| Week One |
Eighteenth-century Europe: Power & Ideology |
| 3 May 04 |
Introduction: The status of Europe
in 1700 |
| 4 May 04 |
Act
of Union and the
formation of Great Britain
Readings: The Act of Union and The Wealth of Nations: Of
Colonies |
| 5 May 04 |
The
Enlightenment
Readings: What is Enlightenment?, Essay on Forms of Government,
and Salon Life |
| 6 May 04 |
The
French Revolution
Readings: What is the Third Estate?, The Declaration of
the Rights of Man, and Letters on the Trial
Extra Credit film: "Ridicule" (Shaw Lounge) |
| 7 May 04 |
Napoleon
& the Congress of Vienna and MAP QUIZ
Readings: The Coup d'état of 18 Brumaire and Imperial
Catechism
Extra Credit film: "Master and Commander: The Far Side of
the World" (Shaw Lounge) |
| Week Two |
Nineteenth-century Europe: Modernization &
Expansion |
| 10 May 04 |
Liberalism
& Marxism
Readings: On The Reform Bill of 1832 and The Communist Manifesto |
| 11 May 04 |
Reforms
in Russia & The
Industrial Revolution
Readings: Emancipation of the Serfs and Self-Help |
| 12 May 04 |
Darwinism
& Feminism
Readings: On Darwin's Origin of Species and The Subjection
of Women
Extra Credit film: "An Ideal Husband" (Hedges Conference
Room) |
| 13 May 04 |
Nation-building
& New
Imperialism
Readings: Instructions to Young Italy, A War Correspondent
in the Franco-Prussian War, The Treaty of London for Greek
Independence, and A Place in the Sun
**Optional
afternoon Extra Credit session on the British Empire (Library 126)
|
| 14 May 04 |
MIDTERM |
| Week Three |
Twentieth-century Europe: War & Recovery |
| 17 May 04 |
World
War I
Readings: The Dual Alliance, The Constitution of the Black
Hand, In Flanders Fields, and Letter to Recruit Women
Workers in Glasgow |
| 18 May 04 |
Communism
& Totalitarianism
Readings: Mass Psychology, Modernizing Russia, Nazi
Propaganda Pamphlet, and Report on a Nazi Party Rally
Extra Credit film: "Burnt by the Sun" (Hedges Conference
Room) |
| 19 May 04 |
World
War II
Readings: Speech on the Munich Crisis, A Disaster of the
First Magnitude, and The Yalta Conference
Extra Credit film: "Life is Beautiful" (Hedges Conference
Room) |
| 20 May 04 |
The
Post-War World
Readings: Iron Curtain Speech, Response to the Iron Curtain
Speech, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and The
Second Sex |
| 21 May 04 |
VOCABULARY QUIZ
|
| Week Four |
Twenty-first-century Europe: Unification &
Stability? |
| 24 May 04 |
The
British Commonwealth & Devolution
and TERM PAPER DUE
Readings: The Queen's Commonwealth Day Message, Release
Our Potential (selected SNP policy papers)
Extra Credit film: "Trainspotting" (Library 125, time
to be determined...in the evening though)
|
| 25 May 04 |
The
European Union
Readings: Speech to the European Parliament, The Chocolate
Directive, Excerpts: Europe's draft constitution
**Optional afternoon
Extra Credit session on efforts to create a European identity (Library
126) |
| 26 May 04 |
FINAL EXAM |
