The table below lists most graduate courses at Columbia related to modern Europe (4000-level and higher). The current list is for Spring 2023. 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 2023
*Updated January 12, 2023 - SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Newly approved courses may be added at the bottom of the table. We encourage you to sort by table header.
Spring 2023 Pre-approved Courses
- Subject
- Anthropology
- Course #
- ANTH GU4143
- Call #
- 12860
- Course Title
- **Accusation
- Instructor(s)
- Morris, Rosalind
- Day
- M
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Anthropology
- Course #
- ANTH GR6301
- Call #
- 12216
- Course Title
- **Contesting the Past
- Instructor(s)
- D'Altroy, Terence
- Day
- M
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Art History
- Course #
- AHIS GU4741
- Call #
- 13408
- Course Title
- **Art and Theory in a Global Context
- Instructor(s)
- Rajchman, John
- Day
- M
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Art History
- Course #
- AHIS GR6408
- Call #
- 13412
- Course Title
- **Origins of Modern Visual Culture
- Instructor(s)
- Crary, Jonathan
- Day
- W
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Comparative Literature: English
- Course #
- CLEN GU4122
- Call #
- 13123
- Course Title
- Renaissance in Europe II
- Instructor(s)
- Eden, Kathy
- Day
- MW
- Time
- 11:40am-12:55pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Comparative Literature: French
- Course #
- CLFR GU4521
- Call #
- 15093
- Course Title
- The Politics of Memory. Remembrance, Ethics and Identity in France since 1945
- Instructor(s)
- Kattan, Emmanuel
- Day
- W
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Comparative Literature: German
- Course #
- CLGR GU4130
- Call #
- 11867
- Course Title
- Literary Theory: Nietzsche-Agamben
- Instructor(s)
- Simons, Oliver
- Day
- M
- Time
- 10:10-12:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Comparative Literature: German
- Course #
- CLGR GU4270
- Call #
- 14777
- Course Title
- Paradigms of the Euro Novel
- Instructor(s)
- Anderson, Mark
- Day
- M
- Time
- 12:10-2:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Comparative Literature: Italian
- Course #
- CLIA GU4300
- Call #
- 14127
- Course Title
- Renaissance Orientalism
- Instructor(s)
- Tommasino, Pier Mattia
- Day
- W
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Comparative Literature: Slavic
- Course #
- CLSL GU4012
- Call #
- 14713
- Course Title
- Holocaust Literature: Critical Thinking
- Instructor(s)
- Dynes, Offer
- Day
- W
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Economics
- Course #
- ECON GU4500
- Call #
- 12154
- Course Title
- **International Trade
- Instructor(s)
- Noor, Waseem
- Day
- TR
- Time
- 2:40-3:55pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Economics
- Course #
- ECON GU4630
- Call #
- 12155
- Course Title
- **Climate Finance
- Instructor(s)
- Hong, Harrison and Scheinkman, Joes
- Day
- MW
- Time
- 1:10-2:25pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Economics: Philosophy
- Course #
- ECPH GU4950
- Call #
- 10885
- Course Title
- **Economics & Philosophy
- Instructor(s)
- Collins, Jessica and O'Flaherty, Brendan
- Day
- M
- Time
- 12:10-2:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- English
- Course #
- ENGL GU4404
- Call #
- 13184
- Course Title
- Victorian Poetry
- Instructor(s)
- Gray, Erik
- Day
- MW
- Time
- 10:10-11:25am
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- English
- Course #
- ENGL GU4412
- Call #
- 14836
- Course Title
- The Brontes
- Instructor(s)
- Adams, James
- Day
- T
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- European History, Politics, and Society
- Course #
- EHPS GR6101
- Call #
- 12475
- Course Title
- European Studies Colloquium II
- Instructor(s)
- Petrova, Tsveta
- Day
- F
- Time
- 9:00-11:00am
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Colloquium
- Subject
- European History, Politics, and Society
- Course #
- MEUS GR5000
- Call #
- 12476
- Course Title
- Contentious Politics: Europe, 1960s-1970
- Instructor(s)
- Falciola, Luca
- Day
- R
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- European History, Politics, and Society
- Course #
- MEUS GR5001
- Call #
- 12477
- Course Title
- Political Violence in 20C. Europe
- Instructor(s)
- Falciola, Luca
- Day
- T
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- German
