HIAKb109u Introduction to Modern History

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
10/10/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Lukáš Fasora, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Hanuš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Stoklásková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Hanuš, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HIAKb101II Introduction to History II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is aimed at an introduction to basic concepts, issues and phenomena of so-called modern history,i.e. the history of 19th and 20th centuries (1789 - 1989). It focuses on the resources,terminology,periodization,particular areas and methodology of modern history. The graduates will be able to understand historiographic approaches in modern history and distinguish them from approaches in pre-modern history.
Learning outcomes
A graduate will be able to work with and analyze the sources of modern history, use specific methods of modern history and will know important journals focused on modern history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Terminology (the nineteenth century, modern, modernity, the old regime, a social change, liberalism,world and european history, „the long century“ etc.)
  • 2. Modern history and its relationship to the other disciplines (philosophy, sociology, political science, art history etc.)
  • 3. Lines of the modern history (politics, economy, society, culture, international politics, overseas expansions, oral history, microhistory, mentality)
  • 4. Sources and editions in the modern history
  • 5. Concepts of modern history (revolution, modernization, centralization, social orderliness, nacionalism, konstitutional state, humen rights etc.)
  • 6. Metods in modern history (statistics, discourse, collective biography etc.)
  • 7. Professional journals, domestic and foreign
  • 8. Educational excursions
Literature
    required literature
  • ČECHUROVÁ, Jana and Jan RANDÁK. Základní problémy studia moderních a soudobých dějin. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2014, 756 s. ISBN 9788073085568. info
  • SVÁTEK, František and Jiří ŠTAIF. Úvod do studia hospodářských a sociálních dějin. Edited by Zdeněk Jindra. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 161 s. ISBN 8071844381. info
    recommended literature
  • STORCHOVÁ, Lucie. Koncepty a dějiny: Proměny pojmů v současné historické vědě. Praha: Scriptorium, 2015. info
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, Pavel MÜCKE and Hana PELIKÁNOVÁ. Naslouchat hlasům paměti : teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 224 stran. ISBN 9788072850891. info
  • BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Populární kultura a historie jako věda a fikce (úvod) + Tajemství katedrál a jiné tajné historky (Pop History. On historical reliability of novels, films and computer games.). In Pop History. O historické hodnověrnosti románů, filmů a počítačových her. (editorka). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidových novin, 2003, p. 5-8, 131-140, 15 pp. Knihovnička Dějin a současnosti. ISBN 80-7106-345-2. info
  • DÜLMEN, Richard van. Historická antropologie : vývoj, problémy, úkoly. Translated by Josef Boček. 1. vyd. v čes. jaz. Praha: Dokořán, 2002, 116 s. ISBN 8086569152. info
  • WEBER, Max. Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Translated by Miloš Havelka. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1998, 354 s. ISBN 80-86005-48-8. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
  • BENEŠ, Zdeněk. Historický text a historická kultura. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 224 s. ISBN 8071841269. info
  • RAK, Jiří. Bývali Čechové-- :české historické mýty a stereotypy. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 148 s. ISBN 80-85787-73-3. info
  • BLOCH, Marc. Obrana historie, aneb, Historik a jeho řemeslo. Translated by Alena Ondrušková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 182 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures; abstracts; discussion; interpretation of sources; presentations by professionals in the sectors.
Assessment methods
During the course students work out their abstracts and seminar works. Attendance at courses is obligatory. At the end of the course students pass an oral sunmmary exam in the history of 19th century.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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