JSB071 Czech Minority in South-Eastern Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 B2.42
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
Course objectives
Lectures will introduce history and ethnocultural development of Czech minorities in Balkans. Lectures present Czech diaspora in the World and describes all ethnic and religious minorities in South-Eastern Europe. These lectures will also analyse problems of minority ethnicity and identity in context of nationality politics of homeland towards the minorities of the country where minorities live. In case of Balkan it discusses multi-ethnic agricultural rural colonization of South Hungary in 18th and 19th century and deals with individual Czech diasporas in Croatia, Banat, Bulgaria and Bosnia. It presents cultural and economic influence of Czech colonists on their neighbourhood and the influence of educated part of Czech citizens that start moving to Balkans at the end of 19th century.
Learning outcomes
Having completed the course, students are able to describe the Czech minority in the South-Eastern Europe, its origins, history, the situation after 1989, the most important parameters of its ethnicity and identity, the relations with the majorities, and to evaluate the basic sources and scientific literature.
Syllabus
  • 1. Czech diasporas. Minorities in the South-eastern Europe
  • 2. Minority ethnicity and identity. Nationality politics
  • 3. Multi-ethnic mass agricultural rural colonization of South Hungary in 18th and 19th century. Economic, social and cultural contribution
  • 4. Czechs in Croatia
  • 5. Czechs in Banat
  • 6. Migration of qualified and educated individuals to cities. Economic, social and cultural contribution
  • 7. Czechs in Bulgaria
  • 8. Czechs in Bosnia
  • 9. Current study on Czechs in South-Eastern Europe
Literature
    required literature
  • VACULÍK, Jaroslav. České menšiny v Evropě a ve světě. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2009, 319 s. ISBN 9788072773978. info
  • Heroldová, Iva: Akulturační proces české menšiny v Chorvatsku. Národopisné aktuality 5, 1968, s. 8–13.
    recommended literature
  • UHEREK, Zdeněk. Češi v Bosně a Hercegovině : antropologické pohledy na společenský život české menšiny v zahraničí. Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, 2011, 230 s. ISBN 9788087112489. info
  • PAVLÁSEK, Michal. S motykou a Pánem Bohem : po stopách českých evangelíků ve Vojvodině. Brno: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i. Praha - pracoviště Brno, 2015, 200 stran. ISBN 9788087112915. info
  • České vesnice v rumunském Banátě. Praha: ÚPEa F, 1992, 202 s. ISBN 80-85010-36-4. info
    not specified
  • JAKOUBEK, Marek. Vojvodovo : etnologie krajanské obce v Bulharsku. 1. vyd. V Plzni: Západočeská univerzita, 2010, 347 s. ISBN 9788070439715. info
  • KOKAISL, Petr, Lucie CHUDLAŘSKÁ and Jan BENEŠ. Češi v Chorvatsku. Praha: Nostalgie, 2012, 179 s. ISBN 9788090536517. info
  • Šatava, Leoš: České etnikum v jinonárodním prostředí. In: Češi v cizině 4. Praha 1989, s. 63–76.
  • Štěpánek, Václav: Česká kolonizace Banátské vojenské hranice na území srbsko-banátského hraničářského pluku. In: Od Moravy k Moravě. Z historie česko-srbských vztahů v 19. a 20. století. Brno 2005, s. 72–101.
  • Zeman, Pavel: Čeští učitelé na gymnáziích v Bulharsku v letech 1878–1912. In: Przybylski, Michal – Šaur, Josef a kolektiv: Mladá slavistika. Současné trendy ve výzkumu slovanských literatur, jazyků a kultur. Brno 2014, s. 147–162.
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Balkán po roce 1944 (Balkans after 1944). 1st ed. Brno: Historický ústav FF MU, 2013, 180 pp. info
  • Auerhan, Jan: Čechoslováci v Jugoslávii, v Rumunsku, v Maďarsku a v Bulharsku. Praha 1921.
  • Uherek, Zdeněk. Migrace v české etnologii: náměty k obohacení migrační teorie. Národopisná revue 26, 2016, s. 263–270.
Teaching methods
lecture, reading of texts, discussion, self-study of literature and historical sources
Assessment methods
Regular attendance (70 %). Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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