Course: National Minorities in Europe

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Course title National Minorities in Europe
Course code KPF/N214
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotný Lukáš, doc. Dr. phil. M.A.
Course content
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

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
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.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
2 presentations - one selected national minority in the Czech Republic and a selected minority in one of the EU countries
Recommended literature
  • 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.
  • KREISSLOVÁ, S., NOVOTNÝ, L. Kulturní rozměr činnosti německé menšiny. 2015. ISBN 978-80-87975-32-9.
  • NOVOTNÝ, L. German Language and German Minority. The Annual of Language & Politics and Politics of Identity 9(1), 2015: 23-42.. Praha, 2015.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching Social Sciences for Secondary Schools (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Philosophy (A14) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Teaching Social Sciences for Middle School (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -