Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20

HIST 3831 - Modern Poland: War, Revolution and Peace from 1905 to the Present


Explores developments in Poland from partition to independence; Polish struggles for sovereignty and imperial expansion in Eastern Europe; politics and culture in a multinational Poland, the tragedies of World War II, the Holocaust and subordination to the Soviet Union; the popular struggle to build a new, ethnically cleansed Poland and win autonomy with the eastern bloc; the vitality of religious life and nationalism; Poles’ successful struggle to free their country from Soviet control and Poland’s renewed independence after 1989. We will conclude by studying Poland’s contemporary society and politics.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Student’s work employs the formal styles of writing, argumentation, and presentation that historians use.
  • Student’s work reflects an understanding of the military, international, intellectual, political, economic, social, and cultural history of Poland from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.


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