BKA200 Ethnic Conflicts and tension on the Balkan Peninsula

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Josef Oriško, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Josef Oriško, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 A40
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 37 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/37, only registered: 0/37, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/37
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This subject deals with the ethnic problems occured in the Balkans in the post cold war period. The subject specifies the term “the Balkans”, describes the Balkan countries ethnic structure, explains the main ethnological terms and streams. The ethnic conflicts and tensions are broadly displayed on the twelve examples. Those, who will have completed the lectures, ought to be theoretically prepared for the possible following research, and likewise they ought to be able to discuss the Balkan conflicts topics. They are also to be able to distinguish the true and the coloured informations comming from the present Balkans. The subject is the appropriate choice for those studying the Balkans, and particulary for those preparing themselves for the diplomatic career.
Syllabus
  • 1 Problematic Introduction 1.1 The Term of the Balkans Specification A geografic point of wiew. A cultural and a historical point of wiev. The present perception of the term of the balkans. 1.2 The Balkans as the European Ethnic Mosaic The ethic picture of the Ex Yugoslavia. The ethnic picture of Romania. The ethnic picture of Bulgaria. The ethnic picture of the European Turke.y The ethnic picture of Greece. The ethnic picture of Albani. 1.3 The Basic Ethnological Therms: ethnic society, the ethnic knowledge, the ethnic group, the ethographical group, the nation, the national knowledge, the nationality, the national minority, the citizen knowledge, the citizenship and the other terms concerning the Balkan issues. The other ethological terms. 1.4 The Ethnic Conflict and the Ethnic Tension The ethnic conflict. The ethnic tension. The other negative interethnic events. 2 Serbs and Croats (Croatia) 2.1 The History of the Conflict Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The conflict in the 90ths. 2.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible conflict solutions. 3 Serbs, Croats and Bosnjaks (Bosnia and Hercegovina) 3.1 The History of the Conflict Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The conflict in the 90ths. 3.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible conflict solutions. 4 Serbs and Albanians (Kosovo and Metohia) 4.1 The Historiy of the Conflict Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The conflict in the 90ths. 4.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible conflict solutions. 5 Serbs and Albanians (Serbia Proper) 5.1 The History of the Conflict Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The conflict in the 90ths. 5.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible conflict solutions. 6 Macedonians and Albanians (Macedonia) 6.1 The History of the Conflict Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The conflict in the 90ths. 6.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible conflict solutions. 7 Montenegrins and Albanians (Montenegro) 7.1 How the Tension Occured Up to the 20th century. The going on tension in the 90ths. 7.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible tension moderation. 8 Serbs and Croats (Vojvodina) 8.1 How the Tension Occured Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The going on tension in the 90ths. 8.2 The Present Situations The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible tension moderation. 9 Serbs and Hungarians (Vojvodina) 9.1 Hoíw the Tension Occured Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The going on tension in the 90ths. 9.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible tension moderation. 10 Romanians and Hungarians (Romania) 10.1 How the Tension Occured Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The going on tension in the 90ths. 10.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The role of the humanitarian organizations. The possible tension moderation. 11 Macedonians and Greeks (Macedonia, Greece) 11.1 How the Tension Occured Up to the 20th century. 20th century. The going on tension in the 90ths. 11.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The possible tension moderation. 12 Greeks a Turks (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus) 12.1 How the Tension Occured Up to the 20th century. The going on tension in the 90ths. 12.2 The Present Situation The present situation. The role of the media. The possible tension moderation. 13 Ten-Days War in Slovenia in 1991
