Jewish Studies 225ST - Topics in Judaism: 'Stalinism in Central Europe'

Stalinism in Central Europe

Fall
2024
01
4.00
Jeremy King

MW 01:45PM-03:00PM

Mount Holyoke College
124914
Skinner Hall 212
jking@mtholyoke.edu
124561,124914,125312
This course explores the use of revolutionary terror by the state. More specifically, it examines policies of terror pursued by Communist dictatorships in Hungary and Czechoslovakia during the early years of the Cold War. Who did what to whom, and why? What insights do secret police work and public propaganda, knitted together in macabre show trials, allow us into Stalinist rule, European politics, and maybe ourselves? How did memories of terror shape politics after Stalin's death? Students should deepen their understanding for the discipline of History, improve their reading and writing, and develop a working knowledge of Central European politics at the middle of the twentieth century.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.