HIAK112c General History in the 20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
7/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 6. 10. 9:10–12:25 B1.41, Fri 3. 11. 13:20–15:45 B1.41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on inter-war and post-war period of history of the central-european countries, in particular Austria, Hungary, Poland compared with the same period of Czechoslovakian history. Special attention is paid to the problems and the policies toward ethnic minorities and to the relations between states and non-ruling ethnic groups in general. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and to explain the political development as well as the main trends of the social and economic changes of the region.
Syllabus
  • Defining of the Central Europe. Concepts of the central-europaen modern history. Main questions and terms.
  • Peacemaking 1919-1922 and constitution of the new countries as the result of the WWI and dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy.
  • Nation, nationality, nationalism. The qestion of ethnic minorities, mutual teritorial claims.
  • Political development, political systems and parties. Rising of totalitarianism. Dictatorship in Central Europe.
  • Economy development. The great economic depression and its results.
  • Foreign policy and mutual realtions of the central-european countries
  • The Central Europe during the WWII
  • Rising of communism. Constitution and consolidation of the Soviet bloc.
Assessment methods
Lectures, homeworks, reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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