Department of Modern and Contemporary History of European and American Countries

Detailed information

Department Head: Professor L.S.Belousov.

The department incorporates the Centre for American Studies.

The history of West European and American countries from mid-Seventeenth Century to the present is studied and taught in the department. Students are trained in the following sections:

• France, Italy, Greece

• Great Britain, Canada

• Spain, Portugal, Latin America

• the USA

• Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hungary, Scandinavian countries

• Political Studies

• The history and theory of international relations

The main fields of research and specialization for students of the department are as follows:

• Modern and Contemporary Social and Economic History of European and American Countries

• Political History of European and American Countries, History of Social Thought, Intellectual and Cultural Life

• Political Processes in European and American Countries, Institutions of Authority and their Functioning, Social and Political Models of European and American Countries

• Foreign Policy of European and American Countries, its Formation and Execution, Problems of Colonialism

• Cultural History of European and American Countries

• History of International Relations: Systems of International Relations, World Wars, International Political Crises

• Theory of International Relations; Military Power, Ideology, Character of States as Factors Influencing International Relations

• Problems of the Evolution of the World Economy, Integration Processes and the Functioning of International Organizations

• Variations within the Social, Economic, Partisan, and Political Development of Modern and Contemporary Latin American Countries