2023-2024 Catalog

HST-356 World War II: the Global War

We will upend the traditional narrative of WWII and interrogate what occured on the margins of the major European and Pacific fronts. We will spend the first few weeks of the class learning the timeline, crucial events, and central figures of WWII. After these introductory weeks we will examine the impact of WWII in Ethiopia, in Senegal, on the marginalized peoples of Europe, for communities of color in the US and many more.

Credits

4

Core Curriculum

  • Social and Intellectual History
  • Perspectives

Offered

Ocasionally