Tuesdays 6:00-8:30
Crown Center 528

The following books are required:

Stromberg, Roland, European Intellectual History since 1789

Till, Nicholas, Mozart and the Enlightenment: Truth, Virtue and Beauty in Mozart’s Operas

Hunt, Lynn, Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution.

Berman, Russell, All that is Solid Melts into Air

Mosse, George L., The Nationalization of the Masses

Mosse, George L., Toward the Final Solution

Kern, Stephen, The Culture of Time and Space

Eksteins, Modris, Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

Gay, Peter, Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider

Mosse, George L., The Fascist Revolution: Toward a General Theory of Fascism

Because this is a survey course, I also recommend that you consider the following Online Course Materials, available at the following pages: Online Materials and Online Music.

This course will consist of weekly discussions. After introductions to each section of the course, I will ask two or three of you to present sources for discussion. Performance on these introductions will constitute part of your class participation grade.

Those not introducing materials are still responsible for participating. You are always expected to contribute to discussion, in response to the initial statements. General involvement in class discussions will also determine your class participation grade.

We will take advantage of the Yahoo! Education Service, available via the following link:

Course Communications

If you wish to submit papers, or other course materials, via the network, please click on "Submissions."

For sending emails to the instructor or other individuals, click on "Roster."

To share thoughts with the whole class, please click on "Messages."
Further instructions will be made available.

Active involvement in online discussions will also improve your class participation grade.

Participants will be required to write two Reviews (7-10 pp.) of books covered in course discussions. 

In addition, students will select one major period or theme addressed in the course and further explore the relevant historiography.  The result should be a Review Essay (15-20pp.) assessing at least three complementary works on the topic (the course reading plus two further books).

Please see the online guidelines for these essays.

Grades will be determined according to the following scheme:

Substantial penalties (one half of a grade per day) will accrue on late selections, statements of purpose, outlines and papers-as well as lack of class participation.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated: be sure to carefully note all sources of information, both primary and secondary.

I will be available in my office, Crown Center 513, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:15-11:15 am. My telephone number is 773-508-2234. My email address is dennis@luc.edu.