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Lecturer(s)
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Veselý Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Pernes Jiří, doc. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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Topics of the lectures from general history: 1. Introduction to the lectures, methodology. 2. Historiographic foundations. 3. From Bolshevism to Communism - the beginning of totalitarian regime in the USSR. 4. The idea of the world revolution - reasons and causes of failure. 5. Stalinism - reasons, rise, de-Stalinisation in the context of Central and Eastern Europe. 6. Fascism and Nazism - origination, starting points, ideological differences, Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism in the 2nd half of the 20th century. 7. Sovietisation and the downfall of the Iron Curtain. Types and specific examples of Sovietisation, discord with Yugoslavia. 8. The cases of resistance in satellite states - roots and consequences. 9. Cold War 1945-1989. Causes, conflict, disarmament. 10. Arab-Israeli conflict. 11. Year 1968 12. Break of the Eastern Bloc 13. War in Yugoslavia 14. War against terrorism? Foreign politics of the USA and its allies in the new millennium. Topics of the lectures on general history: 1. Forming of the new Czech nation as a logical phenomenon and its specific demonstrations 2. The influence of the Great French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars in the Czech lands 3. Crisis phenomena of the pre-March society 4. Revolution movement in 1848/49 and its consequences 5. The beginnings of the political life of the Czech society in the 1860, transformation of Austria into constitutional monarchy 6. Main ideological streams in the Czech politics in the 2nd half of the 19th century, origination and evolution of Czech political parties 7. Czech society and the Habsburgs 8. Main landmarks in the political development of the Czech society in Austria in the context of international situation. 9. Czech and Germans - national issues from the mid-1900 till the WWI 10. Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia - problems of their relationships, cooperation and confrontation 11. Societal consequences of the economical and social changes in the 2nd half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. 12. Czechoslovakian society in Austria-Hungaria at the break of the 20th century. 13. The journey to the individual Czechoslovak state. 14. Final colloquium, discussion
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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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First part of the course is oriented at history in general, it informs the students in detail about the selected issues of modern history, mainly ideologies which influenced the development of the 1st and 2nd half of the 20th century and the consequences of its implementation in single states. Important changes in the international position of the USA and USSR after the WWII and the following origination of the isolated Eastern Bloc and escalation of the conflict of Cold War in which both superpowers engaged themselves directly or indirectly. This is connected to the inner evolution and tension in the states behind the Iron Curtain but also to the changes in international politics of the Western states. The break-up of the Eastern Bloc brought not only the end of Cold War and world bipolarity but also ethnic conflicts, mainly in the countries of former Yugoslavia, but also international engagement in the war in Iraq. The attacks in New York were the beginning of the so called "international war on terrorism" which has a strong impact on the globalized world of today. Besides the above mentioned problems there will be also discussed the issues of methodology and historiography. In the second semester the course is focused on the Czech history - involves the time of " the long 19th century" - with stress on the beginnings and forming of the new Czech nation at the turn of 1800, social development of the world leading to the Revolution of 1848/49, the time of the so called Bach's absolutism, development of Austria as a constitutional monarchy undergoing gradual democratization process towards the implementation of general and direct right to vote, the development of the Czech society in the 1880s and 1890s. The lecture cycle ends with the founding of the independent Czechoslovak state in 1918. The students will acquire knowledge of the basic problems of our history of this period in the wider context of the history of the whole Habsburg monarchy, its international position and the issues of its inner setting. Special attention is paid to the question of nationality in its wider sense. This is a question of the Czech-German relations inside of our countries, inside the Habsburg monarchy and outside it, about the consolidated relationships between Czech and Slovaks, about the relationships towards other Slavic nations and the beginnings of the relationships between the Czech and the French. Typical problem of this period is a fight for democratic rights and political emancipation of all social classes. A bigger stress will be put on creating the civic society.
The students show knowledge of the facts and key phenomena from the course. They can understand the reasons and consequences of the events which influenced the historical development. In discussion and by answering specific questions they show their knowledge of the obligatory and recommended literature. In the end of the course they are able to form their own opinion to the issue.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Attendance, study of the scientific literature
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Recommended literature
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KAISEROVÁ, Kristina - RAK, Jiří (eds.). Nacionalizace společnosti v Čechách 1848-1914. Ústí nad Labem, 2008.
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Rak, Jiří. Bývalí Čechové. Praha, 1994.
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Rak, Jiří. Zachovej nám, Hospodine. Češi v Rakouském císařství 1804?1918. Praha, 2013.
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Urban, O. Česká společnost 1848-1918. Praha, 1982.
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