HIA112d General History of the Twentieth Century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 B2.44
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HIA109u Introduction to Modern History
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the curse students schould be able: list and describe changes in the system of european states and imperiums after the Peace of Versailles; define and interpretate social, political, economical and cultural trends in Europe between 1918-1939; analyse social and political ideologies; debate crossroads and reasons of crisis of democracy and rise of autoritarian/totalitarian movement; compare changes in the social structure and structure of political power in Germany, Italy and Sowiet Russia.
Syllabus
  • The Peace of Paris and the new order; European international politics in the 20th of 20th Century; Victorious powers - Great Britain and France; Social and economical devolopment in Europe and the consequences of the world economic depression; Political ideologies and autoritarism; Birth of fascism - Italy; Fascism and totalitarism - Hitlers Germany; Revolution, communism and totalitarism -Stalins USSR; Civil war in Spane; Small countries in the middle, east and southeast Europe - gradual abandonment of parliament democracy; Fall of the Order of Versailles and path to the new war in Europe.
Literature
  • Hobsbawn, Eric, Věk extrémů. Krátké dvacáté století 1914-1991, Praha 1998, s. 30- 232.
  • Křen, Jan, Dvě století střední Evropy, Praha 2005.
  • GILBERT, Felix and David Clay LARGE. Konec evropské éry : dějiny Evropy 1890-1990. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003, 654 s. ISBN 8020408878. info
  • VINEN, Richard. Evropa dvacátého století. Translated by Monika Vosková - Vladimír Novák. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007, 556 s. ISBN 9788070217351. info
  • Gilbert, Martin, Dějiny dvacátého století. Sv. 1., 1900-1933, Praha 2005.
  • Fergusson, Niall, Válka světa. Dějiny věku nenávisti. Praha 2008, s. 107-476.
  • Mac Millanová, Margaret, Mírotvorci. Pařížská konference 1919, Praha, 2004.
  • Möller, Horst, Europa zwischen den Weltkriegen, Oldenbourg 1998 (Oldenbourg Grundriss der Geschichte, Bd. 21
  • GILBERT, Felix and David Clay LARGE. The end of the European era : 1890 to the present. 4th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Comp., 1991, xvi, 598. ISBN 0393960595. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion.
Assessment methods
Final colloqium. Seminar paper on given topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Ke zkoušce se posluchač může přihlásit po absolvování Úvodu do moderních dějin, a dvou ze tří kursů dějin 20. století + 1. výběr. kursu z dějin 20. stol.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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