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Instructor: John D. Treadway       Spring 1994

     
History 358:  

MODERN BALKANS


Office: Ryland Hall 109

Office Phone: 289-8343
E-mail:  Treadway@URVAX.URICH.EDU
Office Hours: MWF 11:30-12:20 and by appointment.

Scope of Course:  A survey of the history of the Balkan peninsula in
modern times (through about 1989-90); the development of Bulgaria,
Romania, Albania, the Yugoslav lands, and Greece; a study of the rise and
fall of Balkan communisms. 

Prerequisites:     History 106 or 116 or permission of instructor.

Readings:  (all available at University of Richmond Bookstore):

     Text: Barbara Jelavich, History of the Balkans, II: The
Twentieth Century
     Auxiliary text:  M. Wesley Shoemaker, Russia, Eurasian States and
Eastern Europe 1993

     Collaterals:
     Ivo Andric, Bridge on the Drina
     Ismail Kadare, Chronicle in Stone
     Hugh Poulton, The Balkans: Minorities and States in Conflict

A-V: time permitting, slides and/or films will be shown to supplement
lectures and readings. 

Course requirements/grade composition:

     For undergraduate students:

24% Final exam (comprehensive, emphasis on material covered since 2nd
midterm)
20% Higher of two midterm scores
18% Lower of two midterm scores
15% Independent work
18% Out-of-class papers
 5% MAPS!

     For graduate students:

     23%     Final exam
     19%     Higher of two midterm scores
     16%     Lower of two midterm scores
     23%     Independent work
     15%     Out-of-class papers
      4%      MAPS!

Independent work for undergraduates (refer to handouts):

     Option A:  Research paper (at least ten pages)
                           OR
     Option B:  600 pages of reading on the country (or topic) of your
choice;  reading reports required. 

     One of your final exam questions will be based upon your independent
work.

Independent work for graduates - See instructor for details

     All students are encouraged and graduate students are required to use
the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty transcripts in Boatwright Library and
to become familiar with electronic databases such as Lexis-Nexis. 

Grading Scale: A+     97-100         A     93-97          A-     90-93
               B+     87-90          B     83-87          B-     80-83
               C+     77-80          C     73-77          C-     70-73
               D+     67-70          D     63-67          D-     60-63

Important Dates:

     Monday, February 28       First Midterm
     Monday, March 28          Second Midterm
     Wednesday, April 20       Independent work due - in class!
     Monday, April 25          Last day of class
     Friday, May 6             Final exam

     Don't forget to bring blue books and use dark ink!

Late paper policy (also applies to independent work): 24-hour grace period
(actually until 5 P.M. of the following afternoon) without penalty. 1
letter grade penalty assessed for each additional 24-hour period. 

Attendance policy:

     Excessive absences can/will have a negative effect on your course
grade.


TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE
Text chapters refer to Jelavich.

M  JAN     17     Course introduction
W          19     Physical geography
F          21     Cultural and linguistic geography

M          24     Greece to 1913
                    Text: Chapter 1
W          26     Romania to 1914
                    Text: Chapter 1
F          28     Bulgaria to 1914
                    Text: Chapter 1

M          31     Serbia to 1914
                    Text: Chapter 1
W  FEB     2     Montenegro to 1914
                    Text: Chapter 1
F          4     Dual Monarchy: Overview
                    Text: Chapter 2

M          7     Dual Monarchy: Croatia
                    Text: Chapter 2
W          9     Dual Monarchy: Transylvania and Bukovina
                    Text: Chapter 2
F          11     Dual Monarchy: Bosnia-Hercegovina and Sanjak
                    Text: Chapter 2

M          14     Ottoman Empire: Review
                    Text: Chapter 3
W          16     Ottoman Empire:  Albania and Macedonia; the Balkan Wars
                    Text: Chapter 3
F          18     World War I
                    Text: Chapter 4

M          21     World War I and Peace Treaties; Andric paper (#1) due
                    Text: Chapter 4
W          23     Review/TBA
F          25     Interwar Yugoslavia (Part I)
                    Text: Chapters 5 and 6

M          28     TEST #1
W  MAR     2     Interwar Yugoslavia (Part II)
F          4     Interwar Greece
                    Text: Chapters 5, 6 and 7

M          7     Interwar Romania
                    Text: Chapters 5, 6 and 7
W          9     Interwar Bulgaria
                    Text: Chapters 5, 6 and 7
F          11     Interwar Albania
                    Text: Chapters 5, 6 and 7

M          14     SPRING BREAK
W          16     SPRING BREAK
F          18     SPRING BREAK

M          21     Interwar Yugoslavia (Part III)
                    Text: Chapters 6 and 7
W          23     Review: Kadare paper (#2) due
F          25     Post-War Overview: Greek Civil War, Tito-Stalin Split
                    Text: Chapter 8

M          28     TEST #2
W          30     Communist Bulgaria I
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9
F  APR     1     Communist Bulgaria II
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9

M          4     Communist Romania I
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9
W          6     Communist Romania II
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9
F          8     Independent work

M          11     Communist Albania I
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9
W          13     Communist Albania II
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9
F          15     Communist Yugoslavia I; Independent work due
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9

M          18     Communist Yugoslavia II
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9
W          20     Communist Yugoslavia III
                    Text: Chapters 8 and 9
F          22     Regional Trends

M          25     Postwar Greece; Poulton paper (#3) due
                    Text: Chapter 10

F     May      6     FINAL EXAM (9:00-12:00)
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