Concentration Track 2. European History

In studying Europe, we examine the long trajectory of its history and civilization, from ancient Greece and Rome to contemporary questions such as the role the European Union plays in world affairs, or the continued importance of national identity within Europe in the twenty-first century.  In the European History concentration, students explore the diversity that exists within Europe, focusing in on specific topics in politics, culture, religion and religious conflict, social class and class mobility, art, and architecture.  Students also learn about Europe’s profound influence on the world--European "exports" in the last 500 years have incuded Christianity, industrialization, nationalism, liberalism, Marxism, Freudian psychology, and European technologies of war.  In studying European history, students examine the implications of colonialism for the world and for Europe itself.  In addition to reading scholarly works by historians, students will learn to evaluate, analyze, and develop their own historical arguments about primary sources such as parliamentary papers, police reports, journalism, memoirs, letters and diaries, drama, novels and poetry, as well as film, photography and other works of art.

HST 211-212 British History I, II

HST 265 Spain: History Topics and Society

HST 266 Topics in European Politics, Society and History

HST 274 Women in Nineteenth-Century Europe

HST 275 Women in Twentieth-Century Europe

HST 279 The Spanish Civil War

HST 301-302 The Ancient World I, II

HST 303 Law, Culture and Society in the Ancient World

HST 304 Imperial Rome

HST 311 Law, Culture and Society in the Middle Ages

HST 312 Renaissance and Reformation Europe

HST 322 The French Revolution and Napoleon

HST 325 Exploration, Colonization and Imperialism

HST 326 World Affairs, 1875-1930s

HST 328 Globe in Crisis: World Affairs, 1930-present

HST 331 Capitalism: A History

HST 336 Fifth Century Athens

HST 338 Ancient Greece and Ancient Israel

HST 339 From Pagan Reason to Christian Revelation

HST 384 Military History of the Modern World

HST 407 German History, 1517-1871

HST 410 Class and Social Control in Europe, 1830-1914

HST 411 Europe, 1815-1914

HST 412 Europe in the Twentieth Century

HST 414 Nazi Germany

HST 415 Ireland: From the Celts to the Present

HST 418 Czechoslovakia and Central Europe

HST 421-422 Intellectual and Cultural History of Modern Europe

HST 426 Culture and Politics in Europe, 1919-1939

HST 433 The Russian Revolution

HST 434 New Europe: Before and After Glasnost

FR 326 France: Decline and Renewal, 1934-1946