European History

Undergraduate Program

European history opens the door to understanding some of the pivotal transformations of human society. The tools of analysis we convey to master it can open the door to rich and satisfying careers.

European history majors at Maryland are encouraged simultaneously to develop in-depth historical and linguistic tools for country and regional specialization and to interpret the full sweep of European history critically on the basis of a solid foundation of empirical knowledge. Our majors write a capstone seminar paper (HIST 408) under the close direction of a faculty mentor in our senior seminars. Many European history majors have written honors theses or won recognition and prizes from the College of Arts and Humanities and the University.

In addition to our fundamental curriculum of lower-level surveys, including the HIST 110-113 sequence, and upper-level courses, we have developed courses that select interesting and striking issues in the European experience in order to explore them in depth. A few recent examples include "Medieval Heresies"; "European Borderlands"; "War and Society in Eastern Europe"; "Mythologies of the City: Moscow and Petersburg in Russian Culture"; and "Intellectuals, Fascism, and Communism."

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