The table below lists most graduate courses at Columbia related to modern Europe (4000-level and higher). The current list is for Spring 2025. Please note that the details are subject to change.
Courses marked ** require prior approval from the MA Faculty Advisor and confirmation of a final project on a topic pertaining to Europe. Please note that only two ** courses may be counted toward the MA degree requirements. 3000-level History courses should be taken as a section of HIST G6999 when possible. Cross-school registration may be restricted in some cases; consult with the school offering the course.
- SIPA Registration: Please review SIPA's Cross-Registration for Non-SIPA Students policy and register for open SIPA courses via SSOL. Note that non-SIPA students are restricted to taking a maximum of 9 SIPA credits per semester.
- Law School Registration: Please review the Law School's Cross-Registration for Non-Law Students policy and submit a Cross-Registration Application for Non-Law Students.
If you would like to take a course not listed below, please contact the MA Faculty Advisor for approval.
Please consult the Directory of Classes or Vergil for the call number to use when registering.
This list also applies for SIPA students who are pursing the Europe Regional Specialization.
Past course lists can be found here:
Pre-Approved Courses: Spring 2025
*Updated December 20, 2024 - SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Spring 2025 Pre-approved Courses
- Spring 2025 Courses(As of 12.20.24 - Subject to change)
- Subject
- Course #
- Call #
- Course Title
- Instructor(s)
- Credits
- Type
- Art History
- AHIS GU4741
- 14936
- **Art and Theory in a Global Context
- Rajchman, John
- 4
- Seminar
- Comparative Literature: Czech
- Czech GU4035
- 11535
- The writers of Prague
- Harwood, Christopher
- 3
- Lecture
- Comparative Literature: Dutch
- CLDT GU4000
- 17202
- Learned Women from the Low Countries and Beyond (in English)
- Van Deinsen, Lieke
- 3
- Seminar
- Comparative Literature: English
- CLEN GR6907
- 14698
- Postcolonial Theory and Decolonization
- Slaughter, Joseph
- 4
- Seminar
- Comparative Literature: German
- CLGR GU4420
- 13106
- Walter Benjamin (in English)
- Pfeiefer, Annie
- 3
- Seminar
- Comparative Literature: German
- CLGR GR6822
- 13371
- Writing of Marginalized Communities in Germany. Politics, Aesthetics, Interventions (in English)
- El Hissy, Maha
- 4
- Seminar
- Comparative Literature: Greek Modern
- CLGM GU4600
- 14766
- Multilingual Worlds: Translation, Gender, and the Greek Diaspora
- Van Dyck, Karen
- 4
- Seminar
- Comparative Literature: Italian
- Italian GU4500
- 13030 & 13031
- Mediterranean Humanities II
- Zanou, Konstantia
- 3
- Seminar
- Comparative Literature: Italian
- Italian GR6999
- 13032
- Mafia Movies
- Moe, Nelson
- 3
- Lecture
- Comparative Literature: Russian
- Russian GU4214
- 13134
- The Road to Power: Marxism in Germany and Russia
- Leeds, Adam
- 3
- Seminar
- European History, Politics, and Society
- EHPS GR5002
- 14494
- European Integration: History and Society
- Falciola, Luca
- 4
- Seminar
- European History, Politics, and Society
- EHPS GR6101
- 14495
- European Studies Colloquium II
- Petrova, Tsveta
- 4
- Colloquium
- French
- FREN GU4082
- 13671
- Rebel Literature: Politics and the Novel in the Francophone World (1950-1980) (in French)
- Kattan, Emmanuel
- 3
- Seminar
- French
- FREN GU4995
- 14437
- French for Diplomats (in French)
- Mohamed Yacine Chitour
- 3
- Language
- French History
- FRHS 4354
- 17238
- Racial Histories of Europe (15th-21st Centuries)
- Saada, Emmanuelle
- 4
- Seminar
- History
- HIST GU4385
- 11725
- Rousseau and the Modern Self
- Lilla, Mark
- 4
- Seminar
- History
- HIST GU4693
- 11724
- Writers on History: Thomas Mann
- Lilla, Mark
- 4
- Seminar
- History
- HIST 4237
- TBC
- Resources and Regimes: Environmental Histories of Central Europe
