JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Town Archives in the Czech Republic

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Course title Town Archives in the Czech Republic
Course code KAPV/KV308
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ledvinka Václav, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
The combined form of the course includes the following topics in individual teaching blocks: 1. Medieval and early modern origins of municipal archives 2. City archives in the Czech Republic 3. Types of archival materials, archive files, funds and collections in city archives - city archives as part of NAD 4. Cooperation with originators, fieldwork, file service and disposal procedures in city archives

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to deepen and concretize students' general theoretical knowledge in the field of archival science in the form of specialized lectures and seminars focusing on the area of city archives and, more generally, the entire group of archives of territorial self-governing units. The genesis of city archives in the Czech lands in the broader European context is analyzed in more detail and the theoretical foundations and historical roots of the current legislative regulation and the factual position of these archives are explained. In the seminar part (supplemented by a professional excursion), students are introduced to the historical role, significance and current agenda of five existing city archives in the Czech Republic, the history and current integration of other originally city archives (within the existing SOA and SOkA) and, in particular, the irreplaceable role of this group of archives in the area of supervision of the file service, pre-archival care, shredding management and enrichment of the national archival heritage.
Students will become familiar with the full range of activities carried out by municipal archives in the Czech Republic.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
None
Recommended literature
  • ČERMÁKOVÁ, Jana ? ČERVENÁ, Radana ? JORDÁNKOVÁ, Hana ? SULITKOVÁ, Ludmila (edd.). Městské archivy a městští archiváři. Brno, 2010.
  • LEDVINKA, Václav. Města v raném novověku jako téma výzkumu, in: Marie Šedivá-Koldinská ? Ivo Cerman a kol., Základní problémy studia raného novověku, Praha 2013, s. 268-306.. Praha, 2013.
  • LEDVINKA, Václav. Písemné prameny ? nové technologie ? pokrok poznání ?, in: X. sjezd českých historiků Ostrava 14.- 16. 9. 2011, sv. 5, hl. redakce sjezdového protokolu Aleš Zářický ? Petr Kadlec ? Michaela Závodná, Ostrava 2017, s. 23- 29.. Ostrava, 2017.
  • LEDVINKA, Václav. Prag 1989-1990. Übergang von der Volksverwaltung zur demokratischen Selbstverwaltung, in: Inseln der bürgerlichen Autonomie? Traditionelle Selbsverwaltungsmilieus in den Umbruchsjahren 1944/45 und 1989/90, Jiří Pešek-Tomáš Nigrin (edd.), (Prager Schriften zur Geschichte und zum Zeitgeschehen, Band 1), Frankfurt a. M. 2009, s. 183-197.. Frankfurt am Main, 2009.
  • LEDVINKA, Václav. Praha ? etapy vývoje po roce 1945. Formování, reformování, deformování a neformování města, in: Evropská velkoměsta mezi koncem války světové a války studené 1945-1989, DP 30, 2011, s. 163-184. Praha, 2011.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.12.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026