Literary Culture of Europe's Cities circa 1900
Week 6 | M, Tu, W, Th | Turner Conference Room | Ages 14 and up
Over the course of the 19th century, cities across Europe grew and developed the cultural infrastructure to support the literary world we enjoy. This course will look at the life of literature in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and St. Petersburg in the four decades from 1875 to 1914. Some attention will also be paid to the worlds of art (Impressionism) and music (post-Wagner), politics and international relations, as well as economic development in the first age of globalization.
Class Times
Charles Skinner
Berlin Desk Officer at State when the Wall fell, Charles Skinner, Ph.D. (modern European history, Harvard, 1979), has taught foreign policy and diplomacy and international history for the past 12 years at Pitt's Grad School of Public and International Affairs. His dissertation was about fin-de-siecle Berlin. His career at State 1979-2006 focused on Europe, including tours in Belgrade, Hamburg, Bonn, Brussels (USNATO), and London.
