Nicholas Wolf

 
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Current Courses

Hist 320: Modern Britain (Virginia Commonwealth University)
A course focusing on the British Isles and British Empire, from 1688 to present.
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Hist 319: Early Modern England (Virginia Commonwealth University)
The history of England and its various relations with Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and the New World, 1400-1660
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Hist 101: Europe to 1500 (Virginia Commonwealth University)
A survey of Europe, beginning with neolithic peoples and continuing on through the shaping of this continent by Mediterranean, African, Middle Eastern, and indigenous European civilizations.
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Hist 102: Europe 1500-Present
(Virginia Commonwealth University)
This course draws together a number of key events in the creation of modern Europe and organizes them into four major themes: belief, revolution, work, and extremes.
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Previously Taught

Hist 534: Modern Irish History (Catholic University)
This graduate course focuses on the historical debates surrounding a number of major cultural and political events in post-1760 Ireland.
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Hist 100: Western Civilization (George Mason University)
This course presents the instructor with the challenge of engaging non-majors in the study of history, addressing the need to impart fundamental liberal arts skills for future scholarship and providing an understanding of the major historical themes of the past 3,000 years. 
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Hist 353: Ireland Since 1600: Colony to Independent State (UW-Milwaukee)
The past 400 years encompass some of the most turbulent years of Ireland's past. Students are encouraged in this course to move beyond the simplified accounts of Irish history based on the eternal struggle with 'perfidious Albion' and grasp the ever-changing and unexpected twists that have characterized nationalism, unionism, republicanism, and religious conflict in Ireland over four centuries.
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