REBc34 Selected Topics in Greek History of the 20th Century II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Konstantinos Tsivos, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Konstantinos Tsivos, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will learn trought lectures some known and lesser-known chapters of greek history in 20th century. We will place emphasis on political history,but we will also deal with some chapters of social and cultural history. The course is suited to broaden and deepen knowledge of modern greek history.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- interpret modern Greek history in different interrelations and context;
- improve his knowledge gained in previous lectures about history of Greece in 19th and 20th Centuries;
- identify in a more detailed manner many important Greek personalities and their contribution to Greek society;
- gain solid orientation in crucial events of the modern Greek history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Greece during the civil war (1946-1949) - - - causes, course and consequences.
  • 2. The phenomenon of Greek political emigration. Emigration in Czechoslovakia.
  • 3. Political and economic developments in Greece in the 1950s. The American factor.
  • 4. Greece in the 1960s. The Union of the Centre.
  • 5. Dictatorship of the Colonels and the Polytechnic Uprising.
  • 6. The Cyprus question after 1974 - Turkish invasion and partition of the island, the question of EU accession.
  • 7. "Metapolitevsi" or restoration of the constitutional order. Political developments in the 1970s.
  • 8. Greece under a socialist government. Andreas Papandreou and the Greek year 1989.
  • 9. Greece's entry into the EEC - EU. Greece and its neighbours in the 1990s.
  • 10. Greek crisis and political developments in Greece after 2009. The crisis and its reflection in the Czech environment.
  • 11. The current situation in Greece.
Literature
    required literature
  • Πετράκη, Μαρίνα. Ο μύθος του Μεταξά – Δικτατορία και προπαγάνδα στην Ελλάδα. Αθήνα 2006
    not specified
  • Ελλάδα ´39-´49. Από την δκτατορία στον Εμφύλιο. Επ. Fleischer, Hagen. Αθήνα 2003
  • Βαρίκα, Ελένη. Η εξέγερση των κυριών. Γένεση μιας φεμινιστικής συνείδησης στην Ελλάδα. Αθήνα 1997
  • Πετρίδης, Παύλος. Η βασιλεία των στην Ελλάδα (1863-1974). Συμβολή στην απομυθοποίηση της δυναστείας. Αθήνα 1999
  • Králová, Kateřina. Nesplacená minulost: Řecko-německé vztahy ve stínu nacismu. Praha 2012
  • Βερβενιώτη, Τασούλα. Η γυναίκα της Αντίστασης. Η είσοδος των γυναίκων στην πολιτική. Αθήνα 1994
  • Μεταξάς, Ιωάννης. Το προσωπικό του ημερολόγιο. Αθήνα 1980
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Compulsory Attendance,preparing a 20-minute presentation or a 5-page review of a recommended book Oral Colloquiuum
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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