Paul du Quenoy
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Department of History & Archaeology
American University of Beirut
P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh,
Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon
Tel: 961-1-350000, ext. 4189
[email protected]
Education
Ph.D., with distinction, Russian History, Georgetown University, 2005
Dissertation: “Harlequin‟s Leap: Performing Arts Culture and the Revolution of 1905 in St.
Petersburg” (adviser: Richard Stites)
M.A., with distinction, Modern European History, George Washington University, 2000
B.A., summa cum laude, History (German Literature minor), George Washington University, 1998
St. Petersburg State University, Russian language and history, Summers 1999-2002
The American University in Cairo, Arabic language, 2005-2007
Professional Experience
Associate Professor of History, The American University of Beirut, 2008 to present (promoted 2012)
courses: Imperial Russia, Russia Since 1917, Russia and the Middle East, History of Europe, 1618-1815,
World History from 1871 to 1914, The Contemporary World Since 1914, World War II, Modern Italy,
Modernism and Decadence, Absurdity and the Modern World, Folly and the Human Experience
Current research: “Imperial Russia and the Middle East”
Assistant Professor of History, The American University in Cairo, 2005-2008
courses: Modern Russia, Europe in the Age of Revolution and Reform, 1789-1914, Europe Since 1914,
Global Politics in the Twentieth Century, The Twentieth Century in Film
St. Petersburg Resident Director, Council on International Educational Exchange, Summers 2006 and 2007
Fellow, The National Endowment for the Arts, August 2004-May 2005
Royden B. Davis Lecturer, Department of History, Georgetown University, September 2004-May 2005
course: Revolutionary Russia, 1890-1930
Publications
Self-Authored Books:
Wagner and the French Muse: Music, Society, and Nation in Modern France (Academica Press, 2011).
Stage Fright: Politics and the Performing Arts in Late Imperial Russia (Penn State University Press, 2009).
Media profiles: Russian Television Network, Kontakt, with Maya Pritsker, broadcast live, October 2,
2009 (in Russian)
KPFA, Radio Pacifica, Cover to Cover, with Jack Foley, aired October 14, 2009
Non-authored edited volumes:
History in Dispute: The Russian Revolution (St. James Press, 2005), editor
History in Dispute: Twentieth Century Europe, 2 vols. (St. James Press, 2004), editor
Peer-Reviewed Articles, Book Chapters, and Review Essays:
“„It Could Be a Lot Worse:‟ Imperial Russian Theatrical Censorship in a Comparative Perspective,”
forthcoming in Sandra Pujals and Katya Vladimirov, eds., Beyond Revolutionary Dreams: Essays in
Honor of Richard Stites.
“The Russian Occupation of Beirut, 1772-1774,” forthcoming in Michael Smith, ed., Russia and the Orient.
“Tidings From a Faraway East: The Russian Empire and Morocco,” International History Review, 33: 2, June
2011.
“„Honeymoon to Bayreuth:‟ French Appreciations of Richard Wagner in the Interwar Era,” Wagner Journal, 5:
1, March 2011.
“Vladimir Solov‟ev in Egypt: The Origins of the „Divine Sophia‟ in Russian Religious Philosophy,”
Revolutionary Russia, 23: 2, December 2010.
“The Russian Empire and Egypt, 1900-1915: A Case of Public Diplomacy,” Journal of World History, 19: 2,
June 2008.
“Perfecting the Show Trial: The Case of Baron von Ungern-Sternberg,” Revolutionary Russia, 19: 1, June 2006.
“With Allies Like These, Who Needs Enemies?: Russia and the Problem of Italian Entry into World War I,”
Canadian Slavonic Papers, 45: 3-4, September-December 2003.
“Warlordism à la russe: Baron von Ungern-Sternberg‟s Anti-Bolshevik Crusade, 1917-1921,” Revolutionary
Russia, 16: 2, December 2003.
“The Role of Foreign Affairs in the Fall of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964,” International History Review, 25: 2,
June 2003.
“The Opiate of the Intellectuals?: Reflections on Communism at the Turn of the Millennium,” Security Studies,
11: 3, Spring 2002.
