HIB062bn Silence and remembrance: The problem of National Socialism after 1945

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Alexander Pinwinkler (seminar tutor), Mgr. Hana Ambrožová (deputy)
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 20. 9. 9:00–13:40 VP, Fri 4. 10. 9:00–13:40 VP, Fri 25. 10. 9:00–13:40 B1.41, Fri 6. 12. 9:00–13:40 B1.41
Prerequisites
language: English and - if possible - also German
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 14/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
In the seminar, methodological approaches such as the history of discourse and the cultural history of the political, which have become increasingly important in recent historical research, are to be practised more intensively for the in-depth examination of the problem of National Socialism in the Second Republic in Austria.
The aim is to establish comparative links between the cultures of remembrance in Austria and Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic after 1945 and to analyse similarities and differences in dealing with the legacy of National Socialism in both countries.
Learning outcomes
Learning about the problem of coming to terms with a difficult political past on the example of Austria after 1945.
Syllabus
  • Introductory literature (selection): ASSMANN, Aleida: Der lange Schatten der Vergangenheit: Erinnerungskultur und Geschichtspolitik. 4. Aufl., München 2021. BENZ, Wolfgang (Hg.): Wann ziehen wir endlich den Schlussstrich? Von der Notwendigkeit öffentlicher Erinnerung in Deutschland, Polen und Tschechien, Berlin 2004. BRANDES, Detlev: Der Weg zur Vertreibung 1938-1945. Pläne und Entscheidungen zum „Transfer“ der Deutschen aus der Tschechoslowakei und aus Polen. Mit einem Vorwort von Hans Lemberg. 2., erw. Aufl. 2005. COUDENHOVE-KALERGI, Barbara (Hg.): Die Beneš-Dekrete, Wien 2002. FROMMER, Benjamin: National cleansing retribution against Nazi collaborators in postwar Czechoslovakia, Cambridge [u.a.] 2005. HALLAMA, Peter: Nationale Helden und jüdische Opfer: Tschechische Repräsentationen des Holocaust, Göttingen 2015. PINWINKLER, Alexander/Thomas Weidenholzer (Hg.): Schweigen und erinnern: das Problem Nationalsozialismus nach 1945, Salzburg 2016. TÁLOS, Emmerich/Ernst Hanisch u.a. (Hg.): NS-Herrschaft in Österreich, Wien 2000. UHL, Heidemarie, Ljiljana Radonić (Hrsg.): Gedächtnis im 21. Jahrhundert. Zur Neuverhandlung eines kulturwissenschaftlichen Leitbegriffs, Bielefeld 2016. WELZER, Harald: Das kommunikative Gedächtnis. Eine Theorie der Erinnerung, München 2017.
Teaching methods
Diskussion and interpretation. Presentations by students. Joint reading and discussion of selected source texts from Austrian archives.
Assessment methods
Activity in lessons and by presentations
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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