Va1 Analytical tutorial on the History of Vietnam

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 L35, except Tue 14. 11.
Prerequisites
previous study or parallel enrollment in Vs1 or Vs3 History of Vietnam 1 or 2
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 goal is reading of selected texts related to the history of Vietnam, its traditions, politics and international relations. Selected texts are analyzed and reviewed with relation to two main areas: A) continuity and innovations of Vietnamese traditions, B) Vietnamese politics and foreign relations. Ad A) Main intention is to identify original functions of continuing traditions. Ad B) Main intention is to identify: 1) problematic or high-risk factors of development in Vietnam or other Southeast Asian countries with relation to economic and other reasons; 2) political interpretation of selected texts. The course Analytical tutorial on the History of Vietnam is a profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies. Content of this course and acquired knowledge will be also a part of the Final State Examination. The course is open for students of other study programmes.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the seminar, a student will be able to:
- orientate himself in a part of sources and scholarly works concerning the history of Vietnam;
- access critically the historical sources, popular and scientific literature;
- compare events and development in Vietnam with corresponding events in other Asian countries.
Syllabus
  • Contents of the seminar will issue from the lectures of the History of Vietnam and discuss more deeply key topics from the Vietnamese history and address international (interregional) contexts. The seminar will refer to main source texts and corresponding scholarly works.
Literature
  • Полное собрание исторических записок Дайвьета (Дайвьет шы ки тоан тхы): в 8 т. Серия Памятники письменности Востока. Москва: Восточная литература, 2002–2014. Dosud vyšlo 5 svazků.
  • Aung-Thwin, Michael Arthur + Hall, Kenneth R. 2011. New Perspectives on the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia. London – New York: Routledge.
  • Translations of Vietnamese Historical Texts https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/viet-texts/home
  • Tarling, Nicholas (ed.). 1992. The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Volume One. From Early Times to c. 1800. Cambridge – New York – Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
  • Sources of the Vietnamese tradition. 2012. Edited by George E. Dutton, Jayne S. Werner and John K. Whitmore. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • FAIRBANK, John King. Dějiny Číny. Translated by Martin Hála - Jana Hollanová - Olga Lomová. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1998. 656 s. ISBN 8071062499.
  • Краткая история Вьета: (Вьет шы лыок). А. Б Поляков, Д. В Деопик. 1980. Памятники письменности Востока. Академия наук СССР. Отделение истории. Mосква: Изд-во "Наука," Главная редакция восточной литературы.
Teaching methods
seminar, reading, presentations and group discussions
Assessment methods
active participation, self-study, draft with main points of selected publication and its presentation, then writing the final paper with the results of discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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