Faculty Books
Georgi Derluguian
Associate Professor - On leave
1810 Chicago Avenue, Room 322
Phone: (847) 491-2741
gderlug@northwestern.edu
Areas of Interest
Historical Sociology
Ethnic Wars
World-Systems Analysis
Political Economy
Biography
Professor Derluguian received his doctoral degrees from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1990, and SUNY - Binghamton in 1995. Before coming to Northwestern, Derluguian taught at the University of Michigan. His monograph Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-Systems (University of Chicago Press, 2005) was awarded an honorable mention by the Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association and listed among Books of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement (2006).
Derluguian's recent theoretical work focuses on the synthetic understanding of capitalism and the dynamics of state socialism. The field research dealt with guerrilla wars and terrorism in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Currently writing a monograph about the transformation of Chechnya into a base of Islamic militancy.
Courses Taught
SOCIOL 203: Revolutions and Social Change Syllabus
SOCIOL 376: Special Topics:The Mafia Syllabus
SOCIOL 376/476: Special Topics:Analyzing Civil Wars Syllabus
Books
Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus A World-System Biography
University Chicago Press, 2005
Questioning Geopolitics: Political Projects in a Changing World-System
(with Scott L. Greer), Greenwood Press, 2000
Publications
The Worlds Which the Portuguese, the Russians, and the Turks Created: Empires on Europe's Periphery
Social Evolution & History, 2007
Maquiavelos Para Postmodernos
Virtual Politics, Andrew Wilson; Yale Press, 2005
Under Fond Western Eyes
New Left Review, 2003
A Tale of Two Cities
New Left Review, 2000
Sociology Robert F. Winch Awards for 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Lecturer: Marina Zaloznaya
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistants: Fiona Chin and Christopher Carroll
Outstanding Graduate Student Second-Year Paper: Jaimie Morse
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Published or Presented:
Upcoming Events
Colloquium: Nicola Beisel, PhD - Sociology
February 23, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop: Simone Ispa-Landa, Human Development and Social Policy
February 23, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
