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Course: Czech Statehood I

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Course title Czech Statehood I
Course code KPF/N009
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Kocian Jiří, prof. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Czech statehood in 1848-1918 2. Origin of the Czechoslovak state as one of the transformational models in Central Europe 3. Political elites of the interwar period in Czechoslovakia 4. Programs and emancipatory processes 1918-1938 5. Czechoslovakia in European politics in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century 6. State and the establishment of legislation in 1938-1945 7. Czechoslovak state in the Cold War era 8. Transformations of property-ownership relations after 1945 10. Social reality Czech of society after World War II 11. Persecution of citizens as a form of state policy 12. Nations and nationalities in a federal state 12. Czechoslovak crisis in the 60s 13. Collapse of Communism in Czechoslovakia

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The target of the course Czech Statehood I is to deal with the interpretation of Czech (Czechoslovak) Statehood development and selected areas of state politics and state institutions in the Czech Lands and in Czechoslovakia during the 20th century with the emphasis on the period of existence of Czechs and Slovaks in a federal state in 1918-1992. Students will get acquainted with the interpretation of political, social and cultural transformations and its influence over Czech society and the international context as well. The course will be focused on the origins of modern Czech statehood in the period after the Fall of Communism and on the way of dissolving of Czechoslovakia.
Students will acquire the following academic knowledge: - can characterize the concept of statehood - can use academic terminology - can explain the influence of fundamental systemic changes in the 20th century on the Czech (Czechoslovak) Statehood - can characterize the transformation of the Czech statehood in the international context during the Fall of Communism in Europe
Prerequisites
None.
KPF/N008

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Independent work with academic texts and studying of academic Czech and foreign literature will be required. Students will hand in a seminar work in the extent of 5 pages. At the exam, students will be assessed on the basis of an individual interview related to their work.
Recommended literature
  • Broklová, Eva. Československá demokracie. Politický systém 1918-1938. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1992. ISBN 80-901059-6-3.
  • Kostrbová, Lucie, Malínská, Jana a kol. 1918: Model komplexního transformačního procesu?. Praha: Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, v. v. i., 2010. ISBN 978-80-86495-57-6.
  • Kuklík, Jan. Londýnský exil a obnova československého státu 1938-1945. Právní a politické aspekty obnovy Československa z hlediska prozatímního státního zřízení ČSR v emigraci. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-665-1.
  • Mamatey, Victor S., Luza, Radovan V. (ed.). A History of the Czechoslovak Republic 1918-1948. Princeton University Press, 1973. ISBN 978-0691052052.
  • Maršálek, Pavel. Protektorát Čechy a Morava. Státoprávní a politické aspekty nacistického okupačního režimu v českých zemích 1939-1945. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 80-246-0302-0.
  • Němeček, Jan a kol. 1938: Československo a krize demokracie ve střední Evropě ve 30. a 40. letech XX. století. Hledání východisek. Praha: Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., 2010. ISBN 978-80-7286-156-9.
  • Rychlík, Jan. Češi a Slováci ve 20. století. Spolupráce a konflikty 1914-1992. Praha, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7429-133-3.
  • Seton-Watson, George Hugh Nicholas. Nations and states: an enquiry into the origins of nations and the politics of nationalism. London: Methuen, 1977. ISBN 9780891582274.


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): Political Philosophy (A14) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025