EASTERN EUROPE SINCE 1900

HISTORY 350

The experience and legacy of the First World War has been linked to nearly every social, cultural, and political transformation that marked the short century that followed: mobilization and the experience of total war transformed the relations between governments and citizens, between men and women, and between social classes. Europeans experienced death on an unprecedented scale and came to terms with new forms of industrialized warfare, from the use of poison gas to modern practices of genocide. Europeans now learned to live with violence, both during as well as after the war, and found new ways to mourn or remember the dead. Using a wide variety of contemporary sources -- memoirs, essays, poems, or cinematic representations -- situates the upheaval of 1914-1918 within the larger framework of twentieth-century European history.

GEOG/HISTORY/POLISCI/SLAVIC 254

Comprehensive interdisciplinary survey of East European culture, society, politics, and literature from its beginnings to the present day.

HISTORY 359

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

HISTORY 845

Modern German history and the history of Central Europe.

HISTORY 410

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