- Vadas, Andras
- Seminar
- History
- HIST 4255
- 17274
- A Global History of East Central Europe Before the Modern Times
- Vadas, Andras
- 4
- Seminar
- History
- HIST 4279
- TBC
- A Cultural History of the Soviet Century
- Brirch, Alexandria
- Seminar
- History
- HIST 4379
- 17217
- Ever Closer Union?: Histories of European Integration since 1945
- Dubler, Roslyn
- 4
- Seminar
- History
- HIST 8311
- 17177
- Introduction to the Literature of Modern European History
- Mazower, Mark
- 4
- Colloquia
- History
- HIST8989
- 14088
- Capitalism and Democracy
- Tooze, Adam
- 4
- Seminar
- History
- HIST GU4716
- 17266
- Imag(in)ing the Ottoman Empire: A Visual History, 18th-20th centuries
- Eldem, Edhem
- 4
- Seminar
- Human Rights
- HRTS GU4210
- 11797
- **Equality, Identity, and Rights
- Ikawa, Daniela
- 3
- Seminar
- Human Rights
- HRTS GR6800
- 11548
- **International Human Rights Law
- Cooper, Belinda
- 3
- Seminar
- Human Rights
- HRTS GU4380
- 11800
- **Advocacy for Socio-Economic Rights
- H Rosenthal, Mila
- 3
- Seminar
- Human Rights
- HRTS GU4930
- 11807
- **International Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
- Cronin, Bruce
- 4
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- INAF U6039
- 10371
- **International Banking
- Finel-Honigman, Irene
- 3
- Lecture
- International and Public Affairs
- REGN U6149
- 11359
- **Energy, Corporate Responsibility & Human Rights
- Radon, Jenik
- 3
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- REGN U6315
- 10498
- Politics in the European Union
- Invernizzi-Accetti, Carlo
- 3
- Seminar
- European History, Politics, and Society
- EHPS GR5999
- 18657
- Independent Study - Political Economy of Europe
- Tsveta Petrova
- 1.5
- Independent
- International and Public Affairs
- REGN U6312
- 16264
- Issues in US-EU Economic Relations (short course: January 23 to March 6)
- O'Cleireacain, Seamus
- 1.5
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- REGN U6538
- 11360
- Global Reliance on Russian Energy
- Udensiva, Natasha
- 3
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- REGN U6562
- 11362
- Politics of the Caucasus
- George, Julie
- 3
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- REGN U8755
- 11363
- Ukraine: Power Politics & Diplomacy
- Kuchynskyi, Valerii
- 3
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- IAIA U6310
- 12773
- Diplomacy in Practice: the EU and the World (short course: January 23 to March 6)
- Vimont, Pierre
- 1.5
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- INAF U8258
- 10465
- **States and Citizenship
- Anderson, Lisa
- 3
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- IAIA U6202
- 10389
- ** Internet Governance and Human Rights
- Micek, Peter
- 3
- Seminar
- International and Public Affairs
- REGN U6536
- 16262
- Post-Soviet Geopolitics
- Mustafina, Renata
- 1.5
- Seminar
- Italian
- ITAL GU4019
- 13067
- Topics in Microhistory (in Italian)
- Tommasino, Pier Mattia
- 3
- Seminar
- Italian
- Italian GU4055
- 13062
- Anthropology of Contemporary Italy
- Faedda, Barbara
- 3
- Seminar
- Italian
- Italian GU4140
- 13068
- Italian Fascism & its Representation in Film
- Leake, Elizabeth
- 3
- Lecture
- Political Science
- POLS GU4134
- 13414
- Modern Political Thought
- Urbinati, Nadia
- 4
- Lecture
- Political Science
- POLS GR8880
- 13435
- **Decision Making and Diplomacy
- Gallarotti, Giulio
- 4
- Colloquia
- Russian
- RUSS GR6142
- 11533
- Russian Orthodox Culture
- Izmirlieva, Valentina
- 4
- Seminar
- Russian
- RUSS GR6511
- 11532
- Late Soviet Underground Literature
- Lipovetsky, Mark
- 4
- Seminar
- Slavic Languages
- GEOR GU4042
- 11790
- Cultural Heritage: A Georgian Case Study (in English)
- Ninoshvili, Lauren
- 3
- Seminar
- Ukrainian
- Ukrainian GU4033
- 11868
- Fin de Siecle Ukrainian Lit (in English)
- Andryczyk, Mark
- 3
- Lecture