BK_03 The Balkans or Southeast Europe? The danger of sociocultural stereotypes

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Martin Monkal, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 K32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Kurz je vhodný pro posluchače s alespoň základním přehledem o dějinách a současnosti Balkánu (jihovýchodní Evropy).
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 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to enable the student to understand the complex and sophisticated situation in the Balkans and/or the southeastern Europe, the threat of socio-cultural stereotypes. To indicate the threat of misunderstanding of a reality of the Balkan peninsula and/or the southeastern Europe respectively (mainly in the USA and in the western Europe). To indicate that the best solution for understanding of these problems is a knowledge of a history of the region. The basis of this knowledge is the genetic – historical method. This method can be used for better understanding of contemporary course and an outlook for future of the region.
Syllabus
  • 1. The Balkans. The question – what is or what isn´t The Balkans respectively. Southeastern Europe. Definitions and boundaries. The reception of the Balkans and states of the Balkan peninsula in Middle Europe, socio-cultural stereotypes and their threat, possibilities of their elimination. The basic literature.
  • 2. Serbia. Briefly – Serbia in the 19th century – from Serbian national revolution to Balkan Wars (1804-1914), a modernization of Serbia. Principal serbian national myths. Serbia in the 20th century, Serbia in Yugoslavia and its role in that state. Restoration of Serbian independence after the breakup of Yugoslavia (2006). Political transition. Serbia today, outlook for future.
  • 3. Greece. Briefly – Greece in the 19th century – from the War of Independence to Greco-Turkish War (1820-1923), modern greek state. The problem of the Modern Greek language – demotiki or katharevousa. The era of monarchy and republic. The World War II. Civil War. Postwar Greece (1950-1974). Transition to democracy. Greece in E.U. Greece and the Eastern Bloc.
  • 4. Croatia. Briefly – Croatia in the 19th century, Croatian national movement – Illyrian movement. Croatia in the 20th century – Croatia in Yugoslavia, the Independent State of Croatia (1941-1945). Independent Croatia. Croatia today, outlook for future.
  • 5. Romania. Briefly – Romania in the 19th century, from Wallachia and Moldavia, principalities under the Ottoman suzerainty to modern Romania (1821-1918). The Greater Romania, Romania as a regional power (1918-1940). Communist Romania, the phenomenon of Ceausescu (1945-1989). The tumultuous annus mirabilis 1989 (the year of miracles). Romania after Ceausescu. Romania today. Romania in E.U.
  • 6. Bulgaria. Briefly – Bulgaria in the 19th century. Different conditions of the acquisition of the autonomy and the independence, unlike Serbia or Greece. A royal autoritarian dictatorship in Bulgaria (1923-1944). Communist Bulgaria – Dimitrov, Chervenkov, Zhivkov (1944-1989). Political transitiv. Bulgaria today. Bulgaria in E.U.
  • 7. Albania. The League of Prizren (1878), Independence of Albania (1912). A formation of the state, Ahmed Zogu (1924-1939). World War II. Communist Albania, Albanian-Yugoslav relations, the phenomenon of Enver Hoxha (1945-1985). Albania after Hoxha, Ramiz Alia (1985-1991). Transition to democracy, Sali Berisha. Unrest in Albania 1997. Albania today, outlook for future.
  • 8. Turkey. The Ottoman Empire to 1923. A modernization of late-Ottoman Empire. Turkish War of Independence (1918-1922). Fall of the Ottoman Empire. Republic era – Ataturk (1923-1938). The Republic after Ataturk - Inonu, Menderes, Gursel, Evren, multi-party period from 1982. Turkey in NATO, an invasion of Cyprus. Relationship between Turkey and states of the Eastern Bloc. Turkey today. Turkey as a regional power.
  • 9. Cyprus. Cyprus under the British rule (1878-1960). The question – is Cyprus a part of Greece? An independence 1960, Makarios (1960-1974). Turkish invasion of Cyprus 1974, enosis or taksim (a unity or a separation)? Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Cyprus in E.U.
  • 10. Yugoslavia. The phenomenon of Yugoslavia. The first Yugoslavia – the Kingdom of SHS, later of Yugoslavia (1918-1941). World War II. The second Yugoslavia - Socialist Yugoslavia, Tito (1945-1980). Yugoslavia after Tito – ethnic tensions and economic crisis (1980-1991). The breakup of Yugoslavia (1991-1992). Yugoslav Wars and successional states – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, the third Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) and its successional states - Montenegro, Serbia. The region today, outlook for future.
  • 11. Kosovo. Albanian diaspora. A formation of modern Albanian nation. Albanians in the first Yugoslavia (1918-1941), World War II. A situation after WWII – the autonomy for Kosovo and Metohija. Albanians in the second Yugoslavia (1945-1991), unrests in Kosovo in 1956, 1968 and particularly in 1981. The reception of communist Albania under Hoxha. Kosovo Serbs, their position in Kosovo. Miločević, Rugova, the Republic of Kosovo in 1992, a parallel state. Kosovo War 1999. UN administration period (1999-2008). Declaration of Independence (2008). The advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo´s Declaration of Independence (2010). Kosovo today, outlook for future.
Literature
  • Roux, Michal. Les Albanais en Yougoslavie: minorité nationale, territoire et développement. Editions MSH, 1992.
  • KREISER, Klaus and Christoph K. NEUMANN. Dějiny Turecka. Translated by Petr Kučera. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010, 329 s. ISBN 9788074220128. info
  • ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. 2. vyd. Praha: NLN Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 2009, 758 s. ISBN 9788071063759. 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
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan and Milan PERENĆEVIĆ. Dějiny Chorvatska. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 576 s. ISBN 9788071068853. info
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Dějiny Řecka. 2., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 768 s. ISBN 9788071068839. info
  • PELIKÁN, Jan. Dějiny Srbska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2005, 670 s. ISBN 8071066710. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan and Miroslav KOUBA. Dějiny Makedonie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 458 s. ISBN 80-7106-642-7. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan. Dějiny Bulharska. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2002, 516 s. ISBN 8071064971. info
  • GLENNY, Misha. The Balkans : nationalism, war, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999. New York: Penguin Books, 2001, xxvi, 726. ISBN 0140233776. info
  • Dějiny Rumunska. Edited by Miroslav Tejchman - Kurt W. Treptow. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 543 s. ISBN 80-7106-348-7. 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
  • TODOROVA, Marija Nikolaeva. Imagining the Balkans. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, xi, 257. ISBN 0195087518. info
  • WEITHMANN, Michael W. Balkán : 2000 let mezi východem a západem. Translated by Jan Souček - Růžena Dostálová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996, 431 s. ISBN 8070211997. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Colloquium (oral exam), regular attendance is required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012.
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