Dr. S. Sayegh	ssayeghc@csulb.edu
(562) 985-5428	office hours: T/R, 10:00 - 10:50, R 5:00 - 6:00 and by appt.

 

This class examines the major themes in the cultural, social, economic and political history of Europe from 1947.  Particular emphasis will be placed on the origins of the Cold War and the division of East / West; nationalist movements, decolonization and the impact of non-alignment; student movements, intellectual critique, and the music and art of the Cold War; economic stagnation, the "Gorbachev Phenomenon" and the breakdown of the USSR; and gender, race and migration in a post-colonial, post-communist Europe.