HIAb09b Czech History in the 20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Václav Kaška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HIAb08u Introduction to Modern Hist.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/22, only registered: 0/22
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to acquaint the students synoptically with the main stages of the development of the Czechoslovak Republic from its creation to the period of normalization.
Learning outcomes
After completion of this course, the student will be able to orient himself/herself in the issue of the political, social and cultural life of the Czechoslovak Republic, which will be proved by the elaboration of a written work according to the assignment of the teacher. This work will bet he result of the semester activities; its assessment will be a component of the examination.
Syllabus
  • Founding of independent state in October 1918
  • principal problems in policy, problems of nationhood, economic problems
  • foreign policy and her relationships
  • Munich Agreement of 1938
  • “second Republic” (“rump” Czechoslovakia), occupation, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the puppet Slovak State
  • exemption from nazis, Czechoslovak Republic 1945-48
  • Communist Czechoslovakia after communist coup d'état in February 1948
  • The Prague Spring 1968, civil society and normalizing.
Literature
    required literature
  • KÁRNÍK, Zdeněk. České země v éře První republiky : (1918-1938). Díl první, Vznik, budování a zlatá léta republiky (1918-1929) [Kárník, 2003]. 2., oprav. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2003, 571 s. ISBN 80-7277-195-7. info
    recommended literature
  • KLIMEK, Antonín. Boj o hrad.vnitropolitický vývoj Československa 1926-1935 na půdorysu zápasu o prezidentské nástupnictví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Panevropa, 1998, 591 s. ISBN 80-86130-02-9. info
  • BROKLOVÁ, Eva. Československá demokracie :politický systém ČSR 1918-1938. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1992, 168 s. ISBN 80-901059-6-3. info
  • VYKOUPIL, Libor. Jiří Stříbrný. Portrét politika. (Jiří Stříbrný. Portrait of politician.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita a Matice moravská, 2003, 386 pp. Knižnice Matice moravské sv. 12. ISBN 80-210-3241-3. info
  • KÁRNÍK, Zdeněk: České země v éře První republiky (1918-1939). Díl třetí: O přežití a o život (1936-1938). Praha, Libri, 2003. ISBN 80-7277-119-1.
  • KÁRNÍK, Zdeněk: České země v éře První republiky (1918-1939). Díl druhý: Československo a České země v krizi a v ohrožení (1930-1935). Praha, Libri, 2002. ISBN 80-7277-031-4.
Teaching methods
Lectures,seminary, reading
Assessment methods
Seminar work, ev. essay. Evaluated work in seminars, ev. written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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