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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Historiographical, methodological introduction 2. The pre-March period, the Czech national movement before 1848 3. Economic and social development in the first half of the 19th century 4. The Revolution of 1848/1849 in the Central European context and its political and social consequences 5. Neoabsolutism 6. Restoration of constitutionalism, the Austro-Prussian War 7. Austro-Hungarian settlement and its consequences, Czech politics in the 1970s 8. Conservative era 9. Political development and national issues from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of World War I 10. Economic and social developments in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries 11. Religious and cultural conditions in the Czech lands 12. Slovakia in the long 19th century, Czech-Slovak relations 13. Czech lands during the First World War, domestic and foreign resistance 14. Issues of the creation of an independent Czechoslovak state, circumstances of its formation
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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 aim of the course is to understand the main processes of the political, social, economic and cultural development of the Czech lands between 1815 and 1918. The student will gain an orientation in the key events from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state. Emphasis is placed on understanding modernization processes, national movements, constitutional development, societal changes, and Czech-German relations.
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to: -describe and explain the main events and processes of the development of the Czech lands from 1815 to 1918 in the context of European history -analyze the transformation of society in the context of industrialization, urbanization, democratization, parliamentarization, political development and cultural changes -understand the emergence of modern civil society and the process of national emancipation of the Czech nation and other ethnic groups in the monarchy -interpret key milestones in Czech-German relations and evaluate the significance of nationalism as a defining phenomenon of the 19th century -consider the specifics of developments in Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia within the context of the Czech lands and the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a whole -assess the role of the First World War in the context of the transition from monarchy to an independent Czechoslovak state -independently evaluate the causes and consequences of major changes in the politics, society and culture of the Czech lands in the period
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in lectures and seminars, discussion of sources and texts, presentation of the assigned paper with presentation (full-time form of study), or submission of a written seminar paper (combined form of study), study of selected titles of professional texts.
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Recommended literature
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