We will discuss some of the major historical syntheses on twentieth-century Europe as well as more specific writings on wartime, interwar and postwar Europe that have appeared over the last decade. Particular emphasis will be placed on the tensions between national histories and trans-European trajectories. Weekly position papers and one historiographical essay constitute the principal writing assignments. You will find a detailed syllabus on bSpace, which also lists a few classic novels, diaries or movies of the past century.
| Cataclysms by Dan Diner | Wisconsin. ISBN: 978-0299223502 | Required |
| The Era of the Witness by Annette Wieviorka | Cornell. ISBN: 978-0801473166 | Required |
| Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder | Basic. ISBN: 978-0465002399 | Required |
| Caviar and Ashes by Marci Shore | Yale. ISBN: 978-0300143287 | Required |
| The Invention of Decolonization by Todd Shepard | Cornell. ISBN: 978-0801474545 | Required |
| Where Have All the Soldiers Gone by Sheehan | Mariner. ISBN: 978-0547086330 | Required |
| The Weimar Republic by Peukert | Hill and Wang. ISBN: 978-0809015566 | Required |
| France's New Deal by Philip Nord | Princeton. ISBN: 978-0691142975 | Required |
| Dark Continent by Mark Mazower | Vintage. ISBN: 978-0679757047 | Required |
| Dissolution by Charles Maier | Princeton. ISBN: 978-0691007465 | Required |
