Papers by Susan Smith-Peter
Аннотация. Статья посвящена широкому кругу вопросов, связанному с применением наукометрических ме... more Аннотация. Статья посвящена широкому кругу вопросов, связанному с применением наукометрических методов в гуманитарных науках, прежде всего в истории, философии и филологии. Материалом послужили результаты анкетирования, проведенного среди ученых гуманитариев разного возраста, статуса, разной тематики исследования и различных позиций по этой проблеме. Применимы ли в принципе эти методы в гуманитарных науках, каковы аргументы за и против их применения, каков зарубежный опыт, насколько важны формальные рейтинги и индексы цитирования для ученого-гуманитария, насколько важно и реально публиковать свои исследования на иностранных языках (прежде всего на английском) и в иностранных журналах, включенных в зарубежные библиометрические базы данных, как это влияет на рейтинги исследователей и учреждений, какова с этой точки зрения специфика ученого-гуманитария, работающего в вузе,-вот примерный перечень вопросов, затронутых в данной статье. Ключевые слова: наукометрия, экспертиза, библиометрические базы данных, индексы цитирования, импакт-фактор журнала, язык публикации Гринёв А.В. Некоторые размышления университетского историка о проблемах наукометрии // Историческая экспериза. 24.09.2015. URL: http://istorex.ru/page/grinyov_ av_nekotorie_razmishleniya_universitetskogo_istorika_o_problemakh_naukometrii (дата обращения: 12.03.2016). Игра в цыфирь, или Как теперь оценивают труд ученого (Сборник статей о библиометрике) / Под общ. ред. А.Н. Паршина. М.: МЦНМО, 2011.
Russia's Regional Identities: The Power of the Provinces, 2018
This paper argues that there were 6 waves of Russian regionalism, where regions such as Siberia a... more This paper argues that there were 6 waves of Russian regionalism, where regions such as Siberia and the Russian North, expressed either cultural or political regionalism. For the first 4 - the 1830s, 1860s, 1890s, and 1920s - Russia was in line with Western European developments more broadly. There was a major divergence after Stalin and the waves of the 1970s and 1990s were quite different, with Western European regions expressing strong political regionalism, while Russian regions were limited to cultural regionalism.
Russia's Regional Identities: The Power of the Provinces, 2018
This paper argues that there were six waves of Russian regionalism. For the first - 1830s, 1860s... more This paper argues that there were six waves of Russian regionalism. For the first - 1830s, 1860s, 1890s, and the 1920s - the Russian regions were very much part of the larger European context. After Stalin, there was a major divergence, and Russian and European political and cultural regionalism of the 1970s and 1990s were quite different, with European regions attaining considering political power, while Russian regions returned to the cultural conditions of the 1830s.
Russian Studies in History, 2003
In the past ten years, unprecedented access to archives and a sea change in interpretation have p... more In the past ten years, unprecedented access to archives and a sea change in interpretation have prompted a surge of interest in both the noble estate and local history. Perhaps as a result of the Soviet stress on the role of the working class and the great urban centers, post-Soviet scholars have focused a great deal on both the nobility and local history. This is part of a new historical narrative emphasizing the vitality and variety of prerevolutionary society. While such histories can fall prey to ahistorical nostalgia, at their best they present a rich portrait of places and people we still know relatively little about. Since 1991, unprecedented diversity in historiography in postSoviet Russia has been accompanied by the loss of a commonly shared historical framework. Strong prerevolutionary traditions in the history of the noble estate and local history, which had been repressed under the Soviets, made a comeback. This tradition included historically sophisticated studies as we...
Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie, 2016
This article examines the debate about the industrial future of Russia that took place in pre ref... more This article examines the debate about the industrial future of Russia that took place in pre reform Vladimir Province among nobles, merchants, and bureaucrats. These groups put forward two differing visions of a modern Russia. The first was of an urban, industrialized, factory dominated country where the cotton industry would ensure that Russia remained economically independent. The second called for a Russia that would remain rural but whose linen industry would be transformed by science and improved agriculture and so pro vide for the continuation of rural life even during industrialization. Both merchants and nobles claimed that they would serve as wise fathers over the people in the future industrial Russia. An analysis of statistical essays in the Vladimir provincial newspaper provides a new source base for our understanding of how Russians made sense of industrialization and social change even before the abolition of serfdom.
Znanie Ponimanie Umenie, 2016
This article examines why certain authors saw the East as both self and Other in the first years ... more This article examines why certain authors saw the East as both self and Other in the first years of the existence of Kazan University (est. 1804). During this time, the Oriental Renaissance saw the East as the source of knowledge and light, resulting in a more positive view of the East than in the late nineteenth century, when imperialism and hostile European views of the East reached Russia. The older generation of Kazan authors of the 1810s were influenced by Catherinian era classicism, and adapted tropes from that time, bringing the East back into the center of Russian affairs and celebrating the mixture of East and West. The younger generation was more influ enced by sentimentalism and saw the East as separate from the self, but still close to home.
