European History: the Creation of Nations and Peoples

label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Ioana Dinescu
This course explores the main intellectual, cultural and political traditions of Europe. Lecturers in the fields of history, philosophy, religion, art and other fields in the humanities will introduce students to key issues in European civilization from the emergence of European nationalism to the end of the Second World War. Among the topics to be discussed are nation states, citizenship, the role of nationalism during the First and Second World War and the role played by powerful historical figures like Napoleon and Adolf Hitler.

Period
21-07-2014 - 01-08-2014 (2 weeks)

Target group
The course has a focus on the humanities. With humanities as a broad framework, this is a challenging course for students from all fields of studies with an interest in history.

Course aim
Giving students an introduction to the main intellectual, cultural and political traditions of Europe as well as the challenges of globalisation in the twenty-first century.

Credits
3.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 1160[Convert to USD] 1160 - Course + course materials + housing

Course leader
dr. Jaap Verheul & drs. Maurits Rost

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400