College of Social Studies

The College of Social Studies (CSS) is a rigorous, multidisciplinary major focusing on History, Government, Political and Social Theory, and Economics. Founded in 1959, the CSS is reading and writing intensive, encouraging intellectual independence with weekly essays, small group tutorials, and a vibrant intellectual environment.

The CSS Office, Lounge, and Library are now located on the third floor of the newly renovated Frank Center for Public Affairs at 238 Church Street.

December Events:

CSS & History Department - Co-Sponsored Talk with Philip Decker on December 1

On Monday, December 1, the History Department and the CSS are hosting a talk by special guest Philip Decker, "The Days of Bolshevism are Over": Adolf Hitler's Ideological Crisis at the Start of the Second World War. 

Philip Decker is a sixth-year PhD candidate in history at Princeton University. He is a scholar of twentieth-century German and Soviet history, fascism and communism, and interwar foreign relations in Europe. His work focuses on culture and its connection to statecraft, weaving together the worlds of ideology, diplomacy and power politics with those of music, cinema and drama. Philip’s articles have appeared in Problems of Post-Communism, Studies in Eastern European Cinema, German Studies Review, Oxford German Studies and The English Historical Review.

CSS Info Session for Class of 2029

Attention Wesleyan Class of 2029: Save the date for the CSS Info Session on Thursday, December 11 at noon in FCPA 307.