HIB0274 From Austrian Germans to Sudeten Germans

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Markel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Mon 8:20–9:55 zrusena A22 stara
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
Course focuses on the development of German national identity in Czech Lands during 19th and 20th century on the background of political history.
Students will be presented not only facts about German society in the Habsburg monarchy and Czechoslovakia, but should also develop ability to apply different historical methods on the presented topics and to improve their critical skills.
Syllabus
  • Modern nations and nationalism as a part of modernizing process; theories of nationalism; nation as a historic construct Formation of German nation in Central Europe; the “German model” issue Germans and the issue of political unity; the Austria-Germany dichotomy
  • Political development of Austrian Germans, 1848-1914; the Empire – nation-state dichotomy
  • The Great War and the emergence of nation-states in Central Europe Germans in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938; forming of the Sudeten-German identity
  • Germans in Czech Lands, 1938-1945; nation-state and totalitarism Destruction of Sudeten German society, 1945-1949; Germans as involuntary émigrés and a minority in Czechoslovakia National myths of Sudeten Germans
Literature
  • GELLNER, Ernest. Nacionalismus. Translated by Hana Novotná - Petr Skalník. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2003, 133 s. ISBN 80-7325-023-3. info
  • SEIBT, Ferdinand. Německo a Češi : dějiny jednoho sousedství uprostřed Evropy. Translated by Petr Dvořáček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1996, 464 s. ISBN 8020005773. info
  • STANĚK, Tomáš. Odsun Němců z Československa 1945-1947. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1991, 536 s. ISBN 8020003282. info
  • KŘEN, Jan. Konfliktní společenství : Češi a Němci 1780-1918. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1990, 508 s. ISBN 8020003371. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with student discussions
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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