AJB_CWI Témata studené války

Pedagogická fakulta
podzim 2008
Rozsah
0/1/0. 1 hodina. 2 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Michael George, M.A. (cvičící)
Garance
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 20 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/20, pouze zareg.: 0/20, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/20
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course is a brief overview of the cold war from both points of view. The first meeting is focused on the events from the late 1940’s to the early 1960’s through documentary videos and discussion of the assigned texts. During the 10 weeks after that meeting, students do their own research and present their findings on the on-line class forum. This research may take the form of traditional academic research, an interview with someone with first hand experience, a study of how the cold war affected a local community, family, etc. The last meeting will deal with events from the mid 1960’s to 1989 through more video documentaries and analysis of primary sources.
The aims of the course are:
to understand the roots of the cold war
to look closely at the reality and strategy of the nuclear arms race
to analyze the flash points and "near misses" of nuclear conflagration
to understand the lasting cultural effect of the cold war
Osnova
  • This course is organized as a block option, meaning that the class meets as a group for 6 hours at the beginning of the semester, then remains in weekly contact throughout the semester as students post their research and comment on the postings of others. The semester then ends with another 6 hour block class meeting.
  • Preparation for the first class meeting consists of reading assigned primary sources from the late 1940's, 1950's and early 1960's.
  • Students are free to choose their own topics for research (1,000 - 2,500 words)
  • preparation for the last class meeting consists of reading primary sources taken from the late 1960's to 1989.
Literatura
  • Jervis, Robert. The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. 0-8014-9565-2 Smoke, Richard. National Security and the Nuclear Dilemma. New York: Random House, 1987. 0-394-35800-7. Ambrose, Stephen E. