Courses

This research seminar explores the causes, course, and consequences of the Seven Years’ War, arguably the first world war in modern history.  Topics include the origins of the conflict in North America and in Europe, the relationship between imperial rivalry in the American colonies and the contest for supremacy in central Europe, the impact of the war on trade and settlement in South Asia, the West Indies, the Philippines, and West Africa, and the legacies of the conflict for British imperial expansion in India, North America, Senegal, and the southern Caribbean.  During the second half of the semester, members of the seminar will devote the majority of their time to the research and writing of a substantial paper.