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Course: Historical Geography

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Course title Historical Geography
Course code KHI/K011
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zábranský Vilém, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Methods of historical geography 2. Practical use of sources in a historian's practice 3. Historical geography of the Czech state and the of Central Europe 4. Selected chapters from European and global historical geography 5. The development of the cultural landscape of the Czech lands During the self-study, students will be guided by the processing of topics specified in lectures, especially the historical-geographical problems of the Czech lands, Europe and the world. Furthermore, it is necessary to process tasks assigned in the presence part or in the framework of continuous communication with the teacher realized through the moodle communication forum.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes

Students understand elementary methodological processes of historical geography. They can describe the relation between historical geography and other disciplines the outcomes and methods of which have hitherto been employed by historical geography. They can categorize the basic sources of historical geography and interpret map materials dating to various periods. Using a source basis, they can evaluate historical and geographic development on the level of a region and characterize this development in the Czech lands from Middle Ages to the 20th century. They are also familiar with the historical development of cultural landscape.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Students are required to actively participate in education in the form of fulfilling continuously assigned tasks and to submit in a written form successful solutions to six tasks based on the discussed subjects.
Recommended literature
  • Historická geografie, ročníky 1968-2015.
  • Historický atlas měst České republiky.
  • BOGUSZAK, František ? CÍSAŘ, Josef. Mapování a měření českých zemí od poloviny 18. století do počátku 20. století. Praha, 1961.
  • BUTLIN, Robert. Historical geography. London, 1998.
  • BŮŽEK, Václav. Region v historickém diskursu. Jihočeský sborník historický 72, s. 5-13. České Budějovice, 2003.
  • GOJDA, Martin. Archeologie krajiny. Praha, 2000.
  • HORSKÁ, Pavla ? MAUR, Eduard ? MUSIL, Jiří. Zrod velkoměsta. Urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Praha-Litomyšl, 2002.
  • JELEČEK, Leoš. Environmentalizace historické geografie, historiografie a historický land use. Historická geografie 30, 1999, s. 53-84.
  • KAŠPAR, Jaroslav. Historická geografie jako pomocná věda historická. AUC-Philosophica et historica, Z pomocných věd historických 5, 1982, s. 17-28.
  • KAŠPAR, Jaroslav. Vybrané kapitoly z historické geografie českých zemí a z nauky o mapách. Praha, 1990.
  • KUCHAŘ, Karel. Mapy českých zemí do poloviny 18. století. Vývoj mapového zobrazení Československé republiky I.. Praha, 1959.
  • KVĚT, Radan. Staré stezky v České republice. Brno, 1997.
  • KVĚT, Radan. Základy nauky o starých stezkách. Brno, 2000.
  • MARTÍNEK, Jiří. Fyzická geografie středověkých Čech. Historická geografie 31, Praha 2001, s. 131-161.
  • SEMOTANOVÁ, Eva. Atlas zemí Koruny české. Praha, 2002.
  • SEMOTANOVÁ, Eva. Historická geografie a její místo v systému věd. AUC-Philosophica et historica, Z pomocných věd historických 13, Praha 1996, s. 115-122.
  • SEMOTANOVÁ, Eva. Historická geografie českých zemí. Praha, 1998.
  • ZWETTLER, Otto. Historická geografie světa. I. Evropa (15.-17. století). Brno, 1992.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archival Science and Record Management (A13) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025