EURO 199

Spring 2016

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64091
Lecture
3
2:00PM -4:20PM
TR
215 Gregory Hall
Katsikas, S
Part of Term:
A
Date Range:
01/19/16-03/11/16
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Pirates - Mediterranean Sea
Section Info:
Pirates, Merchants and Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Mediterranean Sea: This eight-week course explores the history of the region and the political, economic and cultural dynamics of Mediterranean societies from antiquity to the present day. It will appeal to students with interests in the history, art history, and archaeology of the Classical and Hellenistic Greek, Byzantine and Ottoman periods, as well as to those with a focus on the geopolitics of the Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. The course discusses issues such as the birth and development of ancient Greek Democracy and its present legacy, the rise of the ancient Hellenic world, the rise and fall of regional and global empires in the region – the Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great, the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Arab Empires as well as the extension of the British Empire in the region – the birth of modern nation-states in the region during the 19th and 20th century and finally the region’s integration into the mainland Europe and the European Union in the 20th and 21st centuries. The course also explores the maritime history of the region, including conflicts between pirates – i.e. the Knights of St. John, the Barbary corsairs – and their victims, i.e. Greek and other merchants who traded in the Mediterranean waters, migration movements to and from the region, including contemporary forms of piracy and migration.
58948
Lecture-Discussion
Lecture-Discussion
EU
EU
1:00PM -1:50PM
5:00PM -7:50PM
MWF
R
166 Bevier Hall
1134 Foreign Languages Building
Niekerk, C
Niekerk, C
Part of Term:
B
Date Range:
03/14/16-05/04/16
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Europe in Trouble
Section Info:
"Europe in Trouble: European Politics, Society, and Culture since 1945". The course will focus on important societal, political, and cultural issues that shape discussions and debates in Europe today. It will seek to understand these debates in their historical contexts. The central thesis of this course is that the history of postwar Europe can be read as a series of crises, starting with the aftermath of World War II, but also including the revolutionary year 1968, the fall of the Wall, the war in Yugoslavia, etc. While the course focuses on important societal and political developments, it also argues that culture not only played an important role in the series of crises that constitute Europe’s postwar history, but also that cultural artifacts can function as an important resource for understanding the conflicts and debates that shaped the public debate in Europe since 1945. Format: 3 lectures per week; one film screening each week. Meets with: GER 199, GLBL 199 and EURO 199.
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