FF:HIA112c General History in the 20th C. - Course Information
HIA112c General History in the 20th Century
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 9:10–10:45 B2.51
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- HIA109u Introduction to Modern Hist.
- 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
- Course objectives
- The course focuses on inter-war and post-war period of history of the central-european countries, in particular Austria, Hungary, Poland compared with the same period of Czechoslovakian history. Special attention is paid to the problems and the policies toward ethnic minorities and to the relations between states and non-ruling ethnic groups in general. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and to explain the political development as well as the main trends of the social and economic changes of the region.
- Syllabus
- Defining of the Central Europe. Concepts of the central-europaen modern history
- Peacemaking 1919-1922 and constitution of the new countries as the result of the WWI and dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy.
- Nation, nationality, nationalism. The question of ethnic minorities, mutual teritorial claims.
- Political development, political systems and parties. Rising of totalitarianism. Dictatorship in Central Europe.
- Economy development. The great economic depression and its results.
- Foreign policy and mutual realtions of the central-european countries
- The Central Europe during the WWII
- Rising of communists power. Constitution and consolidation of the Soviet bloc.
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, homework, reading.
- Assessment methods
- Final colloqium. Seminar paper on given topic.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Ke zkoušce se posluchač může přihlásit po absolvování Úvodu do moderních dějin, a dvou ze tří kursů dějin 20. století + 1. výběr. kursu z dějin 20. stol.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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