Cynthia Hyla Whittaker (born 1942) is an American academic and author. As a historian, she specializes in the history of Eastern Europe, especially the

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and of the

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. She built her career while teaching courses in the subject at

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Biography

Early life

Cynthia Hyla Whittaker was born in 1942. She received an undergraduate degree from Marymount College in

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in 1962. She received advanced degrees in Russian history and literature from

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Career

Whittaker has taught courses in Eastern European history at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at

since 1984, and is currently Chair of the History Department there. Whittaker is a

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and has received research grants from—among others—the Harriman and

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s, as well as the

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. From 1999–2000 she was a visiting fellow at the Slavic Research Center of

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in Japan. From October 2003 to May 2004 she co-curated a museum exhibit entitled ''Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825'' at the

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Bibliography

Books

* **Translated into Russian as ''Graf Sergej Semenovič Uvarov i ego vremja''. Sankt-Peterburg: Gumanitarnoe Agentstvo "Akademičeskij Proėkt", 1999., **Reviewed in ''American Historical Review,''; ''Canadian Slavonic Papers'' ''Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas,''; ''Slavic Review''; '' Russian Review,'' and ''History of Education Quarterly,'' * **Reviewed in '' Slavic and East European journal.'', '' Russian Review,'', ''American historical review''. ''Canadian-American Slavic studies.''; ''Slavic review,''; and '' Groniek.'' * **Reviewed in: ''Slavic and East European journal.; ''Solanus'' ''European History Quarterly,'' and ''Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas,'' *

Journal articles

* * * * * * Whittaker is currently working on an intellectual biography of Catherine the Great.Baruch College faculty page
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References

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