The Shock of the Great War [S-15-51]
| Presenter: | Elun Gabriel |
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| Location: | SLU: Carnegie 10 |
| Classes: | 1 Session 2.0 hours |
| Dates: | Fri 2:00 PM 04/17 |
| Status: | CLOSEDCourse Update: IMPORTANT NOTE: Lot J at SLU will be closed (due to setting up a big weekend concert), so Lot D is your best option for parking for "The Shock of the Great War" class on 04/17/15. Check the "Carnegie 10" location page for directions to, and photos of, Lot D. |
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This class will explore the cultural shock Europeans experienced during the First World War. In August 1914, everyone expected a short, glorious war, in which men would demonstrate their heroism in battle and return home before Christmas as conquering heroes. Instead, the war lasted over four years, killed millions of men, and introduced horrors to the world – including trench warfare, artillery bombardment, and poison gas attacks. Through an examination of propaganda, poetry, paintings, and film, we will look at how the world of the nineteenth century was obliterated by mechanized, anonymous mass slaughter.
Elun Gabriel is a professor of modern European history at St. Lawrence University. He teaches courses on 19th and 20th century Europe, European women’s history, World War I, the Holocaust, and genocide, among others. His scholarship concerns the political culture of imperial Germany (1871-1918). He is the author of the book Assassins & Conspirators: Anarchism, Socialism, and Political Culture in Imperial Germany (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014).
Cap: 45