History 333
History 333: Europe in the 20th Century(5903) TuTr 11:00-12:15 TH 316
Instructor: Clifton Ganyard
E-mail: ganyardc@uwgb.edu
Office: TH 393
Office Hours: TuTr 9:00-10:00 or by appointment
Office Phone: 465-2472
Pablo Picasso, Guernica (1937)
Course Description: This semester, we will examine the politics, society, and culture of Europe during the twentieth century. Topics include nationalism and the state, ethnic, class, and gender relations, modernism, the First World War and the Russian Revolution, communism and fascism, the Second World War, the Holocaust, the Cold War, culture and counter-culture, 1968, the collapse of communism and its aftermath, terrorism, and the path toward greater unity. The course is designed with upper-level history majors, humanistic studies majors, and education majors in the social sciences in mind; all students are welcome in this class, but please be aware that it is not a general education course. Due to the reading and writing load, I recommend that you have junior standing and that you have completed Foundations of Western Culture 2 before you take this course. Finally, please note that this is a Writing Emphasis course. The format of the course is discussion of assigned readings and other materials.
Required Books: There are four books required for this course:
Eric Dorn Brose, Europe in the Twentieth Century
Marvin Perry, et. al., Sources of Twentieth-century Europe
David Clay Large, Between Two Fires: Europe’s Path in the 1930s
Slavenka Drakulic, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
All four books are available at the Phoenix bookstore. In addition, one optional book has been ordered:
Mary Lynn Rampola, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History 4th ed.
This is a very good short guide to approaching history assignments, finding historical sources, avoiding plagiarism, and citing sources, all of which you need to know how to do for this course. You are not required to buy this book, but you are expected to use sources and citations properly, and you will be expected to do the same if you take other history courses.
A few additional materials will be required. These are listed in the syllabus and will be made available on reserve, online, via e-mail, or in class throughout the semester.
We also will be viewing a few films in class. In addition, a number of other European films may be shown outside of class in conjunction with the Student Film Society. Whenever a relevant film is being shown, I will let you know and encourage you to attend its showing. These films are relevant to our class and you may make use of them in class discussions and for essays.
Course Requirements:
- Read and prepare all assigned readings before attending class, attend class regularly, and participate actively in class discussions.
- Responses to reading assignments listed in the class schedule, due in the class in which the reading will be discussed. The response must be submitted in class; early responses, late responses, and e-mailed responses will not be accepted. The response should be typed and should include one paragraph that briefly summarizes the main points you learn from the assigned reading. At the end of your summary, you should add one comment of your own and one question of your own. The questions and comments should not be summary nor should they be merely factual in nature. But, there are also no “right” or “wrong” answers. Although you are welcome to write as much as you like for your own notes, please limit your submitted response to one page at most. The response grade is essentially a participation grade. Every student begins the semester with an A. You are allowed to miss three (3) responses and still maintain an A. For every response you miss thereafter, however, your grade will be reduced one grade step. (If you miss four responses, you earn an AB; if you miss five responses, you earn a B, etc.) There are 20 responses assigned. The responses taken together are worth 25% of your final grade.
- Mid-term and final exams. Each of these exams will be a take-home essay that asks you to consider the material covered to that point in the semester. You will have approximately one week to respond to the question and should produce a 3-5 page paper, typed, double-spaced, standard margins (no more than 1.25”), and font size between 10 and 12. All quotations and references must be properly cited using the Turabian/Chicago format for footnotes/endnotes. Please do not use MLA or APA. Your paper may include a title page, but this does not count toward the page total. Please do not use plastic or paper essay covers. Please do staple your paper. Questions on the final may be cumulative. A hard copy of your exam paper must be submitted in class and an electronic copy must be submitted to TurnItIn (see below). The mid-term assignment will be distributed Tuesday, March 11 and is due in class on Tuesday, March 25 (after Spring Break) and to TurnItIn by 11:00 am that same day. The final essay assignment will be distributed Thursday, May 8 and is due in my office (TH 393) and to TurnItIn by 11:00 am Thursday, may 15. Please note that this replaces the normal exam scheduled by the university. The mid-term and final exams are each worth 25% of the course grade (50% total).
- Term paper on a topic of interest to the student and related to the class. There are dozens of possible topics; I encourage you to look through Brose’s text for ideas and to talk to me about possible topics. A paper proposal including a preliminary bibliography is due in class Tuesday, February 12. You must use at least two (2) book-length sources for this project, but I encourage you to use other sources as well. The final paper is due in class Thursday, April 17, and to TurnItIn by 11:00 am that same day. The paper should be 6-8 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, standard margins (no more than 1.25”), and font size between 10 and 12. All quotations and references must be properly cited using the Turabian/Chicago format for footnotes/endnotes. Please do not use MLA or APA. Your paper may include a title page, but this does not count toward the page total. Please do not use plastic or paper essay covers. Please do staple your paper. The paper is worth 25% or your final grade.
