JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Czechs and Germans in the Bohemian Lands 1848-1947

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Course title Czechs and Germans in the Bohemian Lands 1848-1947
Course code KHI/V051
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Okurka Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction 2. Czechs and Germans in the Bohemian Lands before 1848 3. Revolution 1848 and Neo-absolutism 4. The political development and national question 1860-1914 5. World War I and the establishment of Czechoslovakia 6. Czechs and Germans in the First Czechoslovak Republic 1918-1938 7. The Period of National Socialist rule 1938/39-1945 8. Expulsion of Germans after World War II. 9. Economic development 1848-1947 10. Arts and Architecture 11. Science and Education 12. Centres, Remembrance Culture 13. Summary

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students into the topic of the coexistence of the Czechs and Germans in the Bohemian Lands between 1848-1947. The beginning of this period, the revolution year 1848, marks the completion of the formation of two modern nations. The end poses the expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II. The course will be concerned with the development of the Czech-German relations during these 100 years. Attention will be paid to political events with impact on the Czech-German relations but also to economic, social and cultural aspects. Particular topics will always be presented generally and then selected ones will be analysed in detail through work with respective sources and literature.
Students will generally understand the development of the Czech-German relations in the Bohemian Lands in the given period. They will deepen their knowledge of the general principles of nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. They will have better understanding of the history of the Bohemian Lands, especially of the frontier region then settled mostly by the German speaking population. They will gain experience in working critically with sources. They will be informed about Anglo-Saxon, German and Czech literature on the history of Bohemian Lands and Czech-German relationships.
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of English.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in the course, reading texts and ability to discuss them.
Recommended literature
  • ALBRECHT, Catherine. The Bohemian Question. In: The Last Years of Austria-Hungary. A Multi-National Experiment in Early Twentieth-Century Europe, edited by Mark Cornwall,. Exeter, 2002.
  • COHEN, Gary B. The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861-1914. Princeton, 1981.
  • CORNWALL, Mark. Devil´s Wall. The Nationalist Youth Mission of Heinz Rutha. Cambridge, Mass., 2012.
  • ČAPKOVÁ, Kateřina. Czechs, Germans, Jews? National Identity and the Jews of Bohemia. New York - Oxford, 2012.
  • HOUŽVIČKA, Václav. Czechs and Germans 1848-2004. The Sudeten question and the transformation of Central Europe. Praha, 2015.
  • JUDSON, Pieter M. Guardians of the Nation. Activists on the Language Frontiers of Imperial Austria. Cambridge, Mass., and London, 2006.
  • JUDSON, Pieter M. The Habsburg Empire. A New History. Cambridge, Mass., and London, 2016.
  • KANN, Robert A. A History of the Habsburg Empire 1526-1918. Berkeley, 1974.
  • KING, Jeremy. Budweisers into Czechs and Germans. A Local History of Bohemian Politics, 1848-1948. Princeton and Oxford, 2002.
  • LUŽA, Radomír. The Transfer of the Sudeten Germans. A Study of Czech-German Relations, 1933-1962. New York, 1964.
  • NOLTE, Claire Elaine. The Sokol in the Czech Lands to 1914. Training for the nation. New York, 2002.
  • PÁNEK, Jaroslav, TŮMA, Oldřich et alii. A History of the Czech Lands. Praha, 2009.
  • RAŠKA, Francis D. The Czechoslovak exile government in London and the Sudeten German issue. Praha, 2002.
  • SAYER, Derek. Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century : A Surrealist History. Princeton, 2013.
  • SAYER, Derek. The Coasts of Bohemia. A Czech History. Princeton, 1998.
  • SKOUTAJAN, Hanns F. Uprooted and Transplanted. A Sudeten Odyssey from Tragedy to Freedom 1938-1958. Owen Sound, Ont., 2000.
  • TEICHOVÁ, Alice. An Economic Background to Munich. International Business and Czechoslovakia 1918-1938. London, 1974.
  • WINGFIELD, Nancy M. Flag Wars and Stone Saints. How the Bohemian Lands Became Czech. Cambridge, Mass., and London, 2007.


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): Cultural and Historical Regional Studies (A) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Documentation of Historical Memorials (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching of History for Secondary Schools (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural History (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History with Education Emphasis (Two Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural History (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Middle School (Single Subject) (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025