FF:HIB0396 History of Balkans since 1945

HIB0396 History of Balkans since 1945

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová

Timetable

Wed 11:40–13:15 zruseno D21

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

At the end of this course, students: - will be able to characterize Lecture characterized Balkan states after 1945, paying attention to their man political, economic and cultural features, being focused also to mutual relationships among Balkan countries and their contacts with Czechoslovakia (pertinently the Czech Republic). It is concentrated to particular important aspects of the evolution of Balkan countries between 1950 - 1980. Causes of Yugoslavia breakup are emphasized, its course and consequences for broader region. At the end it is focused to current social and political evolution in Balkans (metamorphoses of Balkan political map, immanent evolution in particular countries, evolution of their culture, next perspectives of Balkan region). Finally, at the end of this course the student would be capable to understand and evaluate complicated political events in Balkans in the second half of 20th century objectively, being capable to interpret cause and consequences of events, resulting in Yugoslavia breakup and possibility of western Balkans.

Syllabus

Sovietization of Balkans. Consequences of civil war in Greece. Tito bust-up with Kominterna and Yugoslavian way out of blocks. Evolution in Bulgaria and Romania. Cyprus crisis and Greek – Turkish relationships. Yugoslavia heading the movement of independent states and its economic and political development among the blocks. Yugoslavia after Tito: arising of nationalism and Kosovo issue. Collapse of Soviet model in Balkans: coup d'état in Romania, Bulgarian way. Greece and European integration. Causes, course, and consequences of Yugoslavian break-up. Political development in Slovenia and Croatia. Civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia under UN protectorate. Serbian and Montenegro and their immanent political evolution. Kosovo crisis. Balkans at the turn point of millennium.

Literature

Hladký, Ladislav: Bosna a Hercegovina. Historie nešťastné země. Brno 1996
Hösch, E.: Geschichte der Balkanländer. Von der Frühzeit bis zur Gegenwart. München 1995
Jelavich, B.: A History of the Balkans. I-II. Cambridge 1983
Tejchman, M. - Hradečný, P. - Šesták, M.: Historické souvislosti rozpadu Jugoslávie. Praha 1996
HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Dějiny Řecka. 2., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 768 s. ISBN 80-7106-192-1. info
RYCHLÍK, Jan and Miroslav KOUBA. Dějiny Makedonie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 458 s. ISBN 80-7106-642-7. info
ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Kosovo od autonomie k protektorátu. Nástin vývoje kosovské otázky od zrušení autonomie po počátek vojenských akcí NATO (Kosovo: From autonomy to the Protectorate. Outline of the development of the Kosovo issue from the abolition of autonomy after the start of NATO military operations). Litteraria Humanitas. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 10/2001, No 1, p. 71–90. ISSN 1213-1253. info
RYCHLÍK, Jan. Dějiny Bulharska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 508 s. ISBN 80-7106-404-1. info
Dějiny Rumunska. Edited by Miroslav Tejchman - Kurt W. Treptow. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 543 s. ISBN 80-7106-348-7. info
HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Řekové a Turci :nepřátelé nebo spojenci? Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2000, 226 s. ISBN 80-7106-378-9. info
VYKOUKAL, Jiří P., Bohuslav LITERA and Miroslav TEJCHMAN. Východ :vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2000, 860 s. ISBN 80-85983-82-6. info
ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 756 s. ISBN 80-7106-266-9. info
TEJCHMAN, Miroslav. Dějiny Rumunska. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 86 s. ISBN 8071844802. info
PELIKÁN, Jan. Národnostní otázka ve Svazové republice Jugoslávii : geneze-vývoj-perspektivy. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 87 s. ISBN 8071844829. info
WEITHMANN, Michael W. Balkán : 2000 let mezi východem a západem. Translated by Jan Souček - Růžena Dostálová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996, 431 s. ISBN 8070211997. info
HLADKÝ, Ladislav. Bosna a Hercegovina :historie nešťasné země. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1996, 216 s. ISBN 80-85765-61-6. info
TEJCHMAN, Miroslav. Sovětizace východní Evropy :země střední a jihovýchodní Evropy v letech 1944-1948. 1. vyd. Praha: Historický ústav ČAV, 1995, 283 s. ISBN 80-85268-45-0. info
HLADKÝ, Ladislav. Jugoslávská krize a její historické souvislosti. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1993, 62 s. ISBN 80-85467-15-1. info
HLADKÝ, Ladislav. Otazníky kolem Bosny a Hercegoviny. 1. vyd. Brno: CPDVU, 1993, 33 s. : il. info
HRADEČNÝ, P. Řecká republika. Praha, 1989. info
HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Albánská socialistická lidová republika. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 289 s. URL info

Teaching methods

Lectures, home reading, class discussion.

Assessment methods

Prerequisites for granting the credit: regular attendance and thorough home preparation on weekly basis, participation in class discussion, completed with oral exam.

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