Brian J. Boeck

Ph.D. Harvard, 2002; A.M. 1994
Lecturer on History
Faculty Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Contact Information
617.496.5990
boeck@fas.harvard.edu

Research Interests
Medieval and early modern Russian history; Russian, Ukrainian, and Cossack identities; comparative frontiers and boundaries; folklore.

Current Projects
Revising manuscript "Shifting Boundaries on the Don Steppe Frontier: Cossacks, Empires and Nomads to 1739" on integration of the Don region into the Russian Empire; writing articles on "Fabricating Medieval Russian Rule in the Caucasus: A re-evaluation of the Stone of Tmutarakan';" and researching a monograph on "Community and Identity in the Kuban' Region."

Selected Publications