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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 instructional cycle begins at the end of the Second World War, continues through the Cold War, and culminates in the collapse of communist regimes. The aim is to gain a general overview of the wide range of contemporary issues, a more detailed knowledge of the scholarly literature, and to place the Czech development within the context of the Bolshevization of Central and Eastern Europe. This primarily concerns the transformations in the political, economic, social, and cultural development of communist Czechoslovakia. Students once again choose the seminar topics themselves according to their interests. After home preparation, a discussion on the chosen topic follows; "academic debates" between students are encouraged, as is the effort to get closer to the essence of the matter.
The listener is able to critically evaluate relevant literature and sources, is able to formulate and defend his/her own opinion, is oriented in the main problems of the time, including methodologically and heuristically.
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Prerequisites
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None
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 successfully defend it in a debate.
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Recommended literature
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