Amit Prakash

I enjoyed every single reading from this course and the way Professor Prakash guided discussions to engage the readings with current events in US politics was extremely valuable. Expect to read a book a week in this course but no long papers or extensive research. There is no final or semester-long project. Come prepared each week for discussion as the class only meets once a week and you are hurting yourself if you do not participate fully. The other way to participate in this course is the independent reading responses. The process of writing these each week was effective to prepare for discussion and it was nice to have a record of how my thinking and writing progressed over the semsester.

I enjoyed every single reading from this course and the way Professor Prakash guided discussions to engage the readings with current events in US politics was extremely valuable. Expect to read a book a week in this course but no long papers or extensive research. There is no final or semester-long project. Come prepared each week fo …Read more

This course is a general overview of Europe during and between the two world wars but goes beyond the historical facts and delves into the psychological, philosophical, and cultural outlooks of the period. Professor Prakash is an excellent lecturer who does a great job weaving these various threads together while simultaneously connecting them to modern trends. The workload consisted of a decent amount of reading per week accompanied by a weekly reading journal which was mostly just your interpretations of the text. Aside from that the only other assignments were a midterm and a final both of which were mostly comprised of essay and short response questions.

This course is a general overview of Europe during and between the two world wars but goes beyond the historical facts and delves into the psychological, philosophical, and cultural outlooks of the period. Professor Prakash is an excellent lecturer who does a great job weaving these various threads together while simultaneously conne …Read more

Prof Prakash is absolutely wonderful! He is extremely knowledgeable and goes above and beyond. He is very accommodating. I loved taking this course - really branched out my mind! Fair warning - it is VERY reading heavy and has regular reflection submissions based on the readings. But overall a great class!