Russian, East European, and Eurasian History

Faculty Feature

Building on our strong tradition of scholarship of the region, our Department of History continues to advance the field of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies and to train the next generation of scholars.

Our faculty with expertise and research in this area includes: Andy Bruno, Maria Bucur, Clare Griffin, Ke-Chin Hsia, and Tatiana Saburova.

IU Bloomington is also home to the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute, the Department of Central Eurasian Studies, and the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.

Robin Nokes

Undergraduate Feature

Robin is an Indiana University-Bloomington sophomore from Jeffersonville, Indiana, majoring in English, history, and sociology. Robin is pictured here at the Oscar Wilde monument in Dublin, Ireland. 

"The value of a history major comes in its incredible power to provide context for the world we live in today. In the world of fake news, being able to work efficiently with primary sources is a skill that cannot be undervalued."

Dr. Jessica Leach

Graduate Alumni Feature

Jessica Leach (Ph.D., 2017) received her Ph.D. in Medieval History under the supervision of Dr. Leah Shopkow in 2017. She is the Indigenous Languages Grant Manager for The Language Conservancy (TLC) and the Lakota Language Consortium. In 2020, Jessica wrote a National Endowment for Humanities grant “E-Learning Platform Expansion and Reader Creation” for the Lakota Language Consortium (LLC), which was awarded. This grant allowed LLC to add a Teacher Portal and classroom integration feature into their Lakota e-learning platform called Owóksape (“Learning Place” in Lakota).