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May 15, 2024
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HIST 5831 - Modern Poland: War, Revolution and Peace from 1905 to the Present
Explores developments in Poland from partition to independence; Polish struggles for sovereignty and imperial expansion in Eastern Europe; politics and culture in a multinational Poland, the tragedies of World War II, the Holocaust and subordination to the Soviet Union; the popular struggle to build a new, ethnically cleansed Poland and win autonomy with the eastern bloc; the vitality of religious life and nationalism; Poles’ successful struggle to free their country from Soviet control and Poland’s renewed independence after 1989. We will conclude by studying Poland’s contemporary society and politics.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Student’s work reflects an understanding of the intellectual, political, economic, social, and cultural history of Poland.
- Student’s work demonstrates critical use and proper citation of both primary and secondary sources.
- Student’s work employs the formal styles of writing, argumentation, and presentation that historians use.
- Student’s work reflects an understanding of historiographic traditions.
- Student’s work reflects an understanding the roles of religion, nationality, race, class, gender, and ethnicity in modern Polish history.
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