Course: Selected Problems of the Migration History

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Course title Selected Problems of the Migration History
Course code KHV/DMN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šlais Rudolf, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Migration in Early Modern Society History of Labour Migration National Migration (Irish Migration, Italian Migration) - Emigration from Habsburg Monarchy Migration Routes and Policy Transfer Population and Migration. Migration since World War I

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic milestones in the migration history of the 18th to 20th centuries
to describe the root causes of population migration
Skills
to analyse on the basic level the problems of history of 19th and 20th century
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe the course of migration processes
to characterize individual national migrations
Skills
to create an analysis of individual national migrations
to interpret independently sources from migration history
to interpret independently the main causes, directions, and consequences of human migration
to analyze milestones in the history of population migration
to critically evaluate data from the migration history
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Self-study of literature
Skills
Individual study
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Skills
Oral exam
Competences
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Bade, Klaus J. Evropa v pohybu : evropské migrace dvou století. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005. ISBN 80-7106-559-5.
  • Baršová, Andrea; Barša, Pavel. Přistěhovalectví a liberální stát : imigrační a integrační politiky v USA, západní Evropě a Česku. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2005. ISBN 80-210-3875-6.
  • KING, Russel. Atlas lidské migrace. Praha, 2008.
  • POLIŠENSKÝ, Josef. Úvod do studia dějin vystěhovalectví do Ameriky. Obecné problémy dějin českého vystěhovalectví do Ameriky, 1848-1914. Praha, 1992.
  • Vaculík, Jaroslav. České menšiny v Evropě a ve světě. 1. vyd. Praha : Libri, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7277-397-8.
  • Vlha, Marek. Mezi starou vlastí a Amerikou : počátky české krajanské komunity v USA 19. století. Vydání 1. 2015. ISBN 978-80-87709-13-9.


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