CATHERINE II

A Guide to English Language Resources

Periodicals

Imperial Double Headed Eagle.These journals contain a wide variety of articles devoted to the study of Russian and European History as well as other topics broadly associated with the Slavic world. Most journals are similar in their contents, offering original research articles, review essays of significant clusters of literature, and brief reviews of new works. As with any brief compilation this list is not exhaustive.

Sources

  • Cahiers du monde russe. (Vol. 35, 1994- ) Paris, France: Centre d'etudes sur la Russie, l'Europe orientale et le domaine turc de l'Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales. This journal continues Cahiers du monde russe et sovietique. (Vol. 1, 1959-Vol. 34, 1993) Paris, France: Mouton. Located in Davis Library Stacks, 4th Floor, and in the Periodicals Reading Room: DK1. C2. Recent Table of Contents (1997-2002) are available on the web at: http://www.ehess.fr/editions/revues/cmr.html. This journal covers all areas of Russian history and its contents are generally written in the native language of the author. There are usually a number of English-language articles in any given volume.
  • Journal of Modern History. (Vol. 1, 1929-) Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. Located in Davis Stacks, 3rd Floor, and in the Periodicals Reading Room: D1 .J6. A version is available via JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00222801.html. This is a very important journal devoted to the study of European history. Its articles offer the researcher access to the most current trends in european historiography. There are also occasional works devoted to Russian history.
  • Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. (Vol. 1, 2000-) Bloomington, Indiana: Slavic Publishers. Located in Davis Library Stacks, 4th Floor, and in the Periodical Reading Room: DK1. K74. An electronic version is available via Project Muse at: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/kri. Publishes original research articles and lengthy review essays of non-English language works of Russian history.
  • Newsletter: Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia. (No. 1, 1973-) Norwich England: Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia. Located in the Davis Library Stacks, 4th Floor: DK127. S77a. This is an idiosyncratic journal. Some articles are very fine and others were seemingly published here as a last resort. Nevertheless, it is worth a look.
  • Russian Review: An American Quarterly Devoted to Russia Past and Present. (Vol. 1, 1941-) Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers. Located in the Davis Library Stacks, 4th Floor, and in the Periodicals Reading Room: DK1. R82. An electronic version of Volumes 1-55 (1941-1996) is available via JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00360341.html. More current issues are available via Ingenta. Contains articles on topics addressing virtually all aspects of Russian studies.
  • Slavic Review: American Quarterly of Russian and East European Studies. (Vol. 20, 1961-) American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Located in the Davis Library Stacks, 3rd Floor, and in the Periodicals Reading Room: D377. A1 A5. A version is available via JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/journals/00376779.html. As with Russian Review, this journal contains articles on topics addressing virtually all aspects of Russian and Slavic studies.

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