Brian Bonhomme
Kennan Title VIII Short-Term Scholar
Term
September 1, 2013 — September 15, 2013
Professional affiliation
Associate Professor, Youngstown State University
Wilson Center Projects
"The Role of the North Pacific in the Formation of Russian National Identity"
Full Biography
Brian Bonhomme is Associate Professor of Russian History at Youngstown State University. His research focuses on environmental history themes in Russian history. He has published on Russian forest history in the era of the Bolshevik Revolution, nineteenth century animal rights activism in Saint Petersburg, species-preservation in Imperial Russia, and Russian geographical exploration, among other topics. His present research examines the Russian presence in Alaska and the North Pacific through the lens of environmental history.
Major Publications
- Russian Exploration, from Siberia to Space: A History. Jefferson, SC: McFarland, 2012.
- “Russian Compassion: The Russian Society for the Protection of Animals – Founding and Contexts, 1865-75. The Canadian Journal of History/Annales Canadiennes d’Histoire XLV (Autumn 2010): 259-97.
- “For the ‘Preservation of Friends’ and the ‘Destruction of Enemies’: Studying and Protecting Birds in Imperial Russia.” Environment and History 13 (2007): 71-100.