HIAb08u Introduction to Modern History

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Denisa Nečasová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Stoklásková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Lukáš Fasora, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
HIAb08u/01: Tue 12:00–13:40 J21, except Tue 14. 11., Z. Stoklásková
HIAb08u/02: Wed 8:00–9:40 B2.52, except Wed 15. 11., T. Dvořák
HIAb08u/03: Wed 14:00–15:40 L35, except Wed 15. 11., D. Nečasová
Prerequisites
HIAb01 Introduction to History
The course is a prerequisite for graduation of the seminars and lectures on history of the 19th and 20th century.
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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 56/75, only registered: 0/75
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
The course is aimed at an introduction to basic concepts, issues and phenomena of so-called modern history,i.e. the history of 19th and 20th centuries (1789 - 1989). It focuses on the resources,terminology,periodization,particular areas and methodology of modern history. The graduates will be able to understand historiographic approaches in modern history and distinguish them from approaches in pre-modern history.
Learning outcomes
A graduate will be able to work with and analyze the sources of modern history, use specific methods of modern history and will know important journals focused on modern history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Terminology (the nineteenth century, modern, modernity, the old regime, a social change, liberalism,world and european history, „the long century“ etc.)
  • 2. Modern history and its relationship to the other disciplines (philosophy, sociology, political science, art history etc.)
  • 3. Lines of the modern history (politics, economy, society, culture, international politics, overseas expansions, oral history, microhistory, mentality)
  • 4. Sources and editions in the modern history
  • 5. Concepts of modern history (revolution, modernization, centralization, social orderliness, nacionalism, konstitutional state, humen rights etc.)
  • 6. Metods in modern history (statistics, discourse, collective biography etc.)
  • 7. Professional journals, domestic and foreign
  • 8. Educational excursions
Literature
    required literature
  • ČECHUROVÁ, Jana and Jan RANDÁK. Základní problémy studia moderních a soudobých dějin. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2014, 756 s. ISBN 9788073085568. info
  • JINDRA, Zdeněk, František SVÁTEK and Jiří ŠTAIF. Úvod do studia hospodářských a sociálních dějin. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 161 s. ISBN 8071844381. URL info
    recommended literature
  • STORCHOVÁ, Lucie. Koncepty a dějiny: Proměny pojmů v současné historické vědě. Praha: Scriptorium, 2015. info
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, Pavel MÜCKE and Hana PELIKÁNOVÁ. Naslouchat hlasům paměti : teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 224 stran. ISBN 9788072850891. info
  • BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Populární kultura a historie jako věda a fikce (úvod) + Tajemství katedrál a jiné tajné historky (Pop History. On historical reliability of novels, films and computer games.). In Pop History. O historické hodnověrnosti románů, filmů a počítačových her. (editorka). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidových novin, 2003, p. 5-8, 131-140, 15 pp. Knihovnička Dějin a současnosti. ISBN 80-7106-345-2. info
  • DÜLMEN, Richard van. Historická antropologie : vývoj, problémy, úkoly. Translated by Josef Boček. 1. vyd. v čes. jaz. Praha: Dokořán, 2002, 116 s. ISBN 8086569152. info
  • WEBER, Max. Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Translated by Miloš Havelka. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1998, 354 s. ISBN 80-86005-48-8. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
  • BENEŠ, Zdeněk. Historický text a historická kultura. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 224 s. ISBN 8071841269. info
  • RAK, Jiří. Bývali Čechové-- :české historické mýty a stereotypy. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 148 s. ISBN 80-85787-73-3. info
  • BLOCH, Marc. Obrana historie, aneb, Historik a jeho řemeslo. Translated by Alena Ondrušková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 182 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures; abstracts; discussion; interpretation of sources; presentations by professionals in the sectors.
Assessment methods
During the course students work out their abstracts and seminar works. Attendance at courses is obligatory. At the end of the course students pass an oral sunmmary exam in the history of 19th century.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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