- Course #
- GERM GU4445
- Call #
- 12607
- Course Title
- Brecht
- Instructor(s)
- Willer, Stefan
- Day
- W
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GU4231
- Call #
- 14625
- Course Title
- Eastern Europe's Cold War
- Instructor(s)
- Mehilli, Elidor
- Day
- R
- Time
- 12:10-2:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GU4455
- Call #
- 11639
- Course Title
- **Transatlantic Migration/Citizenship
- Instructor(s)
- Ngai, Mae
- Day
- R
- Time
- 10:10-12:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GU4622
- Call #
- 14595
- Course Title
- **A Global History of Jewish Migration and the State
- Instructor(s)
- Kobrin, Rebecca
- Day
- R
- Time
- 12:10-2:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GU4723
- Call #
- 11161
- Course Title
- **Politics of Archaeology
- Instructor(s)
- Celik, Zeynep
- Day
- M
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GU4800
- Call #
- 11176
- Course Title
- **Global History of Science
- Instructor(s)
- Elshakry, Marwa
- Day
- W
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GU4962
- Call #
- 11212
- Course Title
- Making and Knowing in Early Modern Europe
- Instructor(s)
- Smith, Pamela
- Day
- T
- Time
- 10:10am-12:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GR8311
- Call #
- 11865
- Course Title
- Intro-Lit of European History
- Instructor(s)
- Mazower, Mark
- Day
- M
- Time
- 12:10-2:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- History
- Course #
- HIST GR8907
- Call #
- 11162
- Course Title
- Colonial Cities
- Instructor(s)
- Celik, Zeynep
- Day
- R
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Human Rights
- Course #
- HRTS GU4270
- Call #
- 12091
- Course Title
- **Social Media and Human Rights
- Instructor(s)
- Perlmutter, Ted
- Day
- M
- Time
- 6:10-8:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Human Rights
- Course #
- HRTS GU4380
- Call #
- 11673
- Course Title
- **Advocating and Campaigning for Social and Economic Rights
- Instructor(s)
- H Rosenthal, Mila
- Day
- M
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Human Rights
- Course #
- HRTS GU4600
- Call #
- 11673
- Course Title
- **Human Rights in Anthropocene
- Instructor(s)
- Chasin, Noah
- Day
- R
- Time
- 10:10am-12:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Human Rights
- Course #
- HRTS GU4930
- Call #
- 11976
- Course Title
- **International Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
- Instructor(s)
- Cronin, Bruce
- Day
- W
- Time
- 10:10am-12:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Human Rights
- Course #
- HRTS GR6800
- Call #
- 11979
- Course Title
- **International Human Rights Law
- Instructor(s)
- Cooper, Belinda
- Day
- T
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- INAF U6039
- Call #
- 11251
- Course Title
- **International Banking (non-SIPA students should email instructor for approval)
- Instructor(s)
- Finel-Honigman, Irene
- Day
- R
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- INAF U6425
- Call #
- 10328
- Course Title
- Energy Transition in Europe (short course: Jan 12 - Feb 23) (non-SIPA students should email instructor for approval)
- Instructor(s)
- Elkind, Jonathan and Stoupnitzky, Gregory
- Day
- T
- Time
- 11:00am-12:50pm
- Credits
- 1.5
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- INAF U6442
- Call #
- 10330
- Course Title
- **Failures and Successes of Three Decades of Peacemaking (non-SIPA students should email instructor for approval)
- Instructor(s)
- Guehenno, Jean-Marie
- Day
- M
- Time
- 11:00am-12:50pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- PUAF U6226
- Call #
- 10291
- Course Title
- **History for Future Policymakers (non-SIPA students should email instructor for approval)
- Instructor(s)
- Kovner, Sarah
- Day
- T
- Time
- 11:00am-12:50pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- REGN U6149
- Call #
- 14219
- Course Title
- **Energy, Corporate Responsibility & Human Rights
- Instructor(s)
- Radon, Jenik
- Day
- TR
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- REGN U6300
- Call #
- 10283
- Course Title
- Economics of European Integration
- Instructor(s)
- O'Cleireacain, Seamus
- Day
- R
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- REGN U6538
- Call #
- 10282
- Course Title
- Russia's Energy between West, East
- Instructor(s)
- Udensiva, Natasha
- Day
- W
