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An analysis of Europe during the postwar era. Topics will include the aftermath of the Second World War, the rise of Cold War antagonisms, postwar prosperity, European intergration, and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Bloc.

With over forty countries, modern Europe is a complicated place with a complicated history. This course will trace that complexity from the end of World War II, as the continent tried to recover from unprecedented devastation, to (roughly) the modern day. It will necessarily be a broad survey, but no less interesting because of that fact. We will study the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain, the birth of the modern welfare states, the social and political unrest of the Sixties, the slow creation of the European Union, and the deep political, religious, and ethnic conflicts that continue to cut against union - just to name a few topics.

The University of New Orleans International Summer School program has a mandatory class attendance policy. All students are required to attend class for all morning classes and any required afternoon and/or weekend fields trips and lectures. No unexcused absences are allowed. However, LFU students who have to miss a UNO class due to LFU examinations in the first two weeks of our program, can receive one excused absence for this. Any further unexcused absences will result in an academic penalty. Each faculty member determines the penalty for missed classes. Most professors deduct a letter grade for each additional missed class day. For details, please refer to your course syllabi, which will be distributed on the first day of class. The listed ECTS credits are a recommendation by the University of New Orleans Innsbruck Summer School, based on contact hours, anticipated out-of-classroom requirements such as field trips, and projected workload for readings, assignments, and exam preparation. Mail: Center-New-Orleans@uibk.ac.at