Mary Neuburger
Professor — Ph.D., 1997, University of Washington
Professor; Director, Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies; Chair, Slavic and Eurasian Studies; and Provost Teaching Fellow

Contact
- E-mail: burgerm@austin.utexas.edu
- Phone: 512-232-9124
- Office: BUR 452
- Office Hours: By appointment only (email request)
- Campus Mail Code: B7000
Biography
Research and teaching interests
Professor Neuburger's research focus is on modern eastern Europe with a specialization in southeastern Europe. Her research interests include urban culture, consumption, commodity exchange, gender and nationalism.
Courses taught
Her courses explore ethnic conflict, nationalism, gender, and other topics in East Central European as well as Balkan history.
Recent Publications
Dr. Neuburger’s recent book, Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria (Cornell, 2012) explores the production, exchange, and consumption of tobacco in Bulgaria (and beyond) in the 19th and 20th centuries. She also has a recently released co-edited book with Dr. Paulina Bren, Communism Unwrapped: Consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe, which carefully outlines and compiles new work on the distinct and varied concerns linked to consumption under communism across Eastern Europe.
Courses
REE 381 • Rus/E Eur/Eurasn Civ/Cul-Wb
42530 • Fall 2020
Meets TH 2:00PM-5:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
REE 385 • Communism/ Eastern Europe
43080 • Spring 2020
Meets T 2:00PM-5:00PM BUR 231
REE 381 • Smnr Rus/E Eur/Eurasn Civ/Cul
43985 • Fall 2018
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM CMA 3.108
REE 381 • Smnr Rus/E Eur/Eurasn Civ/Cul
44595 • Fall 2016
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM BUR 128
REE 381 • Smnr Rus/E Eur/Eurasn Civ/Cul
43815 • Fall 2015
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM BUR 228
HIS 383 • Conflict/Coexist East Europe
38940 • Spring 2015
Meets T 12:30PM-3:30PM GAR 1.122
(also listed as REE 385)
HIS 383 • Understandg Communism In E Eur
40245 • Spring 2014
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM GAR 2.124
(also listed as REE 385)
HIS 362G • Southeast Europe In 20th Cen
39660 • Spring 2013
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM BUR 212
GC
(also listed as EUS 346, J S 364, REE 335)
HIS 383 • Conflict/Coexist East Europe
39705 • Spring 2012
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM GAR 2.124
(also listed as REE 385)
HIS 362G • Southeast Europe In 20th Cen
39855 • Spring 2011
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM PAR 1
(also listed as EUS 346, J S 364, REE 335)
EUS 346 • Jews Of Eastern Europe-W
35592 • Spring 2009
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM GAR 1.126
C2
(also listed as J S 364, REE 335)
HIS 347L • Seminar In Historiography-W
39090 • Spring 2009
Meets M 3:00PM-6:00PM GAR 0.132
C2
REE 381 • Smnr Rus/E Eur/Eurasn Civ/Cul
45738 • Fall 2008
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM CAL 200
REE 385 • Empire And Nation In The City
45745 • Fall 2008
Meets TH 3:30PM-6:30PM GAR 1.122
HIS 347L • Seminar In Historiography-W
39630 • Spring 2007
Meets T 2:00PM-5:00PM CBA 4.342
C2
REE 335 • Women/Gender In East Europe-W
45250 • Spring 2007
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM BUR 554
C2
(also listed as WGS 340)
HIS 306N • Intro Rus/E Eur/Eurasian Stds
40170 • Fall 2006
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM WAG 420
(also listed as REE 301)
REE 385 • Empire/Nation/Ident Mod E Eur
46485 • Fall 2006
Meets TH 3:30PM-6:30PM MEZ 1.104
REE 335 • Balkan History Since 1453-W
44477 • Spring 2006
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM CBA 4.332
C2
REE 335 • Ethnic Conflict In Balkans-W
44487 • Spring 2006
Meets T 6:00PM-9:00PM PAR 302
C2
REE 335 • Eastern Europe In The 20th Cen
44556 • Fall 2005
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM UTC 4.112
REE 335 • Minorities In Eastern Europe-W
44557 • Fall 2005
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM UTC 3.120
C2
REE 335 • Balkan History Since 1453-W
41775 • Spring 2003
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM GAR 5
C2
REE 335 • Women/Gender In East Europe-W
41800 • Spring 2003
Meets M 3:00PM-6:00PM CBA 4.338
C2
(also listed as WGS 340)
MES 381 • Islam & Europe: Mod Encounters
38890 • Fall 2002
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM GAR 100
(also listed as REE 385)
REE 335 • Eastern Europe In The 20th Cen
40215 • Spring 2000
Meets MWF 1:00PM-2:00PM GAR 109
REE 335 • Women Of Eastern Europe-W
40245 • Spring 2000
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM CBA 4.338
C2
Publications
Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria
Cornell University Press; November 13, 2012
Communism Unwrapped: Consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe
Oxford University Press; September 6, 2012
The Orient Within: Muslim Minorites and the Negotiation of Nationhood in Modern Bulgaria
Cornell University Press; April 7, 2011