ETBA04 History of Ethnology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2026

The course is not taught in Spring 2026

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
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
Abstract
Antiquity, Arabic culture, first travellers; the Renaissance and interest in foreign countries; the era of conquests and its consequences; the rise of new humanism; Enlightenment; Romanticism; interest in physical anthropology, establishing social/cultural anthropology; cultural evolutionism; diffusionism; sociological orientation in ethnology; functionalism and structural functionalism; psychological orientation in ethnology; European ethnology; development of the field in the Slavonic countries.
Study resources and literature
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Lubomír Tyllner - Stanislav Brouček - Richard Jeřábek - Dušan Hol. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., v Praze a Ústav evropské etnologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v nakladatelství Mladá fronta, 2007, 284 stran. ISBN 9788020414502. info
  • BUDIL, Ivo T. Za obzor Západu : proměny antropologického myšlení od Isidora ze Sevilly po Franze Boase. Vyd. 2. V Praze: Triton, 2007, 809 s. ISBN 9788072549986. info
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
General note: Předmět je součástí PZk.
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