SEMINAR-CENTRAL EUROPEAN HISTORY

HISTORY 359

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

FRENCH/GERMAN/HISTORY/POLISCI/SOC 804

HISTORY 891

History of Europe since 1500.

HISTORY 270

Introduces the dramatic history of twentieth-century Eastern Europe, a place where imperialism, Nazism, Communism, genocide, democracy, and capitalism all left their mark. Three interrelated themes--war, revolution, and society--allow us to place Eastern Europe within broader comparative contexts. In addition to exploring significant political, economic, and cultural changes, discover how ordinary people--including workers, peasants, women, and children--experienced attempts to change the region and its people. Throughout, discuss how East Europeans continue to wrestle with the ghosts of their past today.

HISTORY 410

Political and social development of Central Europe from the establishment of the German Empire to the post-World War II period.