Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1789-1914

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course introduces students to the development of European nation states from the French Revolution to the outbreak of the First World War. It focuses on political, philosophical, economic and social structures, on important historical events, and on various ideologies and national identities of the European powers. Along with Britain, France, Germany and Russia, it also pays attention to smaller countries, it also deals with the histories of smaller countries, such as Czechia, Poland or Slovakia. The course will adopt a comparative approach where possible and will be particularly concerned with presenting similarities and differences in the historical development of European nation states in the long nineteenth century.