Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

University of Tennessee

Dr. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is Lindsay Young Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He earned his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Liulevicius served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University.

Professor Liulevicius has won many awards and honors, including the University of Tennessee's Excellence in Teaching Award and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. At the university he teaches courses on modern German history, Western civilization, European diplomatic history, Nazi Germany, World War I, war and culture, 20th-century Europe, nationalism, and utopian thought.

Dr. Liulevicius has published numerous articles and two books: War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I and The German Myth of the East, 1800 to the Present.

Save Up To $185	Turning Points in Modern History Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Turning Points in Modern History takes you on a far-reaching journey around the globe—from China to the Americas to New Zealand—to shed light on how two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since 1400 shaped the modern world. Taught by award-winning history professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, these 24 thought-provoking lectures start in the early 15th century and culminate in the age of social media to reveal astounding threads that weave through the centuries. You'll also witness turning points with repercussions we can only speculate about because they are still very much in the process of turning.

Save Up To $275	World War I: The "Great War" Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius From August 1914 to November 1918, an unprecedented catastrophe gripped the world that continues to reverberate into our own time. World War I was touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and all too quickly expanded far beyond the expectations of those involved to become the first "total war." It was the first conflict in which entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, investing all their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price.

	Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Take a detailed tour of the millennia-long history and enduring legacy of a top-secret subject in Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History. Delivered by master historian and Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, these 24 thrilling lectures survey how world powers have worked in the shadows to gain information or subvert enemies. Filled with stories that are both marvelous and mysterious, and insights that will change the way you think about some of world history's most defining events, this course lets you peer inside a subject whose truths most of us are unaware of.

	Utopia and Terror in the 20th Century Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius The story of the 20th century is filled with leaders who promised utopia and instead delivered war, genocide, and dictatorship. This provocative and unsettling subject is covered in this 24-lecture series, which will help you understand this seemingly senseless and inexplicable record of inhumanity and how we may prevent it from recurring. Examples of leaders who resisted the century’s inhuman trends offer hope for the future.

	War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500–2000 Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius In War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500–2000, Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius offers a remarkable look into the evolution of the European continent and the modern state system. In 36 provocative lectures, he allows us to peer through the revealing lens of statecraft to show us its impact on war, peace, and power and how that impact may well be felt in the future—an approach that historians have been using for thousands of years.

	War, Peace, and Power & Development of European Civilization (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Get a firm grasp on how Europe evolved politically, socially, and economically in this expansive two-course set. In War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500–2000, you’ll learn statecraft’s impact on war, peace, and power and how that impact may well be felt in the future. With The Development of European Civilization, you’ll survey Europe’s remarkable development from the late Middle Ages through the eve of World War II.

	War and World History & War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500–2000 (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Witness how warfare and diplomacy have shaped the course of world history. War and World History is the story of the intimate interconnections of war with human cultures and societies across five continents—and how these connections have shaped history. War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500–2000 is a remarkable look at statecraft's impact on war, peace, and power—and how that impact may be felt in the future.

	World War I & World War II (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius In the 20th century, two epic wars forever altered the course of human history. Get a comprehensive look at these conflicts in two fascinating courses. In World War I: The "Great War," award-winning Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, you’ll see inside the years between 1914 and 1918 to examine history's "Great War." Then in World War II: A Military and Social History, follow renowned war historian and Professor Thomas Childers. You meet iconic historical figures, scrutinize the military decisions that changed the course of history, explore how the war unfolded, and encounter examples of heroism that still resonate in our memories.

	American Civil War & World War I: The "Great War" (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius The American Civil War and World War I—two brutal and defining moments in the American history and the subjects of this in-depth two-course set. Start by examining the experience of the war between North and South from the front lines of battle to the home fronts of the Union and the Confederacy in The American Civil War. Continue into the 20th century with a comprehensive study of the first global war in which America played a critical role in World War I: The "Great War."

	Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon & World War I: The "Great War" (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Explore in depth two pivotal eras in history whose onset started and ended the Long 19th Century and whose legacies are with us still with this eye-opening course set. First, in Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon, revisit the 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814. Then, in World War I: The “Great War,” investigate the catastrophic event that gripped the whole world, changed the balance of power in Europe, and led to the tragedy of World War II.

	Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History & World War I: The "Great War" (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Discover why award-winning Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is one of our most popular professors and a historian who excels at bringing the past to life. First, he guides you through the top-secret history of how world powers have worked in the shadows to gain information or subvert enemies in Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History. Then, in World War I: The "Great War," he plunges you into the midst of the epic conflict that shattered the old world order and ushered in the era of modern warfare.

	Masters of War: History’s Greatest Strategic Thinkers & Great Battles of the Ancient World (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Investigate military strategy, tactics, and weaponry from ancient times through the modern day with this two-course set. First, Masters of War: History’s Greatest Strategic Thinkers gives you an inside look at the thought process and historical context of the world’s greatest war strategists. Then, Great Battles of the Ancient World takes you into the thick of combat in some of the most notable battles fought in the Mediterranean region from prehistoric times to the 4th century A.D.

	The Art of War & Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Delve into the ways governments and militaries have thwarted enemies throughout the ages in this fascinating two-course set. The Art of War reveals how Sun Tzu’s landmark 2500-year-old military guide to gaining a competitive advantage remains highly relevant in the information age. Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History lets you peer inside a subject most of us are unaware of with a survey of how world powers have worked in the shadows to gain information or subvert foes.

	Turning Points in Modern History & Turning Points in American History (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Explore some of the most defining events in the history of the world in this thought-provoking course set. In Turning Points in Modern History, you’ll take a far-reaching journey around the globe—from China to the Americas to New Zealand—to see how two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since the 1400s shaped the modern world. Then, you’ll focus specifically on the United States, from the arrival of the first English colonists to the birth of the computer age and beyond with Turning Points in American History.

	Turning Points in Modern History & The Skeptic’s Guide to American History (Set) Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Get the real story behind some of the world's most pivotal moments in this riveting two-course set. First, in Turning Points in Modern History, you'll take a far-reaching journey around the globe—from China to the Americas to New Zealand—to see how two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since the 1400s shaped the modern world. Then, in The Skeptic's Guide to American History, you'll revisit some of the most commonly held myths and half-truths about U.S. history.

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