Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter

Professor Wirtschafter received her Ph.D. in Russian history from Columbia University in 1983. She is the author of From Serf to Russian Soldier (Princeton, 1990), Structures of Society: Imperial Russia's "People of Various Ranks" (DeKalb, 1994), Social Identity in Imperial Russia (DeKalb, 1997), and The Play of Ideas in Russian Enlightenment Theater (DeKalb, 2003). Her numerous articles and book reviews have appeared in a variety of scholarly journals and essay collections. She also has received a number of prestigious grants and fellowships, including appointment as a John Simon Guggenheim fellow in 1998-99. This year Professor Wirtschafter is beginning work on a new book project devoted to the history of Russian political ideas from medieval kingship to constitutional monarchy. You can visit her in her office: building 94, room 313.

If you wish to call, her office phone is (909) 869-3871.

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