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Stella Ghervas
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Fall 2024 - If you have the opportunity, I would highly recommend taking a class with Professor Ghervas. This particular class focuses on how Europe progressed towards lasting peace throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth-century in the aftermath of several devastating continental wars. Your grade is contingent on a short midterm essay, attendance, and an in-person final exam. I found the assignments to be very manageable and her grading to be fair. Each week she assigns a selection of primary and secondary sources relating to the week’s topic. There’s only so much you can cover during a biweekly lecture, and the assigned readings really enrich your experience. If you can, you ought to read them prior to lecture. Occasionally she asks the class questions regarding the assigned readings. She doesn’t cold-call, but she very much likes to see that the class is engaging with content beyond lecture. If you are simply taking this class to fulfill a requirement, you will find this to be a manageable and fair class. If you are interested in European history, you will enjoy it all the more. Professor Ghervas is an engaging lecturer who is very passionate about European history and culture. She cares very much about getting people to think critically about the past and go beyond simply memorizing facts, names, and dates. She may mention in class that she has previously lectured at universities across the world and within the U.S. (including at Harvard!) Don’t let that intimidate you! She is very approachable. Towards the end of the quarter, I visited her office hours to request a CAE accommodation. She was very accommodating, and it left me wishing I had dropped by more often. If you get the chance, take this class or any class with Professor Ghervas.
Fall 2024 - If you have the opportunity, I would highly recommend taking a class with Professor Ghervas. This particular class focuses on how Europe progressed towards lasting peace throughout the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth-century in the aftermath of several devastating continental wars. Your grade is contingent on a short midterm essay, attendance, and an in-person final exam. I found the assignments to be very manageable and her grading to be fair. Each week she assigns a selection of primary and secondary sources relating to the week’s topic. There’s only so much you can cover during a biweekly lecture, and the assigned readings really enrich your experience. If you can, you ought to read them prior to lecture. Occasionally she asks the class questions regarding the assigned readings. She doesn’t cold-call, but she very much likes to see that the class is engaging with content beyond lecture. If you are simply taking this class to fulfill a requirement, you will find this to be a manageable and fair class. If you are interested in European history, you will enjoy it all the more. Professor Ghervas is an engaging lecturer who is very passionate about European history and culture. She cares very much about getting people to think critically about the past and go beyond simply memorizing facts, names, and dates. She may mention in class that she has previously lectured at universities across the world and within the U.S. (including at Harvard!) Don’t let that intimidate you! She is very approachable. Towards the end of the quarter, I visited her office hours to request a CAE accommodation. She was very accommodating, and it left me wishing I had dropped by more often. If you get the chance, take this class or any class with Professor Ghervas.
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Spring 2024 - Professor Ghervas is very kind and organized and gives everyone a chance to participate. She also organized an end-of-year field trip to the Wende Museum, which was super fascinating and a stellar way to end the course. The course includes an oral and written report, which are manageable thanks to Professor Ghervas’s clear and precise guidelines. Additionally, a final historiographical paper challenges you to engage deeply with the readings. This class is rigorous, and Professor Ghervas has high expectations, expecting that students thoroughly engage with the course material and participate. As a history major, one of the aspects of history that I find most compelling is how it serves as a tool for identity creation. This course delved deeply into this theme, exploring how the RUS-UKR war is also a “history war,” where certain narratives are marshaled to justify violence and militarization. I highly recommend this course if you're looking for a challenge and a great professor.
Spring 2024 - Professor Ghervas is very kind and organized and gives everyone a chance to participate. She also organized an end-of-year field trip to the Wende Museum, which was super fascinating and a stellar way to end the course. The course includes an oral and written report, which are manageable thanks to Professor Ghervas’s clear and precise guidelines. Additionally, a final historiographical paper challenges you to engage deeply with the readings. This class is rigorous, and Professor Ghervas has high expectations, expecting that students thoroughly engage with the course material and participate. As a history major, one of the aspects of history that I find most compelling is how it serves as a tool for identity creation. This course delved deeply into this theme, exploring how the RUS-UKR war is also a “history war,” where certain narratives are marshaled to justify violence and militarization. I highly recommend this course if you're looking for a challenge and a great professor.
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