Sample Course Plans

The following course plans are examples of how students might focus their studies in the MA for European History, Politics, and Society. Please note that course offerings vary each semester.

  1. History of Interwar Western Europe
  2. The European Union Today
  3. European Literature and Culture
  4. Politics of Post-Communist East Central Europe
  5. The Transatlantic Relationship

History of Interwar Western Europe

Fall semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium I (EHPS G6100)
  • Interwar International Reconsidered (HIST G8300)
  • Narratives of World War II (HIST W4923)
  • War, Peace, and Strategy (POLS W4895)

Spring semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium II (EHPS G6101)
  • Fascisms and Anti-Semitism (CPLS G4106)
  • Wars within a War: WWII in Eastern Europe (HIST W4295)
  • European Catastrophe (HIST G6999)

Summer:

  • Thesis research

Fall semester:

  • Thesis writing (EHPS G6999)

The European Union Today

Fall semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium I (EHPS G6100)
  • Seminar on EU Law and Institutions (LAW L8146)
  • The Idea of Europe (HIST W4380)
  • Diplomacy in Practice: the EU & The World (IAIA U6310)

Spring semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium II (EHPS G6101)
  • Politics in the European Union (REGN U6315)
  • EU Policymaking & New Global Challenges (REGN U6230)  (short course) & EU Economic Policy: the Eurocrisis and Beyond (REGN U6305) (short course)
  • Europe: Nazi New Order to EU (HIST G6999)

Summer:

  • Thesis research

Fall semester:

  • Thesis (EHPS G6999)

European Literature and Culture

Fall semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium I (EHPS G6100)
  • 19th Century European Novel (CLEN G4822)
  • The Writers of Prague (CLCZ G4035)
  • Narratives of Modernity (ITAL G4100)

Spring semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium II (EHPS G6101)
  • Italian Autobiography -19th – 20th Centuries (ITAL G4109)
  • Men in Crisis: Europe, 1890-1945 (HIST G4278)
  • Fascism by the Book: Literature, Culture (CLGR G4251)

Summer:

  • Thesis research

Fall semester:

  • Thesis writing (EHPS G6999)

 


Politics of Post-Communist East Central Europe

Fall semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium I (EHPS G6100)
  • Methods of Inquiry and Research Design (POLS W4802)
  • European History since 1789 (HIST G6999)
  • Post-Soviet States and Markets (POLS G4491)

Spring semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium II (EHPS G6101)
  • Economic Transformation in New Democracies (INAF U8150)
  • Political Dynamics in Central Europe (POLS G4435)
  • Economics of European Integration (REGN U6300)

Summer:

  • Thesis research

Fall semester:

  • Thesis writing (EHPS G6999)

The Transatlantic Relationship

Fall semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium I (EHPS G6100)
  • The Transatlantic Economy (REGN U8090)
  • History of Soft Power: Europe and the US (HIST W4328)
  • Diplomacy in Practice: the EU & The World (REGN U6310)

Spring semester:

  • European Studies Colloquium II (EHPS G6101)
  • European Security (INAF U8565)
  • Empire & Cultures of the Atlantic World (HIST G6999)
  • Russia and the West (POLS W4875)

Summer:

  • Thesis research

Fall semester:

  • Thesis writing (EHPS G6999)