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Michael G. Smith
Associate Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. Georgetown University, 1991
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UNIV Room 027 |
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765-494-4148 |
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765-496-1755 |
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mgsmith@purdue.edu |
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Fall
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Main Office Phone: 765-494-4122
University Hall
672 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2087
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Specialization:
M. G. Smith teaches several undergraduate
courses in Global History, Medieval and Modern Russian History, and
History of Aviation and the Space Age. He is currently researching
"American and Russian Approaches to Rocketry and Space Travel in the
Twentieth Century."
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Biography:
Michael Smith received his Ph.D. in Russian
history from Georgetown University in 1991.
His research interests include Soviet nationalities and
language policies (with a focus on Azerbaijan), the Russian
revolution and Bolshevik culture, and the comparative dimensions of
Russian and American rocketry, space science, and astronautics.
His book, Language and Power in the Creation of the USSR,
1917-1953 appeared in Mouton de Gruyter’s series,
Contributions to the Sociology of Language (Berlin and New York,
1998). He has recently
published a series of articles and book chapters on the Russian
revolution in Baku, Azerbaijan.
He is currently working on a new research project, taking
shape in book and article manuscripts: “Russian and American Approaches
to Rocketry and Space Travel in the Twentieth Century.”
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