John T. Alexander

Contact Information: Email: jatalex@ku.edu

Prof. Emeritus (Ph.D. Indiana, 1966; M.A. Indiana, 1963; B.A. Wesleyan [Conn.], 1961).

Russian Empire, Soviet Union, 18th-century Russian social history, Medieval Russia. Research on Political, economic, and social developments in early modern Russia, esp. popular unrest, epidemics and public health, court institutions, and cultural policies.

Publications include:

Autocratic Politics in a National Crisis

Emperor of the Cossacks

Bubonic Plague in Early Modern Russia

Catherine the Great, Life and Legend.