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Course: Europe and Overseas

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Course title Europe and Overseas
Course code KHV/EZD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Holešovský Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Historical, social and technological conditions of European overseas expansion 2) A comparative approach to the study of the overseas expansion of the West 3) The symbolic construction of knowledge and understanding of overseas cultures and civilizations 4) Specific colonial policy and the development of European overseas regions 5) Europe and Western civilization in the context of the global system 6) The impact of overseas experience on the development of Western culture and society.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 13 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 13 hours per semester
  • E-learning (given by an e-learning course) - 44 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No prerequisite courses.
learning outcomes
Students will acquire information and knowledge concerning European overseas expansion in the late Middle Ages, early modern age and at the dawn of the modern era, the specific development of the overseas territories and the wider socio-cultural and political interactions among Western civilization and overseas. Students will be able to apply this competence and knowledge to critical analysis and interpretation of global challenges of contemporary world.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar
assessment methods
Oral exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Braudel, Fernand. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Philip II. vol. II. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-520-20330-5.
  • Budil, Ivo T. Úsvit rasismu. Vyd. 1. Praha : Triton, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7387-630-2.
  • Darwin, J. After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire since 1405. London, 2007.
  • McNeill, William. The rise of the West. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
  • Parker, G. Global Crisis: War, Climate Change & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. New Haven, 2013.
  • Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice. The modern world. II, Mercantilism and the consolidation of the European world-economy; 1600 - 1750 : with a new prologue. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-520-26758-9.
  • Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice. The modern world. III, The second era of great expansion of the capitalist world-economy : 1730 - 1840s / with a new prologue. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-520-26759-6.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Foreign Relations (14-7) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Foreign Relations (14-7) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 24.04.2025 23:52. Data created for academic year 2025/2026