HISTORY OF CENTRAL EUROPE

The aim of the course is to describe the historical development of the Central Europe since 19th
Century till today. The main Focus of the course is the 20th Century. The purpose of the course is
to understand the historical continuity of the region (Central Europe) and implent  it in the
context of General History therefore a prerequisite of at least partial knowledge of the historical
- political development of the region is mandatory.

First Lesson (09/18/12)

The Introduction, course description (course content; attendance – min. 70%; midterm test and final
test 50 – 46 A; 45 – 41 B; 40 – 36 C; 35 – 31 – D; 30 – 25 E).

 “ Central Europe“ - definition of the phenomenon Central Europe. Intorduction Central Europe in
Middle Age and in Early Modern Age.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová, Jana Musilová

Second Lesson: (09/25/12)

 Enlightenment, Maria Theresa, Joseph II, main reforms.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová

Third lesson: (10/02/12)

Napoleon and changes in Central Europe; Revolutions of 19th Century.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová

Fourth lesson: (10/09/12)

Central Europe in 2nd half of 19th.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová

Fifth lesson: (10/16/12)

Central Europe before WWI, during and after.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová

Sixth lesson: (10/23/12)

Midterm test; Central Europe between Wars I.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová

Seventh lesson: (10/30/12)

Central Europe between Wars II.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová

Eight lesson: (11/06/12)

Central Europe and  WWII.

Teacher: Jana Hrabcová

Ninth Lesson: (11/13/12)

Czechoslovakia , Hungary after WWII.

Teacher: Jana Musilová

Tenth lesson: (11/20/12)

Poland and East Germany after WWII.

Teacher: Jana Musilová

Eleventh lesson: (11/27/12)

 Fall of the Iron Curtain and new political situation in Central Europe.

Teacher: Jana Musilová

Twelfth Lesson: (12/04/12)

EU and NATO, Taboo and Czech history.

Thirteenth lesson: (12/11/12)

Final Test.

Teacher: Jana Musilová

References:

Anneli, Albi. EU Enlargement and the Constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe. Cambridge; New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Baldwin, Richard E. The Costs and Benefits of Eastern Enlargement: the Impact on the EU and Central
Europe. Sl: sn, 1997.Strachan, Hew. Financing the  World War I. Oxford: Oxford University Press ,
c2004.

Clarke, David and Wölfel, Ute.  Remembering the German Democratic Republic: Divided Memory in a
United Germany. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Cipkowski, Peter. Revolution in Eastern Europe: Understanding the Collapse of Communism in Poland,
Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. New York: John Wiley & Sons,
c1991.

Chronowski, Nóra and  Drinóczi,  Tímea  and Takács, Tamara. Governmental systems of Central and
Eastern European states. Warszawa: Oficyna, 2011.

Doležalová, Eva and Pánek, Jaroslav. Confession and nation in the era of reformations: Central
Europe in comparative perspective Prague: Institute of History, 2011.

Frommer, Benjamin. National Cleansing: Retribution against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar
Czechoslovakia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Heiss, Mary Ann and Papacosma, S. Victor. NATO and the Warsaw Pact: intrabloc conflicts. Kent,
Ohio: Kent State University Press, c2008.

Holzer, Snyder and Timothy, Bloodlands. Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. London: Bodley Head,
2010.

Joll, James. The origins of the World War I. London: Longman, 1992. New York.

Kaluzynska, Malgorzata and Smyk, Katarzyna and Wisniewski, James. 5 years of Poland in the European
Union. Warsaw: Office of the Committee for European Integration, 2009.

Killingsworth, Matt. Civil society in Communist Eastern Europe: opposition and dissent in
totalitarian regression. Colchester: ECPR Press, 2012.

Lukes, Igor. Czechoslovakia Between Stalin and Hitler: the diplomacy of Edvard Beneš in the 1930s.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Merja, Kuus. Geopolitics Reframed: Security and identity in Europe's Eastern Enlargement. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Minkenberg, Michael. Historical Legacies and the radical right in post-Cold War Central and Eastern
Europe. Stuttgart: Ibidem -Verlag, 2010.

Roberts, Andrew. The storm of war: a new history of the Second World War. London: Penguin Books,
2010.

Robert, Frank and Kumiko Haba Hiroshi & momos. The end of the Cold war and the regional integration
in Europe and Asia. Kyoto: Nakanishi printing, 2010.

Rothschild, Joseph. East Central Europe Between the two World Wars. Seattle: University of
Washington Press, 1998.

Saxonberg, Steven, The Fall: a Comparative study of the End of Communism in Czechoslovakia, East
Germany, Hungary and Poland. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, c2001.

Trachtenberg, Marc. The Cold War and after: history, theory, and the logic of international
politics. Princeton: Princeton University Press, c2012.

Tuma, Oldřich and Jindra, Jiří. Czechoslovakia and Romania in the Versailles System. Prague:
Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2006.

Videos (example only) and Museum visits:

August 21st 1968 in Czechoslovakia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUaMkQAYQNw

Battle of Verdun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWJB6Y-3N5o

Gulags:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gulag&oq=gulag&gs_l=youtube-reduced.1.0.0l4.153304.1559
65.0.158400.5.5.0.0.0.0.267.1033.0j2j3.5.0...0.0.FtvGfTSW5cA

Hungary 1956

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hungarina+revolution+1956&oq=hungarina+revolution+1956&
gs_l=youtube-reduced.3...11872.22449.0.23135.25.25.0.0.0.0.359.4007.7j10j6j2.25.0...0.0.u5hQeYXufMQ

John Kennedy

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH6nQhss4Yc

Milada Horáková:

http://coldwarradios.blogspot.cz/2010/11/i-leave-this-world-without-hatred.html

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/archives/milada-horakova-dignity-in-the-face-of-fanaticism-1

Solidarity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peT3-xSzj08

Winston Churchill - Iron Curtain Fulton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsWw9ij8hcA&feature=fvst

Visit of the Museum of Roma Culture in Brno