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3.00 Credits
This course will explore major trends in the recent history of Europe in four sections: first from the period of postwar reconstruction and the Cold War; next through the decades of the "economic miracle;" on to the period of experimentation with new political solutions like social democracy, neoliberalism and goulash socialism; and finally to recent decades attempting to reconcile economic and political unification with a new focus on the importance of local and regional identities. In addition to secondary history texts, a mix of readings and films from east and west will help students overcome a national-histories approach to the period and reach the end of the semester able to consider in an informed way the problems faced by an area with such rich and troubled memory politics. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
"The Great War without precedent... never had so many nations taken up arms at a single time. Never had the battlefield been so vast... never had the fighting been so gruesome..." The World War of 1914-18 - The Great War, as contemporaries called it - was the first man-made catastrophe of the 20th century. And worse was to come. The rise of fascism, the Second World War and genocide, the millions of lost and displaced persons. How are students of history to understand this darkest of history's periods? In this course we will study primary and secondary sources, movies and contemporary accounts, and today's best historical texts on the subject in the search for answers and interpretations of Europe's age of catastrophes. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
A historical examination of the Third Reich and National Socialism from the early 1920s until the end of the Second World War. The course will investigate the ideological origins of National Socialism and its impact on politics, culture, and society in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. The course will use a variety of materials, including film, music, radio recordings, public policy documents, and memoirs, introducing students to National Socialism's multifaceted and often ambiguous character. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
A historical examination of major events and developments in 20th century world history, such as the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust, the Cold War, student protest movements in the 1960s, feminism, and ethnic strife in the 1990's, through the lens of cinema. The course will investigate how artists have used the medium to articulate their views about the past, the present, or the future, as well as the impact of film on society and politics. The course material will include films, screenplays, reviews, and scholarly literature. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
A course in the history and interpretation of the Holocaust,the killing of approximately six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. The course will investigate the evolution, implementation, and the aftermath of "Final Solution," the Nazi's plan to exterminate the world's Jews. We well also pay attention to other groups persecuted during the Holocaust, either because of their perceived "radical inferiority" (Gypsies, the handicapped, some of the Slavic peoples), or on some political or behavioral grounds (homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, socialists, communists). Our main focus, however, will be the Jews- the Nazi regime's principal targets. The course will use a variety of primary materials, including film, music, memoirs, painting, poetry, as well as scholarly literature, from the perspective of victims, perpetrators, bystanders and postwar intellectuals. Prerequisite of HIS 4 or permisssion of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the demise of the czars, and the road to World War I, communist revolution, and civil conflict. Topics include the Soviet state's effort under Lenin and Stalin to create a modern utopia in Russia, the emergence of dictatorialism in Soviet politics, and there impact of World War II on modern Russia. The class ends with an assessment of the "collapse of communism" and its meaning for a post-Cold War world. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of significant social, economic and political changes in Great Britain between Waterloo and the outbreak of World War I. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the political, social and economic history of Britain since the outbreak of World War I. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to the construction and consolidation of nations and their borders. The course will discuss issues of nationalism, state-building and resistance in such diverse places as Macedonia, the North Caucasus, the Sudan, southern China and Los Angeles. As a course based in global history, students will be treated to a wide variety of historical methods and approaches.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the various cultural, religious and political communities in the region of Israel- Palestine from the late Ottoman period to the present day. The course covers the relations between Israelis and Palestinians, the social and cultural development of Israeli and Palestinian societies, and the involvement of outside powers, and its situates these topics within a broader historical and comparative context. Prerequisites of HIS 2 or permission of instructor is required.
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