FF:ETMB50 Ethnicity Theory - Course Information
ETMB50 Ethnicity Theory
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Nosková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Alena Křížová, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 12:00–13:40 J31, except Mon 2. 3., except Mon 6. 4., except Mon 4. 5.
- Prerequisites
- Since most of the literature on this topic is in foreign languages, the knowledge of a foreign language (English or German) is essential for participating in this course.
- 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- At the end of the course students should be able to define the basic terms (ethnic group, ethnicity, nation, nationality). They should be able to distinguish and analyse trends in research into the ethnicity theory.
- Syllabus
- Terminology – basic terms
- Fredrik Barth
- Research into ethnicity in the USA
- Research into ethnicity in the UK
- Soviet school of ethnos
- Nation and nationalism
- Czech research in ethnicity and nationalism
- Introducing interesting contemporary ethnological research projects
- 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
- HROCH, Miroslav. V národním zájmu :požadavky a cíle evropských národních hnutí devatenáctého století v komparativní perspektivě. Praha: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 1996, 212 s. ISBN 80-85899-16-7. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- Written test, (group) project
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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