5519 Contemporary European History: 1950-2000 (3)
This upper-division course traces the history of Europe in the period of living
memory. It will survey significant trends in warfare, politics, economics
social relations and culture, paying particular attention to the rise of
globalization and the condition of postmodernity, decolonization and
neo-colonization, European unification and everyday life. Also offered for
undergraduates as 419R. Graduate students will be held to a higher standard in
terms of additional, in-depth historiographic research, writing, and discussion.