BALKAN HISTORY   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

HIST 1225 - BALKAN HISTORY


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the history of the Balkan peninsula (Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, and the countries of the former Yugoslavia) and its peoples from the Ottoman Empire through to the collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. It places particular stress on the dynamic experience of daily life against a background of regularly shifting political ideologies through the prisms of class, gender, and health. Additionally, it analyzes the conceptualization of what is meant by the term 'Balkans' as discussed by historians, philosophers, journalists, and writers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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