Professor of Russian and European intellecutal history, University of California, Berkeley, 1957-1997
By: Nicholas V. Riasanovsky ; with an introduction by Reginald E. Zelnik. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1996. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Zelnik, Reginald E.; Lage, Ann.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1998
Subjects: University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of History.; Russkai͡a︡ pravoslavnai͡a︡ t͡s︡erkovʹ -- Influence.; University of Oregon.; State University of Iowa. History Dept.; College teachers -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews.; Historiography -- Russia.; World War, 1939-1945.; Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.)
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: University history series.; University history series. Department of History at Berkeley.
Description: Recollections of family and education in Russian emigré communities of Harbin and Tientsin, China; emigration to United States, 1938, education at University of Oregon, Harvard, and Oxford, as Rhodes Scholar; World War II service; teaching at State University of Iowa History Dept., 1949-1957; marriage, family, Russian Orthodox Church, interest in sports; professor of history, University of California, Berkeley since 1957: discussion of departmental governance, unrest in 1960s and 1970s; service as chairman of the Dept. of History (1967-1969) and chairman of Graduate Council (1970-1973); teaching, research and writing in Russian history and culture; visits to the Soviet Union and Russia.