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Greg Gaut, Ph.D.
Office location:
Saint Mary's Hall # 235
Mailing Address:
Saint Mary's University
of Minnesota
700 Terrace Heights #27
Winona, MN 55987-1399
507-457-6944
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Greg Gaut is an Associate Professor of History at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
Since arriving at SMU in 1994, Greg Gaut has taught a variety of courses in the History Department and in the LaSallian Core Traditions program. He has published articles in the area of Russian and Soviet history, and more recently on historic preservation. During the summers of 2002 and 2004, he directed a National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Seminar for School Teachers on "Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Solovyov: Literature and Religion in Pre-Revolutionary Russia " on the SMU campus. He is a member of the board of the Winona County Historical Society and the Winona Film Society, and a member of the Heritage Preservation Commission of the City of Winona and the State Review Board for the National Register of Historic Places.
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Scholarly and Creative Interests
Russia, the Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Russia
Modern Europe
Historic Preservation
Courses Taught Recently at SMU
Europe and the World
Europe in the Era of World War
Contemporary Europe
Imperial Russia
Russia in the 20th Century
Historical Thinking
Historical Research and Writing
Global Issues
Professional Organizations
American Historical Association
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Education
Ph.D. in History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1992
J.D., William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN, 1974
B.A. in English, (Cum Laude), Saint Mary's College, Winona MN, 1969
Teaching Experience
1994 to Present: Associate Professor, Department of History, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
1993-1994: Assistant Professor, Department of History, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York
1992-1993: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
1987-1992: Community Faculty, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
1990: Visiting Instructor, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
1988 -1990: Project Coordinator and Administrative Fellow, Center for Interdiciplinary Studies of Writing, University of Minnesota
1989: Lecturer, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
1984-1988: Instructor, Program in Composition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1980-1982: Instructor, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, MN
Other Professional Experience
1976-1980: Attorney and Partner, Macpherson, Cohoes & Gaut, Minneapolis, MN
1974-1978: Staff Attorney, Minnesota State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN
Grant Funded Work:
Consultant, Consultation Grant awarded to the Winona County Historical Society to develop an exhibit on “Winona’s Architectural Legacy,” National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006
Project Director, Summer Seminar for School Teachers: “Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Solovyov: Literature and Religion in Pre-revolutionary Russia,” at Saint Mary’s University, Winona, Minnesota, June 28-July 30, 2004, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2003
Project Director, Summer Seminar for School Teachers: “Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Solovyov: Literature and Religion in Pre-revolutionary Russia,” at Saint Mary’s University, Winona, Minnesota, June 24-July 26, 2002, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2001
Article Grant (with Marsha Neff), to fund research on the Winona County Courthouse preservation controversy, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2001 |
Selected Presentations
Paper Presentation: “A Clash of Visions: The Struggle for the Winona County Courthouse.” Northern Great Plains History Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2002
Paper Presentation: “Vladimir Solovyov on Law and Morality”, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Convention, Washington, DC, November, 2001
Publications
“‘Save the Lady’ - The Struggle for the Winona County Courthouse.” MINNESOTA HISTORY 59 (Winter 2005-06): 316-334. Co-authored with Marsha Neff
"A Practical Unity: Vladimir Solov'ev and Russian Liberalism." CANADIAN SLAVONIC PAPERS 42, Sept 2000: 295-314
"Can a Christian Be a Nationalist? Vladimir Solovyov's Critique of Nationalism." SLAVIC REVIEW 57, Spring 1998: 77-94
"Christian Politics: Vladimir Solvyov's Social Gospel Theology," MODERN GREEK STUDIES YEARBOOK 10/11, 1994-1995
"Soviet Jazz: Transforming American Music," in Buckner, Reginald T. and Steven Weiland, eds., JAZZ IN MIND: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY AND MEANING OF JAZZ. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1991
"To Ride as a Hare: A Leningrad Notebook," MILKWEED CHRONICLE 7, Fall, 1986
Encyclopedia Entry: “Soloviev, Vladimir Sergeevich.” ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RUSSIAN HISTORY. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2003
Reviews of scholarly books have appeared in the following journals: Canadian Slavonic Papers, Modern Greek Studies Yearbook, Popular Music, Russian Review, Slavic Review, H-Russia (on-line) |
Lasallian Social Justice Institute on Global Economic Justice in El Paso, Texas, Cuidad Jaurez, Mexico, and Mesilla Park, New Mexico, July 2007
Immersion Course: “Justice and Peace in East Africa.” Maryknoll Institute for African Studies of Saint Mary’s University at Tanganza University, Nairobi, Kenya, June-July, 2005
Election Observation Delegation and Study Seminar: “Elections 2000: Shaping Mexico’s Future.” Augsburg College, Center for Global Education, Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 26-July 3, 2000
Participant, Summer Seminar for College Teachers: "Empire and Nation in Russian and Soviet History " at Columbia University, New York. National Endowment for the Humanities, 1996
Participant, Summer Seminar for College Teachers: "Church and State in Russia, 1860-1930," Moscow, Russia. National Endowment for the Humanities, 1993 |
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