Georgi Derluguian

 

Associate Professor Department of Sociology   Areas of Interest: World Systems, Political Economy

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Associate Professor; doctoral degrees from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1990 and SUNY - Binghamton in 1995. Areas of interest include historical sociology, ethnic wars, and world-systems analysis. Before coming to Northwestern, Derluguian taught at the University of Michigan. His monograph Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-Systems biography (University of Chicago Press, 2005) was awarded an honorable mentioning by the Political Sociology Section of the ASA and listed among Books of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement (1 December 2006). Recent theoretical work focused on the synthetic understanding of capitalism and the dynamics of state socialism. The field research dealt with guerrilla wars and terrorism in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Currently writing a monograph about the transformation of Chechnya into a base of Islamic militancy. Prof. Derluguian usually teaches large undergraduate classes with many TAs.

Research, Funding and Collaboration with Graduate Students:

(1) Current and future research projects: Chechnya: a peripheral revolution in the epoch of globalization; the revolutions of global 1968: what was that? World markets, ethnic conflicts and the struggle for embeddedness.

(2) Availability of funding for students who might work on these projects: None so far, but possible in the future.

(3) Opportunities for non-funded collaboration: All projects seek to trace a major global trend (the financialization of capital, state delegitimation, ethnic mobilizations, organized crime) in various geographic locales and social settings. The opportunities are plenty.

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1810 Chicago Ave, Room 322
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 491-2741
Fax: (847) 491-9907

Office Hours: By Appointment

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Current Courses: Fall Quarter 2008

Courses Taught
Soc 203-0 Sec. 20 (Spring 2006): Revolutions and Social Change	Syllabus
Soc 376-0 Sec. 20 (Spring 2006)(Winter 2007): Special Topics:The Mafia	Syllabus
Int'L Studies 201 Sec. 20 (Spring 2006): Intro to Modern World Systems Part III	Syllabus

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Articles:

A Tale of Two Cities

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