Colloquium in European History I

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This course is the first graduate colloquium on the topic of European history that students in this program will take. The course focuses on in-depth historical analysis of a selected theme in European history that students in this program will take. The course focuses on in-depth historical analysis of a selected theme in European history, including work with historical sources, critical reading of historians' accounts, intensive research and writing, and class discussion. Proposed topics include Ancient Historians, The French Revolution, The Holocaust in Europe, Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe, Social History of Early Modern Europe, 20th Century War and Society, Women in Early Modern Europe, and Modern American and European Women in Historical Perspective.