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Lecturer(s)
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Wiendl Jan, PhD.
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Čančura Lukáš, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) The introductions to the problematic 2) China and the Great Powers in the first half of the 19th century 3) The fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu and the Meiji Reforms 4) China in the second half of the 19th century 5) The South-east Asia under the rule of the colonial powers 6) Japanese entry into the Great Powers system 7) The fall of the Chines Empire and the development of the republics 8) Japanese expansion in Asia 9) The Pacific War and the changes in South-east Asia 10) The creation of the PRC 11) History of Korea and the Korean War 12) China in the second half of the 20th century (Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution) 13) Japan after the World War II
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Group discussion, Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 80 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 60 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 42 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills. |
| teaching methods |
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| Students' portfolio |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Group discussion |
| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Oral exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Aarseth, E. J. Cybertex: Perspective on Ergodic Literature. Baltimore, 1997.
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Duus, Peter (ed.). The Cambridge Histrory of Japan, vol. 5 The Twentieth Century. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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Fairbank, John King; Goldman, Merle. China : a new history. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-674-11673-9.
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Jansen, Marius B. (ed.). The Cambridge Histrory of Japan, vol. 5 The Nineteenth Century. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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Jansen, Marius B. The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge. London : The Belknap Press of Harward University Press, 2002.
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Lockard, Craig. Southeast Asia in World History. Oxford, 2009.
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Seth, Michael J. A History of Korea. New York, 2010.
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Short, P. Mao. Praha, 2001.
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