HI655A
Communist Eastern Europe
0.5 Credit

This is a course about Communist regimes in eastern Europe from their inception in the final days of World War Two to their demise with the revolutions of 1989. Topics covered include: the Cold War; the political and cultural features of Stalinism; women and gender under planned economies; antisemitism, Jews and Communism; the aesthetics of communism; intellectuals and communism; and reform movements within the region.