Cahiers du monde russe, 2010
Navigation-Plan du site Cahiers du monde russe Russie-Empire russe-Union soviétique et États indé... more Navigation-Plan du site Cahiers du monde russe Russie-Empire russe-Union soviétique et États indépendants fr ru en de Accueil > Numéros > 51/2-3 > Creating a Creole Estate in early... Recherche Chercher Sommaire-Document précédent-Document suivant 51/2-3 | 2010 : Dynamiques sociales et classifications juridiques dans l'Empire russe Creating a Creole Estate in early nineteenth-century Russian America La création d'un ordre créole : la compagnie russe d'Amérique et sa vision d'une nouvelle civilisation russe dans l'Amérique russe du début du XIX e siècle Susan Smith-Peter p.
Ethnohistory, 2013
This article argues that the creation of a creole estate in early nineteenthcentury Russian Ameri... more This article argues that the creation of a creole estate in early nineteenthcentury Russian America was motivated by cultural rather than racial concerns. Creoles were the offspring of Russian or indigenous men and native women. An analysis of the earliest known list of creoles allows the author to examine the social structure of the new creole class and to note that there was a high degree of social stratification within the estate. In Russian America, before its sale to the United States in 1867, a society emerged that was based on a complex interaction between Russians-who at most numbered in the hundreds-and Alaskan Natives. One aspect of that interaction was the creation of the creole estate by the Russian-American Company (RAC). The RAC, a fur-hunting merchant company backed by the Russian state and organized along the lines of the British East India Company or the Hudson's Bay Company, oversaw the colonies and reported to the Russian state as well as to the company's shareholders. In Russia, society was organized by estates-peasant, townspeople, merchant, clerical, and noble-that outlined the rights and responsibilities of each of their members. The creole estate was created only for Russian America and was composed of the offspring of mostly Russian men and native women. Although the word creole, which was borrowed by the Russians from the Spanish, may suggest a racial ordering, this was not part of the original intent. As I have argued elsewhere, the RAC was motivated by a desire to have a tax-exempt estate to serve it-unlike the taxable peasants who made up most of the promyshlenniki, the Russian subjects who worked for the company in various capacities-as well as by a belief that creoles could Ethnohistory
The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, 2008
This work examines the rise of the provincial newspaper from its origins in Tambov under the poet... more This work examines the rise of the provincial newspaper from its origins in Tambov under the poet and governor Gavrila Derzhavin to its widespread dissemination under Nicholas I. The newspapers included an offi cial section, which was fi lled with official announcements and orders, as well as an unoffi cial section dealing with the province. The state’s aim was to increase the fl ow of offi cial information to and from the provinces. They did not expect to stimulate local society and encourage the growth of regional identity, but these were among the unintended effects of the newspapers. In particular, the unofficial section became a forum for provincial readers and writers to study their corner of the empire in all its historical, ethnographic, statistical, and archaeological facets. This helped to lay the foundation for an active civil society during the reign of Nicholas I.
Горизонты гуманитарного знания, May 7, 2018
The article argues that the spread of scientific information is not always enough to ensure the s... more The article argues that the spread of scientific information is not always enough to ensure the success of the production of any particular country in a global market. In particular, there were significant barriers to the introduction of improved livestock raising in nineteenth century Russia. Although agricultural societies, which were voluntary associations of Russian nobles, carried out substantive work to disseminate scientific livestock raising in Russia, global success on the wool market was transient. Understanding the interplay between domestic and global markets is key to a deeper understanding of the challenges of Russian agriculture.
Slavic & East European Information Resources
This article is an introduction to the New York Public Library's prerevolutionary Russian and Eas... more This article is an introduction to the New York Public Library's prerevolutionary Russian and Eastern European photographic albums. It also provides a checklist of these albums. The checklist is an especially rich source for Russian architecture, art, and science and provides documentation for a variety of places in the center and provinces of the Russian Empire. Some of the most significant albums are those once owned by the Romanovs and by George Kennan the elder, America's first Russian expert.
Imagining Russian Regions
Canadian-American Slavic Studies
Over the course of the nineteenth century, Russian ideas of society (obshchestvo) shifted from be... more Over the course of the nineteenth century, Russian ideas of society (obshchestvo) shifted from being limited to the noble estate to referring to educated people more broadly. This article is the first to explore how this shift played out on the pages of provincial newspapers (gubernskie vedomosti) in European Russia and Siberia, which were government-run periodicals that included an unofficial section in which local intellectuals could and did discuss the meaning of society at different scales, from the small size of the district to the vastness of Siberia. Russians both ordinary and extraordinary wrote for the provincial newspapers, expressing their views that: 1) nobles were society; 2) nobles should lead and enlighten a broader, multi-estate society; or, 3) society consisted of all educated groups, primarily the nobility and the clergy, but also the merchantry. Envisioning society at a smaller scale allowed the connections between estates to became more evident.
Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
Russian Studies in History, 2015
Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, 2015
This article examines how the idea of Enlightenment regionalism arose and was received in the pro... more This article examines how the idea of Enlightenment regionalism arose and was received in the provinces. Enlightenment regionalism denied the specificity or authenticity of space outside the capitals. Circles around provincial governors and new educational institutions adapted these ideas in four eighteenth-century journals printed in the provinces. Influenced by the genre of topographical descriptions and by the provincial reforms of 1775, these groups saw peripheral space as a source of raw materials, not of meaning, and made empty provinces by erasing specificity and inserting universality.
Reviews in American History, 2015
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