I’m a sophomore history major, and the First World War has always interested me, though this is the first chance I’ve had to take a class that covers it in depth. I’m a history major because I think it’s incredibly fun to learn and read about figures from history, especially during times of war. The Punic Wars are probably my favorites, closely followed by pretty much anything that involves Russians.

 I’ll admit that I’m a little nervous about this class solely because of the readings; it’s been a while since I read anything but textbooks and primary documents for my classes and I’m not the best at analyzing actual literature. Still, I’m super excited about getting to work with artifacts in Special Collections and looking at WWI from a more artistic perspective.