DEkD20 History 20th Century

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/3.3. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kaleta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Michal Pehr, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Kaleta, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Kamil Štěpánek, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Education
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
At the end of this course student will be able to orientate himself in the period after the WWI. (1918-1938) that meant the growth of nationalism in various forms of fascism and on the other hand the growth of communism in Soviet Russia (USSR) and the Communist Parties in various countries in the world. Student will be able to create the "picture" of the democratical Czechoslovakia and its fight for existence.
Learning outcomes
They acquire knowledge of historical processes, facts and phenomena. It can characterize the key features of historical development.
Syllabus
  • 1. Versailles peace. 2. Revolution and civil war in Russia. 3. Republic of Weimar. 4. Successional states. 5. Italian fascism. 6. Third imperium. 7. Stalin`s Russia. 8. Western democracies. 9. Czechoslovakia in post-war Europe. 10. Economic face of Czechoslovakia. 11. Life in the First Republic. 12. Democracy defends - the fight against Czechoslovakia. 13. From the Second Republic to the Protectorate.
Literature
  • VACULÍK, Jaroslav. Přehled světových dějin v letech 1917-1945. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2002, 177 s. ISBN 802102772X. info
  • MORAVCOVÁ, Dagmar, Pavel BĚLINA and Marek PEČENKA. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1914-1941. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994, 133 s. ISBN 80-85241-70-6. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation in the form of lectures, power-point presentations, discussions, film productions etc.
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 40k.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
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