Literature
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  • TESAŘ, Filip. Etnické konflikty. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 251 s. ISBN 9788073670979. URL info
  • STOJAROVÁ, Věra. Otázka kosovská v širším pojetí bezpečnosti (Kosovo question in the wider security concept). In ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Současné Srbsko- politika, kultura, Evropská unie. první. Brno: Ústav slavistiky, 2007, p. 101-125, 24 pp. ISBN 80-7326-127-8. info
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  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Zrušení Kosovské autonomie: Zásadní mezník na cestě k nezávislosti Kosova (Kosovo Autonomy Abolishment: Principal Turning Point of Kosovo Independence). Slovanské historické studie. Praha-Brno: Historický ústav AV ČR, 2007, vol. 32, No 32, p. 351-361. ISSN 0081-007X. info
  • STÝSKALÍKOVÁ, Věra. Etnické menšiny v Albánii (Ethnical minorities in Albania). Boček, Pavel-Hladký, Ladislav-Krejčí, Pavel-Stehlík, Petr-Štěpánek, Václav (eds. In Studia Balcanica Bohemo-Slovaca. Brno: Matice moravská, 2006, p. 531-539, 8 pp. ISBN 80-86488-32-2. info
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  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Srbské snahy o revizi principů jugoslávské ústavy z roku 1974 (Od konce šedesátých let 20. století do 8. zasedání Ústředního výboru Svazu komunistů Srbska v září 1987) (Serbian Attempts to Revise the Principles of the Yugoslavian Constitution of 1974 (From the End of the 1960s till the 8th Session of the Central Committee of the League of Serbian Communists in September 1987). Slovanské historické studie. Praha, Brno: Historický ústav AV ČR, 2006, vol. 31, No 31, p. 101–136. ISSN 0081-007X. info
  • STÝSKALÍKOVÁ, Věra. UCK: Terorismus nebo guerilla? (KLA- Terorrism or guerilla?). In SOULEIMANOV, Emil. Terorismus: válka proti státu. první. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2006, p. 203-224, 21 pp. edice. ISBN 80-86861-76-7. info
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Kosovo. Co dál? (Kosovo. What next?). Praha, 2005. info
  • BALÍK, Stanislav and Věra STÝSKALÍKOVÁ. Miloševičovo Srbsko. Případová studie kompetitivního mobilizačního autoritativního režimu (Serbia under Milosevic. The Case Study of Competitive Mobilisational Authoritarian Regime). Stedoevropské politické studie. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav MU, 2005, VII., No 4, p. 456-479. ISSN 1212-7817. info
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  • STÝSKALÍKOVÁ, Vera. Republika Albánie (Republic of Albania). In KUBÁT, Michal. Politické a ústavní systémy zemí středovýchodní Evropy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004, 18 pp. politologie, I. ISBN 80-86432-90-4. info
  • STÝSKALÍKOVÁ, Věra. Zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika Albánie (Foreign and security policy of Albania). Zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika vybraných zemí Balkánu. In STÝSKALÍKOVÁ, Věra and Hubert SMEKAL. Zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika vybraných zemí Balkánu. Brno: MPÚ, 2004, p. 91-137, 46 pp. ISBN 80-210-3572-2. info
  • STÝSKALÍKOVÁ, Věra. Kosovská osvobozenecká armáda - UÇK (Kosovo Liberation Army). Rexter - časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu. Brno: Centrum strategických studií, 2003, vol. 2003, No 1, p. 1-14. ISSN 1214-7737. URL info
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  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Kosovo od autonomie k protektorátu. Nástin vývoje kosovské otázky od zrušení autonomie po počátek vojenských akcí NATO (Kosovo: From autonomy to the Protectorate. Outline of the development of the Kosovo issue from the abolition of autonomy after the start of NATO military operations). Litteraria Humanitas. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 10/2001, No 1, p. 71–90. ISSN 1213-1253. info
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Zápisky z doby bombardování (Notes from the time the bombing). Edited by Ivan Dorovský. 1st ed. Brno: Společnost přátel jižních Slovanů, 1999, 55 pp. info
Teaching methods
The subject explains the millenium bloddy events in the Balkans in the form of the two-hour lectures, with the emphasis on the broad discussion with the lecturer. The lecturer combines literature support with his own large field experience. The lectures are enriched with the films and the documentaries concerning the topic. There will be a voluntary field excursion organized after the end of the semester.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. Exam: The subject output is to be the oral exam and the written two-pages essay concerning the topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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