2000-2001: World War I and it's Aftermath

Fall 2000: Guns of August: World War I and Central and Eastern Europe

The collapse of the old Russian and German empires, and the rise of small central and eastern European states
The Paris Conference and the Versailles Treaty: the origins of World War II

Daniel Mulholland, History Department, Tufts University: "The Collapse of the European Order, 1908-1920"
Alan K. Henrikson, Director, The Fletcher Roundtable on a New Order: "The Versailles Settlement: Its Contents, Its Controversies, Its Consequences"
Joseph Flaherty, Social Studies Department, Belmont High School: "A Geographic Approach to World War I and its Aftermath."
Thomas MacDonough, Social Studies Chair, Norwood High School: "Two Islamic Revolutions: Turkey and Iran in the 1920's, a Study in Contrasts."

The breakup of the Ottoman Empire; the Armenian genocide; the young Turks
The Balkans: Collapse of Yugoslavia; nationalism, rivalries, religion and geography, ethnic cleansing

Andrew C. Hess, The Fletcher School: "The Collapse of the Ottoman Social Order in 1917: A Means of Understanding the Ethnic History of the Middle Ease and Central Asia."
Ana S. Trbovich, The Fletcher School: "Yugoslavia's Avoidable Collapse and Prospects for Democracy Today."
Ned Rossiter, Chair, Social Studies Department, Newton North High School: "The Effects of World War I on Africa and the Middle East: A Classroom Approach."
Kevin O'Reilly, Chair, Social Studies Department, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School: "Teaching Decision Making: A Munich Conference Simulation."

India; Gandhi and the struggles for independence and democracy; partition and Muslim Pakistan
South Africa and Nelson Mandela
Sub-Sahara Africa: the end of colonialism; civil wars and genocide

Sugata Bose, The Fletcher School: "India's Independence and Partition"
Peter Uvin, The Fletcher School: "Identity and Politics In Post-Colonial Africa: The (Extreme) Case of Rwanda"
Vernon Domingo, Co-Coordinator, Massachusetts Geographic Alliance: "The Impact of World War I on the Geography of South Africa"
Carol Morse, World History Teacher, Westford Academy: "Gandhi and the Legacy of Human Rights"