Willard Sunderland
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Professional affiliation
Wilson Center Projects
Russia and the World in the Age of Peter the Great
Full Biography
Willard Sunderland's principal research interests are in the history of the Russian Empire in the modern period. Over his career, he has lived and traveled extensively in the Russian Federation and the other states of the former Soviet Union. His most recent monograph, The Baron's Cloak: A History of the Russian Empire in War and Revolution (Cornell, 2014) won several national awards. He currently directs the international research laboratory “Russia’s Regions in Historical Perspective” at the School of Higher Economics in Moscow and serves as co-editor of the journal Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History.
Major Publications
The Baron’s Cloak: A History of the Russian Empire in War and Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2014)
People of Empire: Lives of Culture and Power in Russian Eurasia, 1500-Present (Co-edited with Stephen Norris) (Indiana University Press, 2012)
Taming the Wild Field: Colonization and Empire on the Russian Steppe (Cornell University Press, 2004)
Previous Terms
Short-Term Grant, Kennan Institute, "Colonization in the Russian Empire, 1800-1914" (July 1, 1996 - Aug 1, 1996) Research Grant, Kennan Institute, "Steppe-Building: Colonization and Empire in the Russian South, 1764-1850" (Sep 1, 2000 - May 1, 2001) "The Tsar's Last Imperialist: The Outrageous Life of Baron von Ungern-Sternberg"