FF:HIAb09a General History in the 20th C. - Course Information
HIAb09a General History in the 20th Century
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Poskytovatelé Specifické podpory výuky
- Mgr. Marek Lang, Ph.D. (zapisovatel)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- HIAb09a/01: Wed 14:00–15:40 B2.34, except Wed 15. 11., T. Dvořák
HIAb09a/02: Thu 10:00–11:40 B2.42, except Thu 16. 11., J. Němec - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- HIAb08u Introduction to Modern Hist.
- 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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 34/50, only registered: 1/50 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- History (programme FF, B-HI_) (2)
- Course objectives
- The course focuses on inter-war and post-war period of history of the central-european countries, in particular Austria, Hungary, Poland compared with the same period of Czechoslovakian history. Special attention is paid to the problems and the policies toward ethnic minorities and to the relations between states and non-ruling ethnic groups in general.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and to explain the political development as well as the main trends of the social and economic changes of the region.
- Syllabus
- Defining of the Central Europe. Concepts of the central-europaen modern history.
- Peacemaking 1919-1922 and constitution of the new countries as the result of the WWI and dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy.
- Nation, nationality, nationalism. The question of ethnic minorities, mutual teritorial claims.
- Political development, political systems and parties. Rising of totalitarianism. Dictatorship in Central Europe.
- Economy development. The great economic depression and its results.
- Foreign policy and mutual realtions of the central-european countries.
- The Central Europe during the WWII.
- Rising of communists power. Constitution and consolidation of the Soviet bloc.
- Literature
- required literature
- KŘEN, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 1109 s. ISBN 8072036122. info
- LEMBERG, Hans. Porozumění :Češi - Němci - východní Evropa : 1848-1948. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 350 s. ISBN 80-7106-390-8. info
- recommended literature
- DAVIES, Norman. Polsko : dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Translated by Miroslava Valentová - Aleš Valenta. V českém jazyce vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2003, 481 s. ISBN 8072600834. info
- BRANDES, Detlef. Cesta k vyhnání :1938-1945 : plány a rozhodnutí o "transferu" Němců z Československa a z Polska. Translated by Petr Dvořáček. V čes. jaz. vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2002, 499 s. ISBN 80-7260-070-2. info
- BLAIVE, Muriel. Promarněná příležitost :Československo a rok 1956. Translated by Marcela Poučová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2001, 481 s. ISBN 80-7260-053-2. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, homework, reading.
- Assessment methods
- Credit. Seminar paper on given topic.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/autumn2023/HIAb09a