Douglas R Weiner
Contact
- (520) 621-3736
- CESAR CHAVEZ BUILDING, Rm. 400N
- TUCSON, AZ 85721-0023
- dweiner@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. History
- Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- The History of the Conservation Movement in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-1933
Work Experience
- University of Arizona (2000 - Ongoing)
- U of A (1992 - 2000)
- U of A (1988 - 1992)
- Tufts Univ (1987 - 1988)
Awards
- Balzan Prize (nominated)
- What type of organization made the award?: Balzan Foundation;Description: I was nominated by the Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Science for this $800,000 prize. Regrettably, it was awarded to someone else.;, Fall 2009
Interests
Teaching
Global environmental history, Russian and Soviet history, World history, Historiography and philosophy of history
Research
Russian and Soviet environmental history; Russian and Soviet history of education
Courses
2020-21 Courses
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World Hist 1600-Present
HIST 150C4 (Spring 2021) -
Global Environmntl Hist
HIST 356 (Fall 2020) -
Historiography
HIST 695K (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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History Of Soviet Union
HIST 525 (Spring 2020) -
History of Soviet Union
HIST 425 (Spring 2020) -
World Hist 1600-Present
HIST 150C4 (Spring 2020) -
Global Environmntl Hist
HIST 356 (Fall 2019) -
History of Russia to 1917
HIST 422 (Fall 2019) -
History of Russia to 1917
HIST 522 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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History Of Soviet Union
HIST 525 (Spring 2019) -
History of Soviet Union
HIST 425 (Spring 2019) -
World Hist 1600-Present
HIST 150C4 (Spring 2019) -
Global Environmntl Hist
HIST 356 (Fall 2018) -
History of Russia to 1917
HIST 422 (Fall 2018) -
History of Russia to 1917
HIST 522 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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History of Soviet Union
HIST 425 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
HIST 699 (Spring 2018) -
World Hist 1600-Present
HIST 150C4 (Spring 2018) -
History of Russia to 1917
HIST 422 (Fall 2017) -
World History to 1600
HIST 160B2 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Global Environmntl Hist
HIST 356 (Spring 2017) -
World Hist 1600-Present
HIST 150C4 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
HIST 699 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Comparative History
HIST 695H (Spring 2016) -
History Of Soviet Union
HIST 525 (Spring 2016) -
History of Soviet Union
HIST 425 (Spring 2016) -
Honors Thesis
HIST 498H (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
HIST 599 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Weiner, D. R. (2012). The Predatory Tribute-taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History.More inforeprinted from original publication;Full Citation: John R. McNeill and Alan Roe, eds., Global Environmental History: An Introductory Reader (Abingdon, OX, UK: Routledge, 2012);
- Weiner, D. R. (2009). “The Predatory Tribute-Taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History,” in Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz, eds., The Environment and World History (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, 276-315.More info;Full Citation: “The Predatory Tribute-Taking State: A Framework for Understanding Russian Environmental History,” in Edmund Burke III and Kenneth Pomeranz, eds., The Environment and World History (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, 276-315.;
Presentations
- Weiner, D. R. (2010, 2011-04-01).
- Weiner, D. R. (2009, 2009-08-01). The Boundary Question and 'European Environmental History'. (First) World Congress on Environmental History. Copenhagen.More info;Refereed: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Weiner, D. R. (2009, 2009-11-01). Commentator, International Workshop on Lysenkoism. International Workshop on Lysenkoism. Columbia University and CUNY Graduate Center.More infoI was among 4 commentators discussing 20 paper presentations at this public conference.;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference/Workshop;
- Weiner, D. R. (2009, 2009-11-01). Comments,Reception and Memory of Natural Disasters in Russia. American Society for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Boston.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Weiner, D. R. (2009, 2009-11-01). Teaching Russian Environmental History. American Society for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Boston.More info;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
- Weiner, D. R. (2009, 2009-12-01). COMMENTS ON LOREN GRAHAM'S “Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity: The Birth of the Moscow School of Mathematics” and ROGER COOKE'S “The File on Academician N. N. Luzin”. NY Academy of Sciences. Columbia University, NY.More infoThis was a joint meeting, entitled "Russian Science and Mathematics," of the History of Science Society,the New York Academy of Sciences Section for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the NYU Gallatin School History of Science Lecture Series, CUNY Liberal Studies Science and Society Lecture Series, and the Columbia University Colloquium for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
