This course covers selected ideas, ideologies, and intellectual movements within modern European history. On each occasion the course is offered, it will concentrate on a particular set of themes and specific time period from the Enlightenment to the present. A study of the history of the Holocaust, and of the diverse cultural means of communicating that history and conveying its implications. The course examines conditions in Germany and Europe after the First World War, the life of European Jewish communities in the early 20th century, the rise of Nazism in Germany and the nature of European collaboration and resistance, and the phenomena of totalitarianism and anti-Semitism. It studies the place of the Holocaust in 20th-century consciousness through memoirs, literature, film, visual art, and memorials.
Internships are available to majors upon submission of a written proposal.
They are arranged individually, usually with local organizations or agencies, such as the Ohio Historical Association. The number of credit hours varies with the program agreed upon. Proposals must be submitted no later than three weeks before the end of the term preceding the term in which the internship begins. Approval from the department must be granted before registering for the internship.