First World War: How It Changed Our World

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the legacy of the First World War from a variety of national, regional, global and thematic perspectives. Topics for discussion will include the impact of the First World War on: the international system; colonial empires; Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia; and art, film and literature. Lectures will also explore how different nations experience the war through an examination of the ‘home fronts', popular culture, memory, commemoration, and nation-building throughout the British Commonwealth and states such as Germany, Russia, Turkey, and the United States.