European History
European History
01:510:390 Jewish Memory (3)
- Course Code: 01:510:390
- Academic Credits: 3
Course explores various forms of Jewish memory shaped in response to major events, including myths, holidays, monuments, pilgrimages, testimonies, museums, literature, and film. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:390.
01:510:391 Historical Studies (3)
- Course Code: 01:510:391
- Academic Credits: 3
Separate sections focusing on different topics at different times and in different areas. Specific titles available at time of registration.
01:510:393 Jewish Historical Fiction (1.5)
- Course Code: 01:510:393
- Academic Credits: 3
Explores a variety of Jewish historical novels and their relationship to the historical periods they purport to represent, from late antiquity to the modern period. Special emphasis is given to comparing works of history with works of fiction. Topics include: Second Temple sectarianism, medieval Jewish marriage law and customs, mysticism, sabbatianism, and revolution in the Soviet Union. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:336.
01:510:394 Human Rights (3)
- Full Course Title: HUMAN RIGHTS
- Course Code: 01:510:394
- Academic Credits: 3
- Predictability: Offered Occasionally (Every 4-6 Semesters)
- Semester(s) Offered: Spring, Summer
01:510:401 The Idea of Europe: 18th Century to the Present
- Full Course Title: THE IDEA OF EUROPE
- Course Code: 01:510:401
- Academic Credits: 3
- Predictability: Offered Regularly (Every 2-3 Semesters)
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Mode of Instruction: Lecture
- Cross-listed Course: 01:306:401
Credit will not be given for both this course and the cross-listed course.
Course Description
Europe. The West. The “civilized,” or “free,” or “advanced” world. Such phrases have little to do with geography. They represent values and ideals--ideals often contradictory, and always in tension with lived realities. They have been used to distinguish what is “European” from what is not—and to divide as well as unite those living on the (sub-)continent. But what is Europe—even in terms of geography? Who is a European? How have such notions been useful, and in what ways less so? Is the collection notion of “Europe” rapidly losing any meaning? This course will examine enduring and transforming answers to these questions proposed in the last centuries, focusing on their relevance for today’s Europe and its place in the world—and on how this matters to us.