(Cross-listed as RUSS 023) The long and strong relationship of Russia and Islam has been neglected in scholarship until recently. This course will examine texts (and films) spanning more than a thousand years, to introduce actual interactions of Russians and Muslims, images of Muslims in Russian literature (and a few Muslim images of Russia), the place of Muslim writers in Soviet literature, and the current position of Muslims in Russia and in Russian discourse. Humanities. 1 credit. Eligible for ISLM Spring 2026. Forrester. Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures