HIST 635: Problems in European History

HIST 635-001: World War I in Europe
(Fall 2014)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R

Aquia Building 219

Section Information for Fall 2014

World War I dramatically changed the course of the 20th and 21st centuries, not only in Europe, but globally.  The war’s magnitude of material destruction, the staggering loss of lives, the coercive civilian enlistment efforts by governments, together with the combatant nations’ uses of censorship, industrial mobilization and technology, rationing and propaganda were unprecedented.  The contentious Peace of Paris ended the conflict, changing geographic borders and eliminating historic empires (Russian, German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman).  These transformations together with the unsettled years following the Great War led to an even greater conflagration, World War II.  Thus, despite the war’s distance of 100 years, the 1914-1918 bloodbath and the revolutions it spawned continue to haunt today’s world.

The seminar will consist of weekly readings, films, and class discussions.  There will be a take-home final exam and a bibliographic essay based on student readings in addition to the required readings in class.  The readings will possibly include:  Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers: How Europe went to War in 1914; Margaret MacMillan, Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World; Jay Winter, Capital Cities at War;  Modris Eksteins, Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age;  George Mosse, Fallen Soldiers, Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory; novels, memoirs and poems by Siegfried Sassoon, Erich Remarque, Ernst Junger, Wilfred Owen, and others. This course fulfills the Europe, “1914-present” requirement.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Investigates selected problems. Readings, discussions, development of bibliographies. Primary sources used where possible. Notes: May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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