European Migrations & Borders

From the broad expanse of European geography from prehistorical archeological evidence of settlement by Proto-IndoEuropeans to the promises of a protective umbrella in the European Union, the course surveys the isolation and admixture of cultures across the European region owing to the migration of various groups from prehistory to the modern day and the way in which the rise of nationalism based on differences in ethnicity or ancestral roots, religion and/or language may be less well-definable than current political stratification can justify. The shifting socio-political landscape of the European region is examined through rigorous map scrutiny and interpretation. Offered alternate years.