HIB034n History of Balkans since 1944

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 B2.52, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HIA259 History of Balkans since 1944
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
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Course objectives
The lecture characterizes the Balkan stase after 1944, when the Second World War ended on the larger part of the Balkans. For the explication of the crucial moments, it returns to some of the breakthrough moments of the war period, it especially takes not of the emergence of the left-wing resistence and its influence on the post-war fates of the individual lands. In the lectures, the transition of the individual Balkan lands to peaceful life is explained. The emphasis is placed on the gradual Sovietization of Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and Yugoslavia. It notices the main political, economic and cultural features of the individual Balkan states in the past-war period. Attention is devoted to the specific development in Greece (the Civil War) nd Yugoslavia (the rupture of Tito with Stalin). In the lectures, the crucial stages are mentioned of the post-war development of the Balkan countries in 1950–1990.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- characterise the development in the Balkans after the Second World War
- clarify the differences in the approach of the Great Powers to Greece and the remnant of the Balkan Peninsula
- explain the terms of the Marshall Plan, the Speech of W. Churchill in Fulton, the Percentages Agreement
- define the path of Yugoslavia between the blocs after 1948
- approach the differences in the development of the Balkan socialist states
Syllabus
  • 1. War and resistence. Significance of the resistence movements for the further development.
  • 2. End of the war in Romania. Takeover of power by the Romanian Communists.
  • 3. End of the war in Bulgaria and transition of Bulgaria to communist totalitarianism.
  • 4. The issue of the resistence and post-war development in Albania.
  • 5. Yugoslavia in 1944–1946. 6. Liberation of Greece and Civil War 1947–1949.
  • 7. Trends of the development of the Balkan states in 1950–1990.
  • 8. Tito’s rupture with Kominterna and the path of Yugoslavia outside the blok.
  • 9. The development in Yugoslavia to the beginning of the 1980s.
  • 10. The path of Bulgaria as a loyal Soviet ally.
  • 11. Zhivkov‘s régime in Bulgaria. The collapse of Bulgarian socialism.
  • 12. The Romanian path from the Soviet sphere. Nicolae Ceaușescu. Bloody anti-communist coup.
  • 13. Cypriot Crisis and Greek-Turkish relations.
Literature
    required literature
  • TEJCHMAN, Miroslav. Balkán ve válce a v revoluci : 1939-1945. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2008, 768 s. ISBN 9788024613741. info
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel, Ladislav HLADKÝ, Virgjil MONARI, František ŠÍSTEK and Pavla HRADEČNÁ. Dějiny Albánie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 716 s. ISBN 9788071069393. info
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Dějiny Řecka. 2., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 768 s. ISBN 80-7106-192-1. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan. Dějiny Bulharska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 508 s. ISBN 80-7106-404-1. 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
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • CRAMPTON, Richard: The Balkans since the Second World War. London and New York: Longman, 2002.
  • STAVRIANOS, Leften: The Balkans since 1453. with Traian Stoianovich. New York: NYU Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0814797662.
  • MAZOVER, Mark: The Balkans. A short history. New York 2000.
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Jugoslávie – Srbsko – Kosovo. Kosovská otázka ve 20. století (Yugoslavia – Serbia – Kossovo. Kossovo issue in 20th century). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 471 pp. Spisy MU v Brně, Filozofická fakulta ; č. 396. ISBN 978-80-210-5476-9. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • GLENNY, Misha. Balkán, 1804-1999 : nacionalismus, válka a velmoci. Translated by Olga Kovářová - Martin Kovář. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: BB art, 2003, 547 s. ISBN 8072579762. info
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Řekové a Turci :nepřátelé nebo spojenci? Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2000, 226 s. ISBN 80-7106-378-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
A colloquium in the form of an oral interview on a theme, which the student can prepare in advance.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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