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- REGN U6562
- Call #
- 10281
- Course Title
- Politics of the Caucasus
- Instructor(s)
- George, Julie
- Day
- T
- Time
- 11:00am-12:50pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- REGN U6765
- Call #
- 11040
- Course Title
- The European Union and Human Rights (short course Feb. 4/5 and 11/12)
- Instructor(s)
- Wouters, Jan
- Day
- SU
- Time
- 10:00-4:00
- Credits
- 1.5
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- REGN U8755
- Call #
- 10276
- Course Title
- Ukraine: Power Politics & Diplomacy
- Instructor(s)
- Kuchynskyi, Valerii
- Day
- T
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- IAIA U6310
- Call #
- 11456
- Course Title
- Diplomacy in Practice: the EU and the World
- Instructor(s)
- Vimont, Pierre
- Day
- R
- Time
- 9:00-10:50
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- International and Public Affairs
- Course #
- INAF U6292
- Call #
- 18403
- Course Title
- The European Union in a Time of Global Polycrisis (short course from March 21 to May 1)
- Instructor(s)
- Etienne, Philippe
- Day
- T
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 1.5
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Italian
- Course #
- ITAL GU4055
- Call #
- 13155
- Course Title
- Anthropology of Contemporary Italy
- Instructor(s)
- Faedda, Barbara
- Day
- M
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Italian
- Course #
- ITAL GU4092
- Call #
- 13223
- Course Title
- Dante's Divina Comedia 2
- Instructor(s)
- Barolini, Teodolina
- Day
- TR
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Italian
- Course #
- ITAL GU4109
- Call #
- 13119
- Course Title
- Italian Autobiography 19-20th Century
- Instructor(s)
- Leake, Elizabeth
- Day
- T
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Italian
- Course #
- ITAL GU4220
- Call #
- 13139
- Course Title
- Intro - History and Theory - Literary Interpretation
- Instructor(s)
- Leake, Elizabeth
- Day
- W
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Italian
- Course #
- ITAL GU4503
- Call #
- 640
- Course Title
- Italian Cultural Studies II: WWI - Present
- Instructor(s)
- Moe, Nelson
- Day
- TR
- Time
- 10:10-11:25am
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Philosophy
- Course #
- PHIL GU4900
- Call #
- 10883
- Course Title
- Topics in Early Modern Philosophy
- Instructor(s)
- Mercer, Christia
- Day
- W
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Political Science
- Course #
- POLS GU4134
- Call #
- 12778
- Course Title
- Modern Political Thought
- Instructor(s)
- Urbinati, Nadia
- Day
- MW
- Time
- 10:10-11:25p,
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Political Science
- Course #
- POLS GU4434
- Call #
- 12786
- Course Title
- Ethnic Politics across Post-Soviet Eurasia
- Instructor(s)
- Giuliano, Elise
- Day
- R
- Time
- 2:10-4:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Political Science
- Course #
- POLS GU4457
- Call #
- 14825
- Course Title
- Russian Propaganda Dom & Global Politics
- Instructor(s)
- Shirikov, Yuri
- Day
- T
- Time
- 12:10-2:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Russian
- Course #
- RUSS GU4155
- Call #
- 10515
- Course Title
- History of Russian/Soviet Film
- Instructor(s)
- Shkolnikov, Vadim
- Day
- MW
- Time
- 2:40-3:55pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Russian
- Course #
- RUSS GU4340
- Call #
- 10512
- Course Title
- Chteniia po Russkoi Literature
- Instructor(s)
- Reyfman, Irina
- Day
- MW
- Time
- 1:10-2:25pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Russian
- Course #
- RUSS GR6141
- Call #
- 10493
- Course Title
- Women's Autobiography and Prose 18th & 19th C Russia
- Instructor(s)
- Reyfman, Irina
- Day
- M
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Russia
- Course #
- RUSS GR6226
- Call #
- 10516
- Course Title
- Dostoyevsky's Bros Karamazov & Others
- Instructor(s)
- Knapp, Liza
- Day
- M
- Time
- 4:10-6:00pm
- Credits
- 4
- Type
- Seminar
- Subject
- Ukrainian
- Course #
- UKRN GU4007
- Call #
- 10506
- Course Title
- Advanced Ukrainian Through Literature
- Instructor(s)
- Shevchuk, Yuri
- Day
- MW
- Time
- 2:40-3:55pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture
- Subject
- Ukrainian
- Course #
- UKRN GU4037
- Call #
- 10507
- Course Title
- The Aura-Sov Ukrainian Modernism
- Instructor(s)
- Andryczyk, Mark
- Day
- TR
- Time
- 2:40-3:55pm
- Credits
- 3
- Type
- Lecture