“Guillaume de Beauplan‟s Description de l’Ukraine and its Place in Ukrainian Historiography,” Ukrainian
Quarterly, 57: 3-4, Fall-Winter 2001.
“The Skoropadsky Hetmanate and the Ukrainian National Idea,” Ukrainian Quarterly, 56: 3, Fall 2000.
Book Reviews:
Olga Haldey, Mamontov‟s Private Opera, Revolutionary Russia, 25: 1, June 2012.
Lynn Sargeant, Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life, American
Historical Review, 116: 4, December 2011.
Timothy Snyder, The Red Prince: The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe, Revolutionary Russia,
23: 2, December 2010.
James Palmer, The Mad White Baron, Revolutionary Russia, 22: 1, June 2009.
John P. LeDonne, The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650-1831, Ab Imperio, 5: 3, 2006.
Anne Applebaum, Gulag: A History, Revolutionary Russia, 17: 2, December 2004.
Alexander J. Motyl, Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires, Ab Imperio, 2: 1, 2003.
Jehanne M. Gheith and Barbara Norton, eds., An Improper Profession: Women, Gender, and Journalism in Late
Imperial Russia, Canadian Slavonic Papers, 44: 1-2, March-June 2002.
Anna Reid, Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine, Canadian Slavonic Papers, 42: 4,
December 2000.
Published Translation:
Oleg V. Khlevniuk, “Stalinism and the Stalin Period in the „Archival Revolution,‟” Kritika: Explorations in
Russian and Eurasian History, 2: 2, Summer 2001.
Press:
Freelance music criticism (US, Europe, Russia, Middle East) for periodical and internet-based publications
Occasional commentary on international news for Time, Al Jazeera, and Azeri State Media
Conference and Research Presentations
“An Invented Tradition?: The Russian New Year‟s Ball of Washington, DC, 1971-2013,” Symposium on the
Russian Emigration, New York, May 8, 2013.
“Russian Studies at American Universities in the Middle East: Beirut and Cairo,” Kennan Institute for
Advanced Russian Studies, Washington, DC, scheduled for May 6, 2013.
“The Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem: A Documentary History,” Association for the Study of
Eastern Christian History biannual meeting, Georgetown University, March 9, 2013.
“Wagner and the French Muse,” Richard Wagner Society of Washington, DC Symposium, Washington, DC,
November 15, 2012.
“Russia and Lebanon during Catherine the Great‟s First Turkish War,” Russia‟s Orient: An International
Conference, American University of Beirut, June 1, 2012.
“Stage Fright: Politics and the Performing Arts in Late Imperial Russia: Book Talk,” Kennan Institute for
Advanced Russian Studies, Washington, DC, May 14, 2012.
“Staging an Eastern Other: The Russian Repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera, 1910-2012,” Association for the
Study of Nationalities,” New York, April 20, 2012.
“Russia and the Middle East: An Overview of 2011,” Princeton Club of New York, January 17, 2012.
“Russia and the Arab Spring,” New Trajectories in International Affairs, New York, November 13, 2011.
Wagner and the French Muse: Music, Society, and Nation in Modern France: Book Talk,” Central European
University, Budapest, May 31, 2011.
“Strategy and Visions of Empire on the Eurasian Fringe at the End of the Eighteenth Century,” Association
for the Studies of Nationalities, New York, April 16, 2011.
“The Performing Arts in Revolutionary Russia,” Cambridge University, Clare College, Cambridge Committee
for Russian and East European Studies, March 15, 2011.
“Putin as Mussolini Redux: Leadership Style in 21st Century Russia,” Central European University, Budapest,
May 17, 2010.
“America, Russia and the Muslims of Greater Syria,” Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York,
April 15, 2010.
“Eros, Love, and Salvation in Wagner‟s Tannhäuser,” The American University of Beirut, Civilization
Sequence Program Brown Bag Talk, April 1, 2010.
“„Condemned to Tedious Vegetation:‟ Actors in the Revolution of 1905,” American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, November 13, 2009.
“Art and Politics in Imperial Russia,” Anis K. Makdisi Memorial Lecture, The American University of Beirut,
May 11, 2009.
