This course explores the history of Europe and its relations with the larger world from the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I. In it, students investigate the cultural, diplomatic, economic, political, and social developments that shaped the lives of nineteenth-century Europea

This is a fun and engaging course that helps students understand various central concepts of the Western tradition. It introduces students to the leading texts, authors, and ideas of modern political theory in the West, including the writings of Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Nietzsche, Simone de Beauvo