Experience the astounding history of one of the world's most fascinating places, in this course that explains the complicated context of Eastern Europe.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Other Europe: Deep Roots of Diversity
- 02: Formative Migrations: Mongols to Germans
- 03: Clashing Golden Ages, 1389–1772
- 04: The Great Crime of Empires: Poland Divided
- 05: The Origins of Nationalism, 1815–1863
- 06: The Age of Empires, 1863–1914
- 07: Jewish Life in the Shtetl
- 08: World War I: Destruction and Rebirth
- 09: From Democrats to Dictators, 1918–1939
- 10: Caught between Hitler and Stalin
- 11: World War II: The Unfamiliar Eastern Front
- 12: The Holocaust and the Nazi Racial Empire
- 13: Postwar Flight and Expulsion
- 14: Behind the Iron Curtain, 1945–1953
- 15: Forest Brothers: Baltic Partisan Warfare
- 16: Life in Totalitarian Captivity, 1953–1980
- 17: Power of the Powerless: Revolts and Unrest
- 18: Solidarity in Poland: Walesa’s Union
- 19: Toppling Idols: The Communist Collapse
- 20: The Turn: The Post-Soviet 1990s
- 21: Yugoslav Wars: Milosevic and Balkan Strife
- 22: The New Europe: Joining NATO and the EU
- 23: The Unfolding Ukraine-Russia Crisis
- 24: Eastern Europe at the Crossroads
Taught by
Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
