmost to make this a positive experience.
http://wheatoncollege.edu/russian/
http://wheatoncollege.edu/history/

Thank you,
-FR
-- 

Francoise Rosset
Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
Coordinator, German and Russian
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766

phone:  	(508) 286-3696
fax #:    	(508) 286-3640
e-mail: FRosset at wheatonma.edu

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