Some Possible Term Paper Topics
| European Society before 1914 Socialism Democracy in France and/or Britain Monarchy in Germany and/or Russia Ethnic Tensions in Austria The Young Turks Women’s Suffrage The Balkan Crises The “Jewish Question” The Origins of World War I Trench Warfare The Home Front Vladimir Lenin Paris Peace Conference The League of Nations Modern Literature Modern Art Modern Music Weimar Culture Jazz Ireland Josef Stalin Benito Mussolini The Great Depression Adolf Hitler Totalitarian “Culture” The Spanish Civil War The Origins of World War II Resistance The Holocaust Existentialism The Berlin Blockade The Marshal Plan Yugoslavia Decolonization |
The Cold War Nikita Khruschev The Berlin Wall Welfare State Religion Consumerism Americanization Charles de Gaulle Feminism Youth Culture Rock and Roll Prague Spring 1968 Eurocommunism Terrorism Red Brigades/Black Brigades EEC Film Postmodern Literature Postmodern Art Postmodern Music Environmentalism/Green Party Soviet Dissent Mikhail Gorbachev Chernobyl Margaret Thatcher Vaclav Havel 1989 Serbia-Bosnia-Kosovo EU Post-communist Russia Chechenya IRA The Basques Vladimir Putin |
TurnItIn - http://www.turnitin.com
TurnItIn is an online resource to which you are required to submit all of your papers. Once a paper has been submitted to TurnItIn, the service searches its own database and the Internet for instances of plagiarism. Papers that are not submitted to TurnItIn will not earn credit. At the top of the front page you will see a link to “Training: Getting Started”; here you will find links to Quickstart Guides, User Manuals, and Trainign Videos that have information for students on how to use the systems. To begin, you should create an account. Follow the New Users link in the top right-hand corner of the front page (just above Login). The name of this course on TurnItIn is “Europe in the 20th Century”; the Course ID# is ____; the Course Password is _____.
Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct: Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity policy and grounds for failure of this course, suspension, or dismissal from the university as outlined by UW-Green Bay 14.03 Academic Misconduct Subject to Disciplinary Action: “Academic misconduct is an act in which a student...seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation.” For further explanation, see the Dean of Students’ University Policies page on Academic Misconduct:
http://www.uwgb.edu/deanofstudents/policies/ch14.htm.
Disability Notice: As required by federal law and UW-Green Bay policy for individuals with disabilities, students with a documented disability who need accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at 465-2841. Reasonable accommodations can be made unless they alter the essential components of the class. Contact the instructor and Disability Services Coordinator in a timely manner to formulate alternative arrangements.
Tentative Course Schedule:
The course schedule may be changed at any time.
| Date | Topic |
Assignment |
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T 1/22 |
Introduction |
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R 1/24 |
“A Specter is Haunting Europe” |
Brose ch. 1 |
Response 1 |
T 1/29 |
European Politics, Society, & Culture |
Brose ch. 2 |
Response 2 |
R 1/31 |
The First World War |
Brose pp. 77-90, 96-105 |
Response 3 |
T 2/5 |
The Russian Revolution |
Brose pp. 90-96, 105-119 |
Response 4 |
R 2/7 |
The Roaring Twenties |
Brose pp.120-148 |
Response 5 |
T 2/12 |
Threepenny Opera |
Film & Discussion |
Paper Proposal! |
R 2/14 |
Threepenny Opera |
Film & Discussion |
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T 2/19 |
Depression and Dictatorship |
Brose pp. 148-175, 211-216 |
Response 6 |
R 2/21 |
Depression and Dictatorship |
Brose pp. 176-211, 216-222 |
Response 7 |
T 2/26 |
Between Two Fires |
Large intro, chs. I-II |
Response 8 and Response 9 [any two (2) classes on Large and Perry] |
R 2/28 |
Between Two Fires |
Large chs. III-IV |
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T 3/4 |
Between Two Fires |
Large chs. V-VI |
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R 3/6 |
Between Two Fires |
Large chs. VII-VIII, epilogue |
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T 3/11 |
World War II |
Brose pp. 223-246 |
Response 10 Mid-term Essay Distributed |
R 3/13 |
World War II |
Brose pp. 264246 |
Response 11 |
3/17-3/21 |
Spring Break! No classes! |
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T 3/25 |
Europe and |
Brose pp. 265-294 |
Response 12 Mid-term Essay Due! |
R 3/27 |
Europe and |
Brose pp. 294-324 |
Response 13 |
T 4/1 |
Europe and America |
Brose ch. 8 |
Response 14 |
R 4/3 |
1968 |
Robert Daniels, |
Response 15 |
T 4/8 |
Democracy & Discontent |
Brose pp. 358-380 |
Response 16 |
R 4/10 |
Democracy & Discontent |
Brose pp. 380-397 |
Response 17 |
T 4/15 |
Brazil |
Film & Discussion |
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R 4/17 |
Brazil |
Film & Discussion |
Term Paper Due! |
T 4/22 |
Postmodern Culture |
TBD |
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R 4/24 |
The Collapse of Communism |
Brose ch. 10 |
Response 18 |
T 4/29 |
Surviving Communism |
Drakulic, intro, chs. 1-9 |
Response 19 [any one (1) class on Drakulic] |
R 5/1 |
Surviving Communism |
Drakulic, chs. 10-20 |
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T 5/6 |
Europe in the ‘90s |
Brose ch. 11 |
Response 20 |
R 5/8 |
Contemporary History: |
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Final Essay Distributed |
Final Essays Due! |
In my office (TH 393) and to TurnItIn by 11:00 am Thursday, May 15. |
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