The Greater War (1911–1923)

Undergraduate

The concept of the Greater War expands the chronological and geographical scope of the study of the Great War (1914–1918). It focuses on the social, economic, political, and cultural developments that either influenced or were a direct consequence of the Great War. It includes all conflicts and fronts from the Italian-Ottoman War of 1911 and the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 that initiated a new era of imperialism and nationalism with weaker empires as victims, to the mobilization of states and people across the globe from 1914 onwards, the continuation of the violence after 1918, up until the end of the Russian Civil War and the compulsory population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923 that marked a new era for the relationship between states and their citizens. The seminar offers a “from above” and a “from below” view of the Greater War, examining how the war influenced, shaped, and reshaped both the states and their societies. It aims to familiarize the students with its fundamental chronology, events, and actors by exposing them to the new historiography of war, its questions, and concepts. WR , HU T 1:30pm-3:25pm