Europe Early Modern World

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course will explore key readings in the history of early modern Europe and European empires, broadly construed. We will alternate week-to-week between a core reading list for the entire class and specialized readings chosen by each student in consultation with the professor. Key themes to be explored include the development of the modern state, European diplomacy with the non-European world, the age of exploration and empire, the history of slavery, and the history of corporations.