“The Russian Empire and Morocco, 1894-1912,” Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York, April
24, 2009.
“„It Could Be a Lot Worse:‟ Imperial Russian Theatrical Censorship in a Comparative Perspective,” American
Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Philadelphia, November 21, 2008.
“Russia and Egypt in the Imperial Era: Cultural Tropes,” The American University of Beirut, March 13, 2008.
“Russia and Egypt: An International History,” US Department of State, Historian‟s Office, November 6, 2007.
“Stage Fright: Politics and the Performing Arts in Late Imperial Russia: Book Talk,” Georgetown University,
Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES), November 5, 2007.
“Russia and the Middle East: An Overview,” Middle Tennessee State University, September 19, 2007.
“Is the Personal Political?: Popular Taste and Ideology in Tsarist St. Petersburg and Moscow,” City University
of New York, Brooklyn College, February 23, 2007.
“„You Dare Not Make Sport of Our Nerves‟: Audiences, Performances, and Politics in Late Imperial Russia,”
California State University, Northridge, February 21, 2007.
“Vladimir Solov‟ev in Egypt,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, DC,
November 18, 2006.
“The Russian Empire and Egypt, 1900-1915: A Case of Public Diplomacy,” Association for the Study of
Nationalities, New York, March 24, 2006.
“The Trial of Baron von Ungern-Sternberg,” American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies,
Salt Lake City, November 4, 2005.
“„You Dare Not Make Sport of Our Nerves!‟: Theatrical Audiences and the Revolution of 1905,” Loyola
Marymount University, Los Angeles, January 31, 2005.
“„Art Does Not Like Trouble‟: Performers of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters and the Revolution of
1905,” Washington, DC Russian and East European History Workshop, January 28, 2005.
“The Russian Stage in Revolt?: Theater and the Revolution of 1905,” Georgetown University History
Department Graduate Student Research Seminar, April 24, 2003.
“Great Game Revived: National Consciousness and Imperial Aspirations in Transcaucasia, 1918-1920,”
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Pittsburgh, November 21, 2002.
“„To Hell With Them, Let Them Cry‟: Elite Criticism of Nikita Khrushchev‟s Foreign Policy Leadership,”
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington DC, November 17, 2001.
Research/Teaching Support and Scholarly Recognition
Fellowships
Council for International Exchange of Scholars Fulbright Award, Spring 2012
Royden B. Davis Teaching Fellowship, Georgetown University History Department, AY 2004-2005
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, September 2003-September 2004
Institute for International Education Fulbright Fellowship (offered for AY 2003-2004, declined for above)
Graduate Fellowship, Georgetown University, AYs 2000-2003
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships (Russian), Summers 1999, 2001, and 2002; AY 2001-2002
University Fellowship, George Washington University, AYs 1998-2000
Grants and Scholarships
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Summer Research Grant, Summer 2013
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Short-Term Grant, August 2012
Mellon Foundation Award to Support Arts and Humanities, American University of Beirut, 2011-2012
American University of Beirut Short-Term Development Grants, Fall 2008, 2009, and 2011
American University of Beirut Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) Grants, Summer 2009,
Spring 2010 and 2011
American Historical Association Bernadotte Schmitt Grant, Summer 2009
American University of Beirut Seed Grant (for new faculty members), Spring 2009
American University in Cairo Research Grants, Summers 2006, 2007, and 2008
Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Research Grants, Fall 2002 and Summer 2003
Georgetown University History Department Piepho Fund Travel and Research Grant, Summers 2001 and 2003
U.S. Department of State Russian and East European Training Grant, Summer 2000
Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies Travel and Research Grant, Summer 2000
Charles Clinton Swisher History Scholarship, George Washington University, 1997-1998
Presidential Scholarship for Merit, George Washington University, 1995-1998
Recognition
Doctoral dissertation awarded distinction, May 2005
Ph.D. comprehensive examinations passed with distinction, May 2002
George Washington University Outstanding Achievement Award (top 2% of graduating class), 1998
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Robert H. Baraz Memorial Award, 1997-1998
Languages
French, Russian, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic