Course: Selected Problems of the History of the Central and Southeastern Europe in the 20th Century

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Course title Selected Problems of the History of the Central and Southeastern Europe in the 20th Century
Course code KHV/EHNX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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
Southeast Europe before the First World War from the Bosnian crisis 1908 to the "Great War" The New World Order Central and Southeastern Europe as a "Cordon sanitaire"? The postwar society nations and minorities Problems of Democracy from Habsburg to Hitler Italian foreign policy in the Danube region and the emergency of authoritarian tendencies Dollfuss and Gömbös Hitler ante portas Austrian Nazism and authoritarianism On the way to the "Rome protocols" (1934) The Third Reich and Southeastern Europe in the second half of the 20th Century the German advance towards the Danube The Second World War (1939-1945) occupation policy of the Third Reich in Central Europe. Racial Tragedy The Nazi regime and Jewish ethnic groups in central and Southeastern Europe. From Yalta 1945 to the putsch in February 1948 (The Sovietization of Central and Southeastern Europe) Forced population transfers (1945-1948) "transfer" or "expulsion" Division of postwar Germany and Austria as a "borderline"?! The year 1956, and afterwards in the East Bloc The collapse of the East Bloc in 1989 in Central and Southeastern Europe The way of Central and Southeastern Europe towards EU 1993-2004

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 58 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the most important events of European history of the 20th century
to describe the most important events of the history of Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 20th century
Skills
to use electronic information resources
to analyse on the basic level the problems of history of 20th century
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize political, social, cultural and economic changes in the specific area of Central and Southeastern Europe in the 20th century
to characterise the development in the specific area of Central and Southeastern Europe which has provided a possibility for a rivalry of great powers
Skills
to independently interpret the consequences of the fundamental milestones of Central European history in the 20th century in connection with events in Southeastern Europe
to analyze independently the activities and the role of important personalities of Central European and Balkans history
to critically analyze the most important events of Central and South European history from the end of the 19th to the year 1989
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Self-study of literature
Competences
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Fischer, H. Eine kleine Geschichte Ungarns. Frankfurt am Main, 1999.
  • Jeřábek, Martin. Konec demokracie v Rakousku, 1932-1938 : politické, hospodářské a ideologické příčiny pádu demokracie. Praha : Dokořán, 2004. ISBN 80-86569-51-9.
  • Křen, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha : Argo, 2005. ISBN 80-7203-612-2.
  • TEJCHMAN, M., LITERA, B. Moskva a socialistické země na Balkáně 1964?1989: vnější a vnitřní aspekty vývoje a rozpadu sovětského bloku na Balkáně. Praha, 2009.
  • Tejchman, Miroslav. Balkán ve válce a v revoluci : 1939-1945. 1. vyd. V Praze : Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 978-80-246-1374-1.
  • Veber, Václav. Dějiny Rakouska. 1. dopl. a aktualiz. vyd. [i.e. 4. vyd.]. Praha : NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7106-564-7.
  • Vykoukal, Jiří; Litera, Bohuslav; Tejchman, Miroslav. Východ : vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. Praha : Libri, 2000. ISBN 80-85983-82-6.


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