HIA297 Friends and Foes: Vienna and Berlin, 1791-1938

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Dr. Christopher Brennan (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Hanuš, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
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
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 B1.41, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 13/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to explore the background to this situation, its evolution and tensions, its settlement during the course of the 19th century, and the subsequent relations between a united German Empire around Berlin and the newly formed Austro-Hungary Monarchy. The course also aims to investigate the relations between the Republics of Germany and Austria after 1918 and the collapse of their respective empires, their collapse into authoritarianism, and the termination of the issue with the annexation of the former by the latter in 1938.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
describe the political situation in Central Europe after the Congress of Vienna; characterize the mutual relations between Prussia and Austria; describe the causes of the collapse of the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire; characterize and compare the political development of the German and Austrian Republics in the interwar period.
Syllabus
  • By the time of the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815, both Austria and Prussia were undisputed European Great Powers. However, with the disappearance of the Holy Roman Empire, the contest for Central Europe (in effect, Germany) was wide open. Whereas the Prussians favoured German unification without Austria (a Protestant-ruled Kleindeutschland), the Austrians wished to include all Germanic territories and potentially their own non-German territories (Hungarians, Czechs, South Slavs, Italians, Poles, Ruthenians, Romanians and Slovaks) in an overwhelmingly Catholic Großdeutschland. The aim of this course is to explore the background to this situation, its evolution and tensions, its settlement during the course of the 19th century, and the subsequent relations between a united German Empire around Berlin and the newly formed Austro-Hungary Monarchy. The course also aims to investigate the relations between the Republics of Germany and Austria after 1918 and the collapse of their respective empires, their collapse into authoritarianism, and the termination of the issue with the annexation of the former by the latter in 1938.
Teaching methods
Lecture, reading
Assessment methods
Essay
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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