2024/2025

Russia and Britain: Allies or Enemies? (Changing Relations of the World’s Great Powers in the 20Th and 21St Centuries)

Type: Mago-Lego

Delivered by: School of Foreign Languages

When: 3, 4 module

Online hours: 20

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Olga A. Kolykhalova

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The research seminar “Russia and Britain: Allies or Enemies? (Changing Relations of the World’s Great Powers in the 20th and 21st Centuries)” introduces students to current aspects of Russian-British relations, which have a rich history of cooperation and alliance, rivalry and confrontation. Russian-British history has never been limited to political, economic ties, or imperial conflicts, but there has always been a certain mystical thread between two peoples so different and not always friendly towards each other. The roots of these sympathies are deep and diverse, which led at certain periods of history not only to the spread of Anglomania but also to Anglophilia. The course features seminars, which enable students to analyse plentiful information through involvement in discussions of different sources covering various standpoints on history, culture, economy and politics, along with presentations, quizzes, etc. Designed to emphasize independent thought, it also envisages various research projects conducted in small groups on a wide range of topics related to its subject.