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.

Jack Brehm

Undergraduate Feature

Jack is an Indiana University-Bloomington senior from Fort Wayne, Indiana majoring in History and Criminal Justice. 

"My goals in studying history include building a foundation for success in law school, expanding my knowledge of historical topics, and finishing a final thesis of genuine academic value. I have completed history coursework that has improved my abilities as an undergraduate student, but I know that the impact of my degree will reach far beyond these few years. History is an explanation of everything around us, making it crucial to my future as an attorney, especially with my aim to bring an informed and empathetic perspective to each situation I face."

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).