FF:HIB0019 Superpowers and the Balkans - Course Information

HIB0019 Superpowers and the Balkans in the 19th and 20th Century

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Ladislav Hladký, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

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

Timetable

Mon 10:00–11:35 B21

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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The lecture series aims at understanding the impact of the Great Powers on the course of political history, and the nature of relations between the Balkan nations, from the onset of the solution of the so-called Eastern Question to nearly the present time. The course focuses especially on the period of the 19th and 20th century. Students who complete the course will be able to distinguish issues in the Balkans caused by the interests of the Great Powers from issues resulting from the tension between the individual Balkan nations and ethnic groups.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction (Europe, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans in the 17th and 18th century; roots of the so-called Eastern Question); 2. Austrian – Turkish wars in the 18th century and the Balkans; 3. Russian – Turkish wars in the 18th and early 19th century and the Balkans;
• 4. The revolutions of 1848/1849 – reaction in the Balkans; the Crimean War; the Great Eastern Crisis (1875–1878); the Congress of Berlin; the Concert of Europe);
• 5. The turn of the 19th century in the Balkans (young Balkan states and emerging power blocs in Europe);
• 6. The Balkans on the eve of World War I (the Macedonian issue; the Balkan wars; the Sarajevo assassination);
• 7. World War I and the Balkans (course and consequences of the War); 8. The fight over the Balkans between the Great Powers during the interwar period; Fascism in the Balkans;
• 9. World War II and the Balkans (course of War, consequences for the Balkan region);
• 10. Post-war sovietization of the Balkans; civil war in Greece;
• 11. Conflict between Yugoslavia and the USSR; the Trieste problem; Greece and Turkey within the Western power sphere;
• 12. Dissolution of Yugoslavia and the powers;
• 13. European Union and the Balkans.

Literature

• 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
• DRŠKA, Václav, Aleš SKŘIVAN and František STELLNER. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1648-1914. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994, 217 s. ISBN 80-85241-57-9. info
• MORAVCOVÁ, Dagmar, Pavel BĚLINA and Marek PEČENKA. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1914-1941. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994, 133 s. ISBN 80-85241-70-6. info
• GONIONSKIJ, S. A. Dějiny diplomacie. D. 3, Diplomacie v první etapě všeobecné krize kapitalistické soustavy : Istorija diplomatii (Orig.). Edited by A. A. Gromyko, Translated by Xenie Mrnková. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 842 s. info
• CHVOSTOV, V. M. Dějiny diplomacie. D. 2, Diplomacie v novověku : 1871-1914 : Istorija diplomatii (Orig.). Edited by A. A. Gromyko, Translated by Jiřina Kopoldová. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství politické literatury, 1965, 751 s. info
• Dějiny diplomacie. D. 1 : Istorija diplomatii (Orig.). Edited by S. V. Bachrušin - V. M. Chvostov, Translated by Xenie Birulová - Jiřin. 2. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství politické literatury, 1961, 756 s. info

Assessment methods

The course is conducted in the form of a lecture, ended by a “kolokvium”. Students will successfully pass the class by attending at least two thirds of all lectures and by demonstrating solid knowledge of the issues studied in class.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• HIB0020 Materials on History of Balkan Crises

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

General note: Přednášku doplňuje kurz HIB0020.

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