History 343 - SEM: 20TH C. REVOLUTIONS

Topics course: This seminar provides students with an introduction to the problem of "revolution" in twentieth-century world history. In doing so, the course will comparatively examine a number of revolutionary contexts, including the Soviet Union, Algeria, Iran, and black radical politics in Africa and its diaspora. Throughout the course, we will thus question the complex interplay between the theorizing of revolution and the lived, historical experiences on the ground. Moreover, key to the course will be the students' completion of their own primary-source driven research project on a topic of their choosing connected to the course theme.

Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores