Nicholas Seay
- Adjunct Faculty
- 713 Wayne
- NSeay187@wcupa.edu
Courses Taught
- HIS 100: Contemporary Global History
- HIS 221: The Medieval Middle East
- HIS 300: Varieties of History
- HIS 324: Race & Nation in the Russian Empire
- HIS 425: Twentieth-Century Russia
About Me
Dr. Nicholas Seay is a historian of Russian, Central Asian, and World History. His teaching interests include the history of the Russian Empire, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the broader Islamic World, with a specific focus on imperialism, political history and mass movements, environment, labor, and the global economy. His research explores the history of cotton agriculture, labor, and environment in Central Asia and combines oral history, archival research, and library research. He earned his BA in History from the University of Cincinnati, MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, MA and PhD in History from Ohio State University. He has lived in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. He is fluent in Russian and Tajik (Persian) and proficient in written and spoken Uzbek.