HIB032n From Austrian Germans to Sudeten Germans

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Markel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Markel, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 B2.44
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HIB0274 From Austrian Germans
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course focuses on the development of German national identity in Czech Lands during 19th and 20th century on the background of political history.
Students will be presented not only facts about German society in the Habsburg monarchy and Czechoslovakia, but should also develop ability to apply different historical methods on the presented topics and to improve their critical skills.
Learning outcomes
The Student will:-know the material development of Czech-German relations.-to navigate in the theories of the nation.-to be able to analyze a public debate with nationalist overtones and critically evaluate political rhetoric.
Syllabus
  • Modern nations and nationalism as a part of modernizing process; theories of nationalism; nation as a historic construct Formation of German nation in Central Europe; the “German model” issue Germans and the issue of political unity; the Austria-Germany dichotomy
  • Political development of Austrian Germans, 1848-1914; the Empire – nation-state dichotomy
  • The Great War and the emergence of nation-states in Central Europe Germans in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938; forming of the Sudeten-German identity
  • Germans in Czech Lands, 1938-1945; nation-state and totalitarism Destruction of Sudeten German society, 1945-1949; Germans as involuntary émigrés and a minority in Czechoslovakia National myths of Sudeten Germans
Literature
    required literature
  • GELLNER, Ernest. Nacionalismus. Translated by Hana Novotná - Petr Skalník. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2003, 133 s. ISBN 80-7325-023-3. info
  • KŘEN, Jan. Konfliktní společenství : Češi a Němci 1780-1918. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1990, 508 s. ISBN 8020003371. info
  • STANĚK, Tomáš. Odsun Němců z Československa 1945-1947. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1991, 536 s. ISBN 8020003282. info
  • STANĚK, Tomáš. Německá menšina v Českých zemích, 1948-1989. 1. vyd. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1993, 282 s. ISBN 8085241293. info
    recommended literature
  • SEIBT, Ferdinand. Německo a Češi : dějiny jednoho sousedství uprostřed Evropy. Translated by Petr Dvořáček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 464 s. ISBN 8020005773. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with student discussions
Assessment methods
Oral colloquium aimed at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
Language of instruction
Czech
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