LARTS 360 — Europe and the World, 1789-1914: History as Hegemony

3 credits
Fall
Gonzalo Sánchez

Political, social, and ideological developments in Europe during the so-called “long 19th century”—the period encompassing 1789 to the eve of World War I (1914)—shaped the modern world. Political, economic, and ideological upheavals swept over the continent, spilling out to remote corners of the globe—alongside social conflicts, imperialism, racism, and colonialist commitments that would eventually lead to two World Wars and which continue to haunt the globe today. Complemented by works of fiction by Claire du Duras, Joseph Conrad, and Chinua Achebe, this course proposes a thematic survey of Europe’s period of international hegemony with an eye to informing our present predicaments.