Modern Germany 1871-Today

Undergraduate

This course will explore the dramatic transformations that permeated German culture, politics, and society from 1871 to today. We will discuss the diverse trends, visions and anxieties that shaped German life through the birth of the German state, industrialization and colonialism, World War I, the creation of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Nazism, total War and genocide, the country’s division during the Cold War, and contemporary crises. Open to all classes.