FF:HIB030b Czechs and Germans in 20th C. - Course Information

HIB030b Czechs and Germans in the 20th Century

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. David Kovařík, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. David Kovařík, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Thu 14:00–15:40 B2.21, except Mon 17. 11. to Sun 23. 11.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 22/25, only registered: 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)

Course objectives

The aim of the seminar is to provide participants with an overview of the latest state of research and basic facts on the history of Czech-German coexistence and the German minority in the Czech lands from 1918 to the present. The questions of relations between Czechs and Germans and the position of various population groups (anti-fascists, specialists, members of mixed marriages, Austrians, German-speaking Jews, Czech old settlers, new settlers and re-migrants in the borderlands or non-relocated Germans) will be examined. The seminar will also provide a basic overview of related topics to the issue under study (minority politics in Czechoslovakia, the transformation of the Czech borderlands after 1945). Reading or watching excerpts from films and period documentaries followed by discussion is also part of the seminar.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand relations between Czechs and Germans from 1918 to the present, characterize minority politics in Czechoslovakia, and interpret the state of research on Czech-German coexistence.

Syllabus

• Introduction to the topic, methodological and conceptual approaches to the issue of Czech-German relations, basic concepts, literature review and the current state of research.
• Main features and key issues of Czech-German coexistence in interwar Czechoslovakia and during the Nazi occupation.
• Post-war displacement of Germans and its reflection in contemporary historiography.
• The position of selected groups of the German population in the Czech territory after 1945 (anti-fascists, specialists, mixed marriages, Austrians, German-speaking Jews).
• Issues of some indifferent population groups in the Czech territory (Hlučín region, Vitoraz region).
• The Czech borderland as a place of conflict and post-war transformation (Czech old settlers, new settlers and re-migrants, forced migrations in the 1950s, disappearance of border settlements).
• The position of the German minority after 1945 and the development of Czech-German relations up to the present.
• The theme of Czech-German relations in art (theatre, film, literature).
• Czech-German coexistence in Brno and its commemoration.

Teaching methods

The main teaching methods will be lectures, reading specialized texts or watching film documentaries, group discussions.

Assessment methods

credit

Language of instruction

Czech

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