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Hanna, Martha

Professor Emerita/Emeritus

Positions

  • Professor Emerita/Emeritus, History

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Research

research overview

  • Dr. Hanna's research analyzes the effects of the First World War on marriage and family life, from a transnational perspective. In 2020 she published with McGill-Queen's University Press, Anxious Days and Tearful Nights, a book-length study of how military mobilization affected the marriages and family-life of soldiers in Canada between 1914 and 1918.

keywords

  • social and cultural history of the first world war, history of marriage and family life in wartime

Publications

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Teaching

courses taught

  • HIST 1012 - Empire, Revolution and Global War: European History Since 1600
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
    Examines the history of modern Europe from 1600. Topics may include religious conflict, absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, the global impact of European colonialism and imperialism, the Enlightenment, the French and Industrial Revolutions, and the emergence of romanticism, nationalism, liberalism, socialism and modernism. Concludes by analyzing World War I and II, communist and fascist totalitarianisms, decolonization and the Cold War. Formerly HIST 1020
  • HIST 3012 - Seminar in Modern European History
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021
    Capstone seminars are designed for advanced history majors to pull together the skills they have honed in previous courses. This seminar focuses on modern European history, and will include readings and discussions in a small seminar setting. In relation to the course topic, students will develop an individual research project and write a substantial and original paper based on primary sources. Recommended restriction: History GPA of 2.0 or higher.
  • HIST 4422 - World War I in Europe
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018
    Examines the origins of World War I; the military, social and cultural character of the conflict; and its enduring impact in the post-1918 world. By thinking about the war as both a military undertaking and an experience that affected domestic and global politics, the course will explore why World War I constituted an event of major importance to Europe and the 20th century world. Recommended prerequisite: HIST 1012. Same as HIST 5422.
  • HIST 5422 - World War I in Europe
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018
    Examines the origins of World War I; the military, social, and cultural character of the conflict; and its enduring impact in the post-1918 world. By thinking about the war as both a military undertaking and an experience that affected domestic and global politics, the course will explore why World War I constituted an event of major importance to Europe and the twentieth-century world. Same as HIST 4422.
  • HIST 6019 - Readings in World History
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
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