HIB030b Czechs and Germans in the 20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. David Kovařík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Lucie Lindnerová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. David Kovařík, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 M22
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HIB0521 Czechs and Germans in 20th C.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
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Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to provide participants with an overview of the latest state of research and basic facts on the history of Czech-German coexistence and the German minority in the Czech lands from 1918 to the present. The issues of relations between the Czechs and the Germans and the position of various groups of the population (anti-fascists, specialists, members of mixed marriages, Austrians, German-speaking Jews, Czech settlers, new settlers and re-emigrants at the border or non-displaced Germans) will be examined. The seminar will also provide a basic overview of related topics (minority policy in Czechoslovakia, the transformation of the Czech border after 1945). Part of the work in the seminar also includes reading or watching samples of films and film period documents, followed by a discussion.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to understand the relations between the Czechs and the Germans from 1918 to the present, characterize the minority policy in Czechoslovakia and interpret the state of research on Czech-German coexistence.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the topic, methodological and conceptual approaches to the issue of Czech-German relations, basic concepts, literature review and the current state of research.
  • Main features and key issues of Czech-German coexistence in interwar Czechoslovakia and during the Nazi occupation.
  • Post-war displacement of Germans and its reflections in contemporary historiography.
  • The position of selected groups of the German population in the Czech lands after 1945 (anti-fascists, specialists, mixed marriages, Austrians, German-speaking Jews).
  • Problems of some indifferent groups of inhabitants in the Czech territory (Hlučínsko, Vitorazsko).
  • The Czech borderland as a place of conflict and post-war transformation (Czech settlers, new settlers and re-emigrants, forced migrations in the 1950s, demise of border settlements).
  • The position of the German minority after 1945 and the development of Czech-German relations to the present. The topic of Czech-German relations in
  • art (theater, film, literature).
  • Czech-German coexistence in Brno and its remembrance.
Teaching methods
The main teaching methods will be lectures, reading professional texts or watching film documents, group discussions.
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2023.
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