Course Description History 365: Balkanisms (Scarboro)

This course traces the development of the Balkans as a distinct (and not so distinct) cultural and geographical space from the time of the Byzantine Empire to the present.  We will investigate the rise and fall of two great world empires (Byzantine and Ottoman) the creation of the Balkan national states, the mechanics of the Balkan communist systems, and the perils and possibilities of the integration of the Balkans into the “West.”