HIAb12 Historical geography

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Stoklásková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to help students understand the field of history and reflect on the geographical context of the historical questions asked and master the practical skills of geographic methods on the supranational, national, regional and local levels.
Learning outcomes
The graduate will be able to describe the basic outlines of historical geography and topography as scientific fields and their current trends. He/she will be able orient himself/herself in the basic literature and acquire a practical synopsis in geographical and topographical guides and the skills necessary for their use. The graduate is also acquainted with the basic possibilities of the use of geographic and cartographic sources and their interpretation.
Syllabus
  • 1) Historical lands and state groups of Europe – general overview of the geographic complexes with and emphasis on the transformations of the significant geographical terms. Church historical geography
  • 2) Historical geograpy of Central Europe
  • 3) Historical geography of the Czech lands and Czechoslovakia. Development of the territorially administrative wholes within the Czech/Czechslovak state
  • 4) Historical and cultural regions, their perceptions and place in the cultural memory. National geography and its significance
  • 5) Historica; topography – topographical guides. Geographical and topographical sources. Historical map works
  • 6) Historical microspace. Towns and countryside
  • 7) The phenomenon of borders. The perception and function of borders, symbolic signifikance of borders and maps.
Literature
    required literature
  • SVITÁK, Zbyněk. Úvod do historické topografie českých zemí (Introduction to the historical topography of Czech lands). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 105 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7120-9. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • SEMOTANOVÁ, Eva. Historická geografie českých zemí. Praha: Historický ústav, 1998, 293 s. ISBN 80-85268-73-6. info
    recommended literature
  • SEMOTANOVÁ, Eva and Jiří CAJTHAML. Akademický atlas českých dějin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2014, xxviii, 55. ISBN 9788020021823. info
  • MAGOCSI, Paul Robert. Historical atlas of East Central Europe. Edited by Geoffrey J. Matthews. 1st paperback ed., with corr. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995, xiii, 218. ISBN 0-295-97445-1. info
Teaching methods
Seminare combined with interpretation. Homework.
Assessment methods
Evaluation of the ongoing preparation for the seminars, colloquia
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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