Course: Western, Eastern and Central Europe

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Course title Western, Eastern and Central Europe
Course code KHV/ZVSE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Slovan Jaroslav, PhDr. Dipl. - Pol. Ph.D.
Course content
The course focuses on a cross-section of European topics. At the forefront of attention are the major shifts and losses in European history that saw not just epochal changes in understanding of the role of European states, geopolitical power positions, economic relations, and political thought, but also led to attempts to maintain peace and integrate Europe (Block A: for example, great overseas discoveries, revolutions, conflicts, economic crises). The second area of topics covers issues that fall within a single region that nonetheless has had an impact on the formation of European policy to date (Block B: for example, the Eastern Question, the Balkans, the phenomenon of Central Europe). The course will also be interested in analysing specific selected issues potentially shared by Western, Eastern and Central Europe. The aim will be to compare this issue and find the European significance of still current questions (Block C: the origin and forms of anti-Semitism, totalitarianism). The seminar is intended to probe selected topics more deeply through seminar presentations that will form the basis for group discussion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Self-study of literature, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 45 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No prerequisite courses.
learning outcomes
The student will be familiar with a of cross-section of European topics from the 15th century till now. The student will be able to put one case in the long-durance view and understand a theoretical and ideological background.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Combined exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • Arendtová, H. Eichmann v Jeruzalémě. Zpráva o banalitě zla,.
  • Aron, Raymond. Demokracie a totalitarismus. 2. vyd. Brno : Atlantis, 1993. ISBN 80-7108-064-0.
  • Ash, T. G. Svobodný svět. Amerika, Evropa a budoucnost Západu.. Praha - Litomyšl, 2006.
  • Bullock, Alan. Hitler a Stalin : paralelní životopisy. Praha ; BETA-Dobrovský, 2001. ISBN 80-7306-018-3.
  • Galandauer, Jan. František Ferdinand d'Este. 1. vyd. Praha : Svoboda-Libertas, 1993. ISBN 80-205-0350-1.
  • Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah. Hitlerovi ochotní katani. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1997. ISBN 80-7106-206-5.
  • Jäckel, Eberhard. Hitlerův světový názor : projekt jedné vlády. Vyd. 1. Praha ; Paseka, 1999. ISBN 80-7185-254-6.
  • Kennedy, Paul. Vzestup a pád velmocí : Ekonomické změny a vojenské konflikty v letech 1500-2000. Praha : Lidové noviny, 1996. ISBN 80-7106-173-5.
  • Kořalka, Jiří; Nodl, Martin. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815 - 1914 : sociálněhistorické souvislosti vytváření novodobého národa a národnostní otázky v českých zemích. Praha : Argo, 1996. ISBN 80-7203-022-1.
  • Křen, Jan. Konfliktní společenství : Češi a Němci 1780-1918. 1. vyd. Praha : Academia, 1990. ISBN 80-200-0337-1.
  • Manfred, Al'bert Zacharovič. Napoleon Bonaparte. 2. vyd. Praha : Nakl. Svoboda, 1983.
  • Míšková, A. Hodina pravdy - rok diskusí,. Dějiny a současnost 5/1997,, 1997.
  • Moravcová, D. Hitler, holokaust a "obyčejní" Němci. in: Dějiny a současnost 5/1997,, 1997.
  • Sked, A. Úpad a pád habsburské říše,. Praha,, 1995.
  • Uhlíř, D. Slunce nad Slavkovem. Praha, 1984.


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