History 58
Eastern Europe under Fascism and Communism
The Following Books Are Assigned:
1) Conflict and Chaos in Eastern Europe by Dennis Hupchick
2) The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric
3) Tito and the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia by Richard West
4) Balkan Babel by Sabrina Petra Ramet
5) The Time of the Gypsies by Michael Stewart
6) The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek
7) The Czech and Slovak Republics by Carol Skalnik Leff
Lectures, Discussions and Assignments
August 28 -- Introduction to the Course
September 2 -- The Population of Eastern Europe
September 4 -- Ruling Empires and National Rivalries
Assignment: Andric, pp. 1-52, Hupchick, pp. 1-47 & 222-281
September 9 -- Rebellions Against the Ottoman Empire
September 11 -- The 1848 Revolutions
Assignment: Andric, pp. 53-112, Stewart, TBA.
September 16 -- Poland's Struggle for Survival
September 18 -- The Austro-Hungarian Empire: An Anachronistic Relic in an Age of Nationalism?
Assignment: Andric, pp. 113-172. Hupchick, pp. 163-221. Stewart, TBA.
All Research Paper Topics will be Turned In!
September 23 -- The Road to Sarajevo
September 25 -- No Class!
Assignment: Andric, pp. 173-314, Hupchick, pp. 97-161. Stewart, TBA.
September 30 -- First Written Examination
October 7 -- The Peace Treaties
Assignment: Hupchick, pp. 49-95. Hasek, pp. 1-155
October 14 -- Eastern Europe Between the Wars
October 16 -- Fascist Penetration of Eastern Europe
Assignment: Hasek, pp. 156-443. Leff, pp. 72.
October 21 -- The Impact of the Second World War
October 23 -- Betrayal at Potsdam and Yalta?
Assignment: Hasek, pp. 447-752
October 28 -- Eastern Europe under Stalin (1945-1953)
October 30 -- The Titoist Heresy and its Consequences
Assignment: West, pp. 1-193
November 4 -- De-Stalinization: Poland and Hungary
November 6 -- The "Prague Spring" + the Soviet Response
Assignment: West, Conclude.
November 11 -- Gorbachev + Eastern Europe
November 13 -- The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
All Research Papers Are Due!
Assignment: Leff, pp. 75-178.
November 18 -- Quo Vadis Eastern Europe?
November 20 -- The Disintegration of Yugoslavia (I)
Assignment: Leff, Conclude, Ramet, pp. 1-36
December 2 -- Review
December 5 -- Second Written Examination
Assignment: Ramet, pp. 37-131
December 9 -- The Disintegration of Yugoslavia (II)
December 11 -- The Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Assignment: Ramet, pp. 197-329
Comments to: Kai Schoenhals,
Department of History, schoenha@kenyon.edu
Edited: 07-21-97
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