FASDT03 Historical and Political Aspects of Eastern Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is aimed at the doctoral student to be well versed in the essence of contemporary problems that must be faced by the Eastern European area. It defines the main conflict problems, determines their historical nature and attempts at their historical and recent solutions. It also pays attention to religious issues and the role of churches in individual problems, deals with historical and recent relations between the countries of Eastern Europe, the view of Russian superpower policy on partial problematic periods in the past and present. not only Slavic but also non-Slavic (Baltic). It describes the experience of the communist period and the process of transformation of post-communist Eastern European countries and its reflection in literature and culture.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will be able to: characterize the most important problems of Eastern Europe in the past and present; will know the historical nature of these problems; will be able to shed light on religious and ecclesiastical influences in Eastern Europe; will be able to explain the influence of communist ideology and on the political and cultural development of post-Soviet countries; will understand the ethnic issues in the Eastern European area; can clarify the basic problems of relations between post-Soviet Eastern European countries
Syllabus
  • Historical development of Eastern Europe. Russian superpower politics in the 18th and 19th centuries. State-forming myths of Eastern European countries. The role of Orthodoxy and Catholicism in Eastern European countries in the past and present. Communist development and its heritage in politics, literature and culture in general. Mutual relations of Slavic Eastern European countries. Relations between Russia and the Baltics. Ethnic problems of the post-Soviet Eastern European space. Conflict situation in the post-Soviet space (Ukraine, Moldova). Eastern European area and the European Union
Literature
    required literature
  • Dějiny Ruska 20. století. Edited by Andrej Borisovič Zubov, Translated by Libor Dvořák - Zuzana Soukupo. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2015, 769 s. ISBN 9788025709641. info
    recommended literature
  • VYDRA, Zbyněk, Michal ŘOUTIL, Jitka KOMENDOVÁ, Kateřina HLOUŠKOVÁ and Michal TÉRA. Dějiny Ruska. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2017, 499 stran. ISBN 9788074223242. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan, Bohdan ZILYNSKYJ and Paul R. MAGOCSI. Dějiny Ukrajiny. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2015, 524 stran. ISBN 9788071064091. info
  • Prekolonialismus, kolonialismus a postkolonialismus : impéria a ti ostatní ve východní a jihovýchodní Evropě. Edited by Stanislav Tumis - Hanuš Nykl. Vydání první. Praha: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 2015, 243 stran. ISBN 9788073085827. info
  • NYKL, Hanuš. Náboženství v ruské kultuře. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2013, 368 stran. ISBN 9788074650789. info
  • Kulturní, duchovní a etnické kořeny Ruska : vlivy a souvislosti. Edited by Hanuš Nykl. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart ;, 2006, 349 s. ISBN 8086818349. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír. Decentralizační a dezintegrační procesy v ruské federaci v 90. letech minulého století. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2005, 231 s., [4. ISBN 8073681512. info
    not specified
  • Rusko a Evropa 2013 : k 100. výročí vydání Masarykovy knihy Rusko a Evropa. Edited by Václav Veber - Pavla Štorková. Vydání první. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, Filozofická fakulta, 2015, 245 stran. ISBN 9788073958749. info
  • Evropské areály a metodologie (Rusko, střední Evropa, Balkán a Skandinávie). Pospíšil, Ivo - Šaur, Josef (ed.). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 308 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5434-9. info
  • Ethnicity, nationalism and conflict in and after the Soviet Unionthe mind aflame. Edited by V. A. Tishkov. London: SAGE, 1997, 1 online. ISBN 9781446279427. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Rusko a Evropa : studie o duchovních proudech v Rusku. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka, 1995, 394 s. ISBN 8090197116. info
Teaching methods
Discussion, independent reading and preparation, lectures, written essays
Assessment methods
Essay, discussion with the teacher, evaluation of reading
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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