SBA203 Contemporary Serbia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:50–12:25 G12
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
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Course objectives
Lecture brings basic geographical, social, political, and economic characteristics of contemporary Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, giving information covering life and institutions of all three above mentioned countries and with characteristic life elements of modern Serbian and Montenegro nations (partially also Bosnian one). At the end of this course the student should be capable to explain the situation of contemporary Serbian ethnical area in comprehensive complexity would be able of orienting in Serbian geography and may interpret Serbian social-economic life.
Syllabus
  • Borders of Serbian ethnical area and political borders of Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • Historical and geographic structure of Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • Ethnical structure of inhabitants, its historical causes, problems of minorities.
  • Mačva and Šumadije.
  • Eastern Serbia.
  • Southern Serbia.
  • Novopazarski sandžak.
  • Autonomous region of Vojvodina
  • Problem of Kosovo and Metohia.
  • Montenegro, its tribal structure, problem of Serbian ethnicity and Montenegro statehood.
  • Current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • Political scene in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Literature
    required literature
  • Dějiny srbské kultury. Edited by Pavle Ivić. 1. vyd. V Praze: Nakladatelství Pedagogické fakulty UK, 1995, 211 s. info
    recommended literature
  • Kubát, Michal: Postkomunismus a demokracie. Politika ve středovýchodní Evropě. Dokořán, Praha 2003.
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Osidla etnofiletismu: Srbská pravoslavná církev v zajetí kosovského mýtu (In the Toils of Ethnophiletism: Serbian Orthodox Churche in the Captivity of the Kosovo Myth). Studia historica brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 53/2006, No 1, p. 117–132. ISSN 0231-7710. info
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Srbská církvení grafika 18. a 19. století (Serbian Church graphics from the 18th and 19 Century). 2005. info
    not specified
  • Fiala, Petr - Holzer, Jan - Strmiska, Maxmilián a kol.: Politické strany ve střední a východní Evropě. Ideově-politický profil, pozice a role politických stran v postkomunistických zemích. MU, Brno 2002.
  • PELIKÁN, Jan. Dějiny Srbska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2005, 670 s. ISBN 8071066710. info
  • VYKOUKAL, Jiří P., Bohuslav LITERA and Miroslav TEJCHMAN. Východ :vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2000, 860 s. ISBN 80-85983-82-6. info
  • LIŠČÁK, Vladimír and Pavel FOJTÍK. Státy a území světa. 2. aktualiz., přeprac. a ro. Praha: Libri, 1998, 1095 s. ISBN 80-85983-53-2. info
Teaching methods
Subject is taught thru the lecture and seminar, where students demonstrate, based on their own reading, experience and additional information concerning the topic.
Assessment methods
Prerequisites for granting the credit: regular attendance and thorough home preparation on weekly basis, participation in class discussion. Subject is completed thru oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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