| Spring Term 1998, History 420/520 | Professor
John McCole, History Gert Fehlner, University of Freiburg |
| Idea of Europe | Download Word97 |
| Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:00-9:20, ED 155 Plus a Friday section at either 9:00 or 12:00 |
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| Office Hours |
The readings for the course include a course packet (which should be available by the first Wednesday of classes) and the following books, which are available for purchase at the University of Oregon bookstore:
-Tony Judt, A Grand Illusion? An Essay on Europe
-The Silence of the Sea/Le Silence de la Mer
-Charles Maier, The Unmasterable Past: History, Holocaust, and
German National Identity
Week 1 Introduction
 | March 31: Introduction and organization |
| April 4: John McCole (History), "Incarnations of ‘Europe’: A Brief History" |
 | Begin reading Tony Judt, A Grand Illusion? An Essay on Europe. |
Week 2 Constructing the New Europe
| April 7: "Relocating Europe," Alexander Murphy (Geography) |
| Alexander B. Murphy, "The Emerging Europe of the 1990s," Geographical |
| Review 81, no. 1 (January, 1991), 1-17. |
| Finish reading Judt, A Grand Illusion? An Essay on Europe |
| April 9: "The Transformation of the Welfare State and the Americanization of |
| Politics," Gert Fehlner (Freiburg/English) |
| Finish reading Judt, A Grand Illusion? An Essay on Europe. |
Week 3 Classical Sources
| April 14: "The Greeks and European Science," Malcolm Wilson (Classics) |
| Aristotle, "Posterior Analytics," in The Complete Works of Aristotle, 114-119. |
| Euclid, The Thirteen Books of Elements, 153-155; 240-241; 316-317. |
| Sir Isaac Newton, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 13-14; 23-24; 35-36; 43-44. |
| Giambattista Vico, The New Science of Giambattista Vico, 31, 37-38, 68-69, 70, 72, 74, 89, 100, 102, 111-113, 115, 117, 119-121. |
| Auguste Escoffier, The Escoffier Cookbook, vii-viii; 1-2; 137-138. |
| April 16: "Empire and the Ends of History," Steven Shankman (English, Humanities Center) |
| Virgil, The Aeneid, 3-4, 8-9, 33, 190-192, 401-402. |
| Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 47-48. |
| Saint Augustine, Confessions, 33-35. |
| Paul Valéry, "The Graveyard by the Sea/La Cimetière marin," in Paul Valéry: |
| An Anthology, 268-277. |
Week 4 Medieval and Early Modern Perspectives: Classicism and Christendom
| April 21: "The Idea of Rome and the Idea of Europe," John Nicols (History, Classics) |
| Tacitus, Complete Works of Tacitus, 646-7, 694-7. |
| Readings from Roman law in Roman Civilization II, 533-541, 546-551. |
| Noreen Hunt, Cluny Under Saint Hugh, 1049-1109, 124-145. |
| Rodulfus Glaber, The Five Books of the Histories, 112-117, 120-127, 235-237. |
| H.E.J. Cowdrey, The Cluniacs and the Gregorian Reform, 214-219, 225-239. |
Week 5 Making Modern Europe: Borders and Exchanges
| April 28: "From Province to Nation: On the Trail of the Wandering German," Ken Calhoon (Germanic Languages and Literatures) |
| Thomas De Quincey, "The English Mail-Coach" (1849). |
| Johann Peter Hebel, "Kalendergeschichten," selections. |
| Franz Schubert, "Die Winterreise," selections. |
| Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, "Manifesto of the Communist Party," parts 1 & 2. |
| Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 397-403, 415-417. |
| Jean Baptiste Say, Letters to Thomas Robert Malthus on Political Economy and Stagnation of Commerce, 48-52. |
| Jean Baptiste Say, A Treatise on Political Economy, xv-xxv, 61-63, 132-140. |
Week 6 revolutionizing Europe: Alternative Political Visions
| May 5: "The Socialist Idea of Europe," Joe Fracchia (Honors College) |
| Karl Marx, "Statutes of the First International," in Documents of the First International, 1864-1866, 288-291. |
| Rosa Luxemburg, "Imperialism," in The Accumulation of Capital: An Anti-Critique, 140-150. |
| Lenin, "Imperialism," in Marxism: Essential Writings, 153-163. |
| Ralph White, "The Europeanism of Coudenhove-Kalergi," in Peter M.R. Stirk, ed., European Unity in Context: The Interwar Period, 23-40. |
| Kevin Wilson and Jan van der Dussen, eds., The History of the Idea of Europe, 95-113. |
Week 7 regenerating Europe: Alternative Aesthetic Visions
| May 12: "Wagner," Marian Smith (Music) |
| May 14: "The Victorians and Aesthetic Culture," Richard Stein (English) |
| John Ruskin, Modern Painters, selections. |
| John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice, selections. |
| William Morris, "The Lesser Arts," selections. |
| William Morris, "Useful Work vs. Useless Toil," selections. |
Week 8 Witnessing Europe
| May 19: "Voices of Silence in the Second World War/Un silence équivoque. Relecture du Silence de la mer," Françoise Calin (Romance Languages) |
| The Silence of the Sea/Le Silence de la mer: A Novel of French Resistance during World War II by "Vercours," read the "Historical Introduction" by Lawrence D. Stokes and the text of the novel in either English or French. |
| Charles Maier, The Unmasterable Past: History, Holocaust, and German National Identity, selections to be announced. |
Week 9 Europe in the Wake
| May 26: "A New Europe in the Wake of the Holocaust," Evlyn Gould (Romance Languages) |
| Emile Zola, "A Plea for the Jews,"in Emile Zola, The Dreyfus Affair. J’accuse and Other Writings, 2-7. |
| Jacques Derrida, "The Other Heading: Memories, Responses, and Responsibilities," PMLA, vol. 108, no. 1 (January, 1993), 89-93. |
| Emmanuel Levinas, "The Bible and the Greek," in Levinas, In the Time of the Nations, 133-135. |
| Emmanuel Levinas, "Place and Utopia," in Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism, 99-102. |
| Primo Levi, Collected Poems, 6, 64. |
Week 10 Contemporary Perspectives
| June 2: "Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Prospects for Europe," Fehlner/McCole |
| June 4: Conclusion |