CLHUMHI120 - The End of the Romanov Dynasty
Historian Newell Boyd, Ph.D., explores the panoply of personalities who reigned in the final century of the Romanov dynasty. While the family rule began with Michael Romanov in 1613, this course commences with the reign of Catherine II (the Great) at the time when the dynasty began a regular pattern of succession. Particular attention is devoted to the lives of Catherine, Alexander I, Alexander II and the ill-fated Nicholas II and his family. The lives and exploits of these Russian autocrats continue to be endlessly fascinating to modern students.
Course Details
Newell Boyd, Ph.D., is a semi-retired professor of history whose primary teaching field is Victorian Britain and the British empire. He is also an instructor in the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Rice University and has been published in a variety of books and scholarly journals in the field of British history. He has published two historical novels on the lives of Joseph Chamberlain and John Ruskin. Dr. Boyd holds a doctorate in history from Texas Tech University and has done postdoctoral research at the University of London, University of Birmingham, the London School of Economics, University of Oxford, The University of Manchester and The University of Edinburgh. He has been a fellow at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London and is a member of England’s Society of Authors and the Royal Historical Society.
On campus
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