HIST 5236G - Age of Revolutions in Europe and the Atlantic World (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course covers the great age of revolutions spanning c. 1650-1848 during which numerous political, intellectual, cultural, religious, and economic changes occurred which transformed European and the Atlantic World at the inception of the modern world. This course examines such revolutionary transformations, and/or what is meant by the historical concept of revolution, itself, by focusing on specific topics and themes. Topics may include absolutism, the Enlightenment, the Atlantic Revolutions (American, French, Haitian, Latin American), the Revolutions of 1848, and/or the extension of human rights through revolutionary debates over race, slavery, and gender. Graduate students will be required to complete additional assignments beyond the scope of the undergraduate requirements that demonstrate a level of mastery of the subject matter appropriate to graduate level work, as determined by the instructor.

Cross Listing(s): HIST 5236.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students