Andrew Shennan
Professor of History and Provost Emeritus
Current and upcoming courses
First Year Seminar: Resistance and Collaboration in Nazi-Occupied Europe
HIST120Y
Nazi Germany occupied much of Europe between 1938 and 1945. In this seminar we will explore the varied responses to an always brutal and evolving occupation. What constituted resistance or collaboration under Nazi rule, and what forms did it take in different national contexts? We will focus on the motivations of individuals who resisted or collaborated, as well as on the ways in which social, cultural, religious, and ideological identities informed individual choices.
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From the Great War to the Great Pandemic: Europe, 1914-2020
HIST240
A survey of a century of European history marked by destruction and reinvention. The course will be structured around three intertwined themes: 1) the upheavals in the European state system brought about by two catastrophic world wars, the Cold War, and the construction of a European Union; 2) the continent’s shifting relationship with the rest of the world as a result of economic crises and transformations, decolonization, American power, and globalization; and 3) the constant reshaping of European societies and cultures under the influence of these changes in their world.