Web Page: http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~rrolfs/hist520.01.html

Required Readings:
  Clogg, R.              A Concise History of Greece.
  Glenny, M.           The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War.
 *Held, J. (ed.)        The Columbian History of Eastern Europe in the 20th
                                      Century.  *[On reserve in Library]
  Jelavich, C. & B.       The Establishment of the Balkan National States.
  Sells, M.               The Bridge Betrayed.

  **A set of photocopied readings on reserve in the Library.

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The seminar emphasizes the history of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, & Yugoslavia, with some attention given to events in Ottoman Turkey, Albania, the Habsburg Monarchy & Hungary as appropriate.
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Course Requirements:

* Attendance policy: Since the seminar meets only once a week there is little room for absences. Therefore two absences, regardless of reason, will result in an F for the seminar.

*All assignments: I.e., lecture topics, readings, discussions, written or oral assignments, term paper are due on dates assigned. Late assignments will not be accepted.  No assignments will be accepted by e-mail or fax.

*Cf. the following pages for the directions & specific requirements for each assignment, etc.

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Grading Policy:

· Participation & discussion….…..  30%          A   = 100-93     A- = 90-92
· Oral Reports…………………... 30%          B+ = 88-89       B  = 84-87
· Term Paper……………………. 40%          B-  = 80-83      C+ = 78-82
                                                                       C   =  73-77      C-  = 70-72
                                                                       D   =   60-69

SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS

    Each week addresses a specific topic. The format of each seminar includes a lecture, an oral report, assigned readings for discussion, and an occasional map exercise.

(1) Lecture Topics:
              Cf. separate page for the lecture topics.

(2)  Oral reports:
              Beginning with the second week, a student will be assigned to give an oral report on a specific topic [cf. assignment sheet for your topic and assigned date]. In preparing for that report, the assigned student will meet with me sometime during the week prior to his/her report to discuss the content, organization, & analysis of the topic. In preparing for this report the student should also make an outline with copies for each participant in the seminar.

(3) Assigned readings:
              Each week the participants in the seminar will receive a page of assigned readings from the required books and the photocopied articles [on reserve in the Library], along with questions for the discussion period. These reading assignments will be given out the week prior to the discussion date, e.g., the first week of the seminar students will receive the reading assignment & questions due on the second week, etc. This will give the students time [one week] to prepare for an intelligent discussion of the topic.
              Since you will encounter many unfamiliar names & terms in the readings & lectures, a list of "identifications" will be included in the weekly assignment sheets. Important geographic terms will appear in the map exercises.

(4) Map exercise:
              One cannot understand the complex nature of Balkan history without an understanding of the geography. There will be several map exercises for the purpose of familiarizing the students not only with the geography, but also the impact that geography has had on the history,& culture, of the Balkan countries and population.

(5) Term Paper:
               Cf. separate page of instructions for the Term paper.
 
 

TOPICS FOR THE ORAL REPORT:

Note: You are to see me the week before presenting your report. The Lecture text you received is to serve as a guideline, not as your report.  In preparing for this report you are expected  to have used FOUR other sources.
 
 

DATE	NAME	TOPIC
(1)   2/4	Applebury	Hungary & the Habsburg Authority
(2)   2/11	Aukland	The Serbian Revolution
(3)   2/11	Brock	The Greek Revolution
(4)   2/18	Chamberland	National Revival in Romania
(5)   2/25	Foutz	The Great Powers & the "Eastern Question"
(6)   3/11	Gill	Bosnia & Herzegovina & Failure of Reform Austria-Hungary
(7)   3/18	Glenane
(8)   3/25	Hasson	The Balkans & the Causes of World War I
(9)   3/25	R. Rolfs	The Legacies of 1917 & 1919
(9)   4/1	R. Rolfs	A Nation Without a State: The Balkan Jews
(10) 4/8	Neale	Balkan Politics Drift to the Right
(11) 4/15	Tabbert	Balkan Politics in Cold War Years
(12) 4/22	Uss	The 1989 Revolution & Romania's Future
(13) 4/29	Pham	Ottoman Legacy in Yugoslavia's Disintegration & Civil War.
(14) 5/6	SEMINAR	Discussion:  The Bridge Betrayed.

I.     The Term Paper will require you to read & compare several historical treatments of a controversial episode or ideas. This does not mean restating a factual narrative; it means comparing or critiquing versions of the truth as offered by various historians. E.g., a paper could be written about the differing interpretations concerning the Serbian claims to Kosovo by the opposing parties.  In this case you would analyze the arguments of both sides, i.e., Serbian historians' views vs. those of Albanian historians.

    Another example would be the claims of atrocities by the Ustashi vs. those of the Chetniks in World War II. Both sides accuse the other of enormous atrocities What arguments do the historians of each position offer to support their charges vs. the other? How valid are they, etc.

    There are also interesting controversies about the interpretation of ideas like ethno-religious nationalism; a comparison of Ottoman to Habsburg rule in the Balkans; other foreign influences in Balkan politics, etc. The topics covered in the Seminar are also a useful source for a Term Paper subject.

II.     Further instructions:
    (a) The term paper should be from 10 - 12 pages in length, including bibliography. Footnotes are
         separate, either at the bottom of the page or at the end of the paper before the bibliography.

    (b) Title page: title of the paper in the center with Name, History 520.01 below it, and date below that
         in the right hand corner of the page. Be sure you paginate the paper, but do not include your name
        on any other page except the title page. Electronic versions (e-mail or e-mail attachments, Faxes, etc.)
        are not acceptable under any circumstances.

    (c)  Use the Kate L. Turabian: A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, & Dissertations
          (6th edition, U. of Chicago Press, 1996), or MLA Style Sheet (located near Reference Desk
          in the Library). In either case be consistent. I will also be of assistance concerning the format
         or any other questions you may have concerning the paper.

    (d)  Since good writing like good wine is the result of careful  cultivation, you are to meet with me to
          discuss the following issues according to the following deadlines:

(1) FEBRUARY  11th :      Term paper topic along with FOUR preliminary sources. (5 Points)
(2) MARCH        13th:       An annotated bibliography (cf. sample below) including at least FOUR
                                             annotated sources. (5 points)
(3) MARCH        28th:       A 2-3 page outline of the paper, including a thesis statement
                                             & a draft of the  first paragraph. (5 points)
(4) APRIL           22nd:       First draft due (15 points.)
(5) MAY               3rd.        Final paper due [ worth 40% of the course grade.]
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Note on Plagerism:  Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines plagerism: …to steal & pass off [the ideas
                                  or words of another] as one's own without crediting the source.  In this course
                                 the penalty for plagerism is an F.
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Sample of annotated bibliography:

Bell , John D.   Peasants in Power: Alexander Stambolski and the
       Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, 1899-1923.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977.

    Explains that the Agrarian leader Alexander Stambolski dealt with several problems in the beginning of his rule, primarily the national problem. Truncated after World War I, and rendered helpless after the Treaty of Neuilly of 1919, Bulgaria resented the Great Powers, but also her neighbors, all of whom, except Turkey, had profited by the war. Claims that Stambolski's novel ideas of Balkan peace and understanding, and especially the notion of close cooperation and friendship with the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, almost inevitably clashed with the sentiments of the more nationalistic Bulgarians.