Multi-national states, nation-states and member states: South-East Europe since 1908 - Detailseite

This seminar offers students an introduction to the political history of South-East Europe since 1908. Although the seminar is mainly concerned with a region of Europe, the approach proposed will emphasise an international and comparative dimension that sees developments taking place in South-East Europe as inherently linked to those taking place not only at European but also at Global level. From a thematic point of view, the main focus of the seminar will be the changing relationship between nation and state during the 20^th century. The syllabus will tackle this core problem of modern politics by offering a chronological approach to seven crucial themes that will be each developed over a two week period.  The first week will focus on the general conceptual and theoretical problems, while the second one will focus on the specific consequences for South-East Europe. The themes are: the old European order until 1914, the First World War and the changing of borders in Europe, the inter-war period: Fascism, Liberalism and Communism, the Second World War, competing versions of modernity during the Cold War, the revolutions of 1989 and war in South-East Europe and finally, the new world order and the process of European integration.

Mazower, Mark Dark Continent: Europe´s Twentieth Century (London, 1998)

Mazower, Mark The Balkans: From the end of Byzantium to the present day (London, 2000)