War, revolution, social change, political transformation, and related intellectual and cultural developments in Europe from the Great War of 1914–18 through the present. I: European Fascism. II: Jews in Modern Europe. III: Eastern Europe since World War I. IV: Europe since 1945. Repeatable when chronological or thematic topic changes.
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Expanded Course Description
This course is intended to provide an intensive introduction to the history of Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. The course has no prerequisites, and assumes no specific knowledge of Eastern Europe, but does presuppose some familiarity with European history. Themes for the quarter include the territorial settlements after World War I and the emergence of the new states; national minorities and nationalism; economic development in Eastern Europe; Soviet and Nazi occupation; the communist takeovers; Stalinism and destalinization in Eastern Europe; intellectual responses to communism; civil society in the Soviet bloc; the collapse of communism; the Yugoslav wars; Eastern Europe and the European Union.
Applies towards the Europe area field
