EUROPE AND THE MODERN WORLD 1815 TO THE PRESENT

HISTORY 359

Political, cultural, and social history of Europe from the Second World War to the present.

HISTORY 891

History of Europe since 1500.

HISTORY 224

Topics vary reflecting the interests, expertise, and innovating intention of the instructor.

HISTORY 119

Introduces Europe when it entered the global stage economically, politically, socially, and culturally. How Europeans took to the seas and developed new forms of empire. How did this wave of contact, encounter, and conquest affect Europeans, indigenous peoples of the Americas, and Africans? Examine the early global economy and the development of plantation slavery. How did Europeans develop new ways to make sense of their world, its size, its peoples, its flora and fauna? Explore new forms of Christianity, the Jewish diaspora, and the globalization of Christianity. As thinkers debated how rulers should wield political power, monarchs strove to expand their authority and territory, and ordinary people demanded a greater share of political power, provoking revolutions across the Atlantic world. Encounter the lives of women and men from many backgrounds, from peasants to queens, and all kinds of people on the move.

GEN&WS/HISTORY 392

An examination of the cultural role of gender and the social, economic, and political activities of women in modern Europe from the 18th to the late 20th centuries.