Welcome to Ron Bobroff's Home Page

Ronald P. Bobroff

Department of History

Wake Forest University

Brief Biography

Since 2001 and continuing through the academic year 2007-08, I am teaching in the History Department at Wake Forest University. My concentrations are European diplomatic and Russian histories, and I also teach the European history survey.

I earned my PhD in the History Department at Duke University in 2000, where I also earned a MA in 1993. In 1994 I earned a MSc from the London School of Economics though the Department of International History. I finished my BA at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.

Course offerings

• This Spring, I am teaching two sections of HST 102 “Europe and the World, 1650-2008” and a course on European Diplomacy, 1815-1914.
• Courses in the past have included:
  
  • “Decline of the Russian Aristocracy, 1850-1900.” [taught in the MALS program]
  • “Diplomacy and Society: the evolution of the modern diplomatic system, 1400-2000.”
  • “Europe and the World, Ancient Times to 1700.”
  • “European Diplomacy, 1648-1814.”
  • “European Diplomacy, 1815-1914.”
  • “European Diplomacy, 1914-1993.”
  • “Modern Russian History, 1865 to the present.”
  • “One Hundred Years of Russian Foreign Policy.”
  • “Origins of the First World War – a directed reading.”
  • “Russian Foreign Policy, 1805-2005.”
  • “The Great Game: Imperial Rivalry in Central Asia.”
  • “The Road to World War I.”
  • “From World Wars to Cold War: Russian Foreign Policy, 1891-1991.”
  • “The Bolshevik Revolution – a directed reading.”

Other Activities at Wake Forest

Spring 2003, I served as the faculty advisor for a Wake Forest Service Trip called "Helping Hands" that was organized by then-Wake Forest junior, Mary Ellen Denton. We spent two weeks volunteering at an orphanage outside of Moscow, Russia. Please visit the old trip page for information on our project and how you can help with the next trip. A new group of students will go again this May.

Other Pages

Have a look at any of these pages if you have time or interest:

• Roads to Glory Page: An introduction to my first book, published spring 2006!
• My curriculum vitae
• Scholarships, Internships, and Career possibilities for students interested in foreign affairs
• The Schnauzer Pages: Have a look at pages devoted to our Oz and Murphy and visit a memorial page to Mia, the Dog-Dog.
• Sometimes we foster dogs for Schnauzer Rescue of the Carolinas.

Farther afield

Friends and family are involved in interesting and/or important things. Please follow these links to see what they're up to:

• My sister, Ilana, has run half-marathons and whole marathons (!!!!) to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. She's run to benefit and honor all those who are battling blood cancers. You can help her reach her fundraising goals by visiting her Team in Training Home Page.

School work is easier when there are friends to help. Here's a picture of how Oz has helped me get the work done in the past!

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Last modified 1/7/08