Political History of Europe, 1789-1917, Part II 2900-MK1-DPE/L-OG

This lecture course will examine the political aspects of the history of Europe in the 19th century. The main political events will be presented against a background of social and political change. A special emphasis will be put on the transformation of the political culture.

1. Bismarck and the German Empire.
2. France: the III Republic and its internal problems.
3. The Habsburg Empire and its transformation.
4. The Russian Empire: modernization and conservatism.
5. Great Britain: internal problems.
6. Great Britain: empire building.
7. European colonialism.
8. Empires and nationalism.
9. Socialism as a political factor.
10. „Politics in a new key”.
11. The crisis of the Ottoman Empire.
12. Fin-de-siècle and the rivalry among great powers.
13. The First World War: the origins.
14. The First World War: the political and military aspects.
15. The end of the old order in Russia?

Type of course

general courses
elective courses

Course coordinators

Tomasz Kizwalter

Learning outcomes

Students should identify crucial events and processes in 19th-century Europe, analyse historical matters in cause-and-effect categories and in a comparative way.

Assessment criteria

Student attendance (80%), test exam passed.

Bibliography

H. Kissinger, Diplomacy, New York 1994 [parts];
P. Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflicts from 1500 to 2000, New York 1987 [parts].

Additional information

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