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Stephen Badalyan Riegg’s research and teaching interests revolve around the histories of Modern Europe, Imperial Russia, and the Caucasus. His book, "Russia’s Entangled Embrace: Tsarist Empire and Armenians, 1801-1914," traces the evolution of Romanov government’s policies towards Armenians in the empire. The study challenges conventional narratives by embracing the complexities of the imperial encounter and moving away from reductive views of Russia as simply friend or foe to Armenians. Dr. Riegg’s research has been supported by fellowships from Fulbright-Hays and American Councils for International Education. He has received several awards including the Ab Imperio Book Award, the Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies, and was given an honorable mention for the Der Mugrdechian Outstanding Book Award from the Society for Armenian Studies. His current project, which highlights the Russian imperialists' trial-and-error approach in the 19th century Caucasus, won him the Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and the Billington Fellowship at the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.