CIS 341 - Fascisms:Nazi Germany and Franco Spain

This course examines fascism as a transnational historical phenomenon that took many different forms. After an overview of Mussolini’s Fascist Italy, we will spend most of our time discussing National Socialism in Germany before turning to Francisco Franco’s decades-long dictatorship in Spain. We will conclude by probing the usefulness of comparing 20th-century European fascist ideologies and movements to 21st-century populism in the U.S. and Europe.