CDM 5244

The course aims to examine the main economic, social, political and cultural components that shape the societies of European countries from the beginning of the twentieth century until today and to study the successive transformations that the societies of the European continent are experiencing. In this context, the balances and conflicts that Europe knows, the ideological parameters that accompany or prepare the national and social contradictions, the formation of nation-states and their role are studied. 

The aim is for the students to have understood after the end of the semester the basic sections of modern European History and the way in which they "marked" European culture and made the world in which we live today. Thus, history is not treated as a sum of information about a world that has left but a system of complementary or conflicting ideas and meanings that shape our perceptions of the present time and space. In other words, the aim of the course is to show students how History is constantly "present" in our daily lives, in the way we think and act today.

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to: 

• know the basic historical events-sections of modern European history 
• to be able to explain the basic characteristics of the most important mental currents of the 20th century 
• understand how the confrontation of political ideologies has influenced the historical developments that have shaped modern Europe 
• to evaluate historical events in terms of their impact on the creation of modern European culture.