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Description: The course gives a broad survey of European history over the early modern
period and the XIXth century, while at the same time familiarizing the students with
several of the main scientific debates in the field. The competing interpretations,
theoretical models and conceptual apparatuses introduced in this way are meant to help
build an interdisciplinary bridge between the concerns of historical analysis and those of
political science, as well as to underline the continuing relevance of the return to the past
for better approaching contemporary issues. The sessions will be divided into lectures
and seminars, the last ones being held on the basis of a train of readings made available to
the whole class. A supplementary recommended bibliography is appended to the
syllabus.
Requirements and evaluation: In order to obtain the credits, the students are expected
to participate in the seminar discussions on the basis of the assigned readings. They will
also be required to write a number of short essays by drawing on various packages from
the same mandatory seminar bibliography.
The seminar/essays activity will make for 50% of the grade. The remaining 50% will
come from a final written exam on the basis of the information covered in the lectures
and a selection of the seminar readings.
Lecture 6. The Ottoman decline and the shifting political map of Eastern Europe
Seminar 5. Revolution at the crossroads of historical paths (II)
Isaac Deutscher, “The French Revolution and the Russian Revolution: Some Suggestive
Analogies”, in World Politics 4: 3, 1952, pp. 369-381.
Lecture 13. Elite and mass politics over the long XIXth century
Seminar 12. Cultural trends and ideologies: divergent trajectories (III)
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Brian A. Porter, “The Social Nation and Its Futures: English Liberalism and Polish
Nationalism in Late Nineteenth-century Warsaw”, in The American Historical
Review 101: 5, 1996, pp. 1470-1492.
Thomson, David. Europe since Napoleon. London, Penguin Books, 1974 [1957, 1966].
Tilly, Charles. Revoluţiile europene, 1492-1992 [1993]. Iaşi, Polirom, 2002.
Weber, Eugen. A Modern History of Europe. New York, Norton, 1971.