HIST 381BModern Europe, 1789-1945

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HIST 381B - Modern Europe, 1789-1945 Professor Alex Chase-Levenson Fall 2026 Course Description: It's old, it's new. It's unfamiliar, it's recognizable: Europe from the French Revolution to World War II. The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed the development of political, economic, and cultural phenomena we often see as characteristic of modern age. Topics considered include war, political revolution, industrialization, liberalism, imperialism, and new ideologies of gender, race, and class. Our focus will be consistently transnational. Where did Europe begin and end? How did borders and boundaries operate at the edge of nations and also within societies? We will investigate these questions as we follow European history from the violence and optimism of the French Revolution to the total war of the twentieth century.