Бакалавриат
2026/2027
История и культура стран Европы
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация)
Кто читает:
Школа иностранных языков
Где читается:
Факультет гуманитарных наук
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 2, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
60
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course offers a comprehensive overview of European history from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, with a particular focus on the political, social, and intellectual developments that shaped the continent. Through the study of major historical events – including the formation of medieval states, the Renaissance, absolutism, revolutions, world wars, and ideological conflicts – you will gain a structured understanding of Europe’s transformation over centuries.
While history forms the foundation of the course, each period is examined alongside its cultural context: the visual arts, architecture, literature, and cinema that both reflected and influenced historical change. From Gothic cathedrals to Renaissance humanism, from 18th-century court culture to 20th-century film propaganda, you will explore how cultural production intersects with power, belief, and society.
By the end of the course, you will be able to interpret key events in European history while understanding how culture – especially visual and material culture – serves as both evidence and expression of the past.
The course combines lectures and seminars. Lectures are delivered in a dialogic, interactive format that encourages student engagement, critical reflection, and open discussion. Seminars provide space for deeper analysis of selected historical sources, artworks, and films, fostering a more detailed understanding of the period in question.
Learning Objectives
- To provide students with a structured understanding of European history from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, focusing on major political, social, and ideological developments.
- To examine key historical events explore their causes, consequences, and interconnections.
- To explore the cultural and artistic responses to historical change, including architecture, painting, literature, and film, as sources that reflect and shape historical consciousness.
- To familiarize students with major cultural movements and styles.
- To develop students’ ability to analyze and interpret visual and material culture, from medieval manuscripts and Renaissance paintings to propaganda films and 20th-century cinema, as historical evidence.
- To introduce students to key historical figures – political leaders, thinkers, artists, and filmmakers – who influenced European history and cultural identity.
- To cultivate historical thinking skills, including chronological reasoning, cause and effect, comparison, and critical engagement with primary and secondary sources.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students can identify the geographical and cultural features of the region.
- Form a systematic understanding of the fine arts and architecture evolution issues
- Students are able to articulate historical arguments and cultural insights in both academic and conversational formats
- Students develop critical thinking skills through the interpretation of historical sources, artworks, and films in class discussions, seminars, and written assignments
- Students can identify and explain the main artistic and cultural movements and their connections to historical change
- Students are able to recognize, describe, and analyze works of visual culture from various European countries and historical periods
Course Contents
- Introduction. European Regions: From the Mediterranean to the North and East
- Foundations of Greatness: The Rise, Culture, and Ruin of the Roman Empire
- The Medieval Mind: Faith, Rebirth, and Culture from Early to High Middle Ages
- The Dawn of a New Mind: Humanism, Education, and the Early Modern World
- Power and Patronage: Dynasties, Empires, and Social Change in Early Modern Europe
- Art and Innovation: From Renaissance Genius to Baroque Expression
- The Northern Renaissance: Humanism, Reform, and Realism
- The 18th Century – Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolution
- The 19th Century – Political Transformations and Social Change
- The Early 20th Century – Chronology of Crisis (1900–1945)
- The 20th Century – Postwar Europe and Cultural Transformation
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.15 * Quizzes + 0.15 * In-class participation + 0.2 * Presentation + 0.3 * Final Test + 0.2 * Individual project (Article)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Blockmans, W., & Hoppenbrouwers, P. C. M. (2017). Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 (Vol. Third edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1620912
- Ching, F. D. K., Jarzombek, M., & Prakash, V. (2017). A Global History of Architecture (Vol. Third edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1492721
- Gold, S. F., Chenowith, E., Andriani, L., & Zaleski, J. (2003). ART OF THE FIRST CITIES: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus (Book). Publishers Weekly, 250(33), 74. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=bsu&AN=10618566
- Xenia Pausan. (2015). Clemente Marconi (Ed.), the Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.6E39812D
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Kinoshita, S., & Horden, P. (2014). A Companion to Mediterranean History. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=752634