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Lecturer(s)
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Novotný Lukáš, doc. Dr. phil. M.A.
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Course content
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1. Goals of the course 2. Basic concepts (minority, nationalism, minority politics etc.) 3. Protection of rights of the minorities 4. Czech Minority Politics (goals, instruments, subjects, strategies etc.) 5. "Old" and "new" minorities 6. Multiculturalism or pluralism? 7. Gipsies in the Czech Republic 8. Germans in the Czech Republic 9. National minorities in the Ústí nad Labem Region 10. National minorities in the Central Europe 11. Selected problems of Minorities in Europe 12. Migration - present in the European countries 13. Summaries and Conclusions
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to provide basic information about national minorities, that currently exist in the Czech Republic, and to focus on selected nationalities in Europe. The course acquaints with relevant professional terminology, especially with legal anchoring of minorities. Interpretation will focus on historical, demographic and social aspects of minorities.
The student should get knowledges of the causes, nature and consequences of the activities of national minorities in the Czech Republic and European Union countries. The course will present the principles of minority policy of the Czech Republic and selected EU countries, will deal with differences in approach to the so-called old and new minorities and present selected problems of some minorities in EU countries.
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
2 presentations - one selected national minority in the Czech Republic and a selected minority in one of the EU countries
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Recommended literature
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KREISSLOVÁ, S., NOVOTNÝ, L. Between Language Revitalization and Assimilation: On the Language Situation of the German Minority in the Czech Republic. Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics 12(1): 121-139.
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KREISSLOVÁ, S., NOVOTNÝ, L. Kulturní rozměr činnosti německé menšiny. 2015. ISBN 978-80-87975-32-9.
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NOVOTNÝ, L. German Language and German Minority. The Annual of Language & Politics and Politics of Identity 9(1), 2015: 23-42.. Praha, 2015.
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