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Lecturer(s)
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Rokoský Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Restored Czechoslovakia - negotiations in exile, National Front, direction Moscow 2. National question in Czechoslovakia - expulsion and deportation of Germans 3. Third Republic, society, retributions 4. February 1948 - coup d'état completed 5. Communist Czechoslovakia - part of the Soviet empire 6. 1950s - political trials, repression and illegality 7. The Third Resistance and the crisis shocks of the regime 8. Exile and the Iron Curtain 9. Collectivisation of agriculture 10. Culture and the "Golden Sixties" 11. Prague Spring 1968 12. Communist "normalisation" 13. The fall of the communist regime 14. The disintegration of Czechoslovakia
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The second teaching cycle begins with the end of World War II and continues through the Cold War, culminating in the collapse of the communist regimes. The goal is to gain a general overview of a wide range of contemporary issues, a more detailed knowledge of the literature, and an integration of Czech developments into the Bolshevization of Central and Eastern Europe. This is particularly relevant to the transformations in the political, economic, social and cultural development of communist Czechoslovakia. Again, the topics of the exercises are chosen by the students themselves according to their own interest, and home preparation is followed by a debate on the chosen topic; "academic arguments" between students and efforts to get closer to the point are welcome.
The listener is able to critically evaluate relevant literature and sources and is able to formulate and defend his/her own opinion in individual debates. At the same time, he/she is able to navigate the main issues of the time, including methodological and heuristic issues.
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Prerequisites
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Czech History of the 20th Century A KHI/BPH35
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Students will prepare a seminar paper based on archival sources and pass a written exam.
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Recommended literature
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