History 338

T. Weeks / Fall 1997

Eastern Europe since 1863

Course meets in Faner 1224, TTh 11:00 - 12:15.

Text: R. J. Crampton. Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century.

Reader available at 710 Bookstore.

Week 1. (August 26, 28) Readings: Crampton, Preface and Chapter 1.

1. Introductions and course requirements

2. Background: Habsburg and Ottoman Empires

Week 2. (Sept 2, 4) Readings: W. Connor, "A Nation is a Nation ..."

1. Background: Romanov Empire

2. Theory - "Nation" and "State." Map Quiz

Week 3. (Sept 9, 11) Readings: A. Michnik, "1863: Poland in Russian Eyes."

1. 3. The "Polish Question" and the January Insurrection of 1863

2. 1867 Austro-Hungarian "Compromise" and Russia in Balkans, 1870s

Week 4. (Sept 16, 18) Readings: Sholom Aleichem, "Dreyfus in Kasrilevka" & "The Convoy"

1. Nationality and Compromise in Austria and Hungary

2. Jews, Zionism, and Antisemitism. Book Review Due!

Week 5. (Sept 23, 25) Readings: Crampton, chap. 2; passages from Ha ek, Good Soldier vejk

1. 1905 in Russia: Nationality and Revolution

2. Balkan Wars and World War I

Week 6. (Sept 30, October 2)

1. DISCUSSION of vejk, review

2. Examination # 1

Week 7. (October 7, 9) Readings: Crampton, Chap. 3, 4, 9.

1. Redrawing the Map: Post-WWI treaties (Versailles, Trianon, St. Germain, Sevres, etc.)

2. Contrasting possibilities: Poland, Jugoslavija, Czecho-Slovakia

Week 8. (Oct 14, 16) Readings: Crampton, chap. 6,7. Michnik, "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors."

1. Under a Red Shadow: The Baltic States

2. Economics and society: the 1920s

Week 9. (October 21, 23) Readings: Crampton, chap. 8, 11.

1. Pilsudski's Poland, Horthy's Hungary

2. National states and national minorities; the Jewish question.

Week 10. (October 28)

1. Examination # 2

Week 11. (November 4, 6) Readings: Crampton, chap.12

1. Hitler undoes Versailles

2. World War II and the Shoah

Week 12. (November 11, 13) Readings: Crampton, chap. 13-16.

1. "Liberation" and the Yugoslav difference.

2. DISCUSSION: "Who lost Eastern Europe?"

Week 13. (November 18) Readings: Crampton, chap. 17-18.

1. Revolution - the 1950s and "Normalcy" - the 1960s

Week 14. (November 25, 27) Readings: Crampton, chap. 19-21; Havel and Konr·d.

1. Prague Spring, 1968

2. Beginning of the End: Solidarity

Week 15. Readings: Crampton, chap. 22

1. 1989: Walls come tumbling down. And after ...?

2. Review LONGER PAPER DUE!!!!!!

Final examination: Thursday, December 18, 3:10 to 5:10 pm (in Faner 1224).

Grading:	Map Quiz 10%	2 exams 30%	Attendance 10%
	Book Review 10%	Final 20%	Longer paper 20%

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