East/West Education:
A Journal of the Social and Cultural History of Education in Russia, Other Former Soviet States and Eastern Europe

East/West Education, a journal that is now nearly two decades old, was founded in 1977 by a group of international scholars led by Patrick L. Alston. The goal was to create a comparative and historical context for the study of Russian, Soviet and European education in the broadest sense, from upbringing and culture (vospitanie) to pedagogy and instructions (obrazovanie). From 1977 to 1985 the journal was titled Slavic and European Education Review (SEER) and, under the editorship of Cynthia Whittaker, it concerned itself with education in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern and Western Europe. In 1985, the title was changed to allow comparisons with education in Asia, principally China and Japan, without changing the main focus.

The recent monumental changes in central and eastern Europe that have dissolved the older order, emphasize the importance of studying the educational cultural life of that part of the world and placing it in a comparative historical context. To meet the need, East/West Education will publish articles, documents, essays and notes related to education and culture in Russia, other former Soviet states and eastern and central Europe. They welcome contributions from all disciplines and from scholars from all parts of the world. Their work is strengthened by cooperation with organizations such as the Institute for the Study of Russian Education at Indiana University and the Arbeitstelle fur vergleichende Bildungsforschung at Germany's Ruhr-Universitat.

Representative recent articles:

Vol. 16, No. 1 Spring 1995

• The Banning of American Methods of Education in Soviet Russia - Feliks Fradkin
• Educating the Russian Worker: The School System of the Russian Technical Society in St. Petersburg, 1869-1917 - Kevin Haukeness
• Reforming Education in Kazakhstan: National Culture and Humane Values as a Way Out of Our Contemporary Spiritual Crisis - Deena Huhamedhan

Vol 16, No. 2 Fall 1995

• The Status of "Religious Studies" in Present-day Ukrainian Higher Education - Jonathan Sutton
• The Rise of Private Higher Education in Russia: A Case Study of Krasnodar
• Recent German Studies on Education in Russia and Eastern Europe - Oskar Anweiler

Vol 17, Nos. 1 & 2 Spring/Fall 1996

• Manual Training in Russia's General-Educational School from the 1870s to 1917 - Nikolai Kotriakhov
• Education for Conquest: German Academic Geographers and Geographic Education in Interwar Eastern Europe - David Murphy
• Cultural Studies in Current Russian Higher Education - Svetlana Mintz

Each issue includes quite a collection of Book Reviews. The current issue includes a note from the Book Review Editor, Professor Charles Evans, asking scholars interested in reviewing books to contact him at: [email protected]

If you are interested in publishing in the journal, contact the Editor, Carol Gayle at: [email protected]. If you are interested in subscribing to the journal, contact John Jovan Markovic at the address provided above. The current subscription rate for individuals is $22 per volume (two issues) and $44 for institutions.

Last updated:    August 1997

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