Lawrence Langer

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972
Center Associate, Davis Center

Contact Information
University of Connecticut
History Department
U-2103
Storrs, CT 06269
860-486-0359
Lawrence.Langer@Uconn.edu

Research Interests
Russian history, particularly the developments and structures of medieval Russian society; Russian-Byzantine-Mongol relations.

Current Projects
“Medieval Rus’ in the Mongol Era” (a reevaluation of the social-economic history of medieval Rus’ and the development of Muscovy); “A Social History of Medieval Rus’” (which seeks to integrate the extensive scholarship that exists on the society and economy of medieval Rus’).

Selected Publications
Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia (2002)

"The Black Death in Russia: Its Effects upon Urban Labor" Russian History Vol.2, No.1, 1975

"The Russian Medieval Town," in The City in Russian History, ed Michael Hamm. 1976

"The 'Strangeness of Rus' in the Mongol Era: Problems of Comparative History." Russian History 28 (2001)