Examination of selected themes from the history of Modern Europe from the French Revolution to the Present.

Comparative study of the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Russian empires, and their successor states in eastern Europe, from 1500 to the present.

European cultural developments in 19th century: romanticism, realism, existentialism: Shelley, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche.

History of love in philosophy, literature, and art, focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries.

A survey of European but especially French history from the crisis of the Old Regime to the end of the wars of the French Revolution.

Exploration of the major historical events and issues from approximately 1900 to 1950.

An introduction to the political, economic, and social history of Britain and the British empire from the eighteenth to early twentieth century.

Study of the major political, economic, social, and cultural transformations between the defeat of Napoleon and World War I.

Exploration from 1806 to 1914 of the cultural, economic, political, and social history of the peoples and territories included in the German Empire after 1871.

Unification of the thrones; the rise and fall of empire; rivalry with Portugal; Napoleon to the Civil War; Franco and the Post-Franco Era.

Study of the political, economic, social and cultural transformations and the rise of nationalism in the Balkans and East-Central Europe.

Origins, conduct, and consequences of the First World War in global context.

History of the international relations and diplomacy of Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War.

Environmental history of Europe from ancient to modern times. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.

Prereq: English 1110.xx and any History 2000-level course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course.

Advanced readings on selected topics in Modern European History.

Advanced readings on selected topics in Modern European History.

Advanced research and writing on selected topics in Modern European History.

Advanced course in Modern European History. Topics Vary.

This intensive reading course is designed to give graduate students an introduction to historiographical questions in 20th-century European history.

Selected topics in French political, social, cultural, and intellectual history and historiography.

Graduate Research Seminar in Modern European History. Topics will vary.