Actualités et agenda
Nos formations
Présentation
The course aims to give students a general view into the history of Eastern Europe during the period that goes from the Russian revolution of 1917 until the fall Soviet socialism in 1991. The course offers students the possibility to generally familiarize with the history of Eastern European countries during the 20th century, not only underscoring the importance of the Soviet Union, but also discussing Communist times in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Yugoslavia.
During the nine sessions of the course, students will have the chance to go deeper in the study of Eastern European history than what is typically possible in the framework of a general history course. As for the main contents, we will discuss a number of key issues, among others: the Russian revolution , the nature of Stalinist violence in the Soviet Union, women’s position in socialist societies, what was everyday life like in socialist countries, the crisis of socialist systems in the 1980s and finally, the fall of socialism and transition to democracy and market economy in Eastern Europe.
Modalités
Evaluation: participation (5 %), oral presentation (10 %), 'mid-term' in-class exam (tbc) (25%) and a final take-home essay (60%).
Ressources
<b> Békés, Csaba. 2015. Soviet occupation of Romania, Hungary, and Austria, 1944/45-1948/49. Budapest: Central European Univ. Press.|| Békés, Csaba, János Rainer, and Malcolm Byrne. 2003. The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A History in Documents. Hungary: Central European University Press.|| Bischof, Günter, Stefan Karner, and Peter Ruggenthaler. 2010. The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books.|| Dale, Gareth. 2004a. Between State Capitalism and Globalisation: The Collapse of the East German Economy. Oxford; New York: Peter Lang.|| ———. 2004b. Popular Protest in the East German Revolution: Judgements on the Street. London: Frank Cass.|| Fitzpatrick, Sheila. 2001. The Russian Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press.|| Getty, John Archibald. 1994. Stalinist terror: new perspectives. Cambridge: Univ. Press.|| Ghodsee, Kristen R. 2020. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence.S.l.: BOLD TYPE BOOKS.|| Harris, James. 2013. Anatomy of Terror: Political Violence under Stalin. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.|| Lewin, Moshe. 2005. The Soviet Century. London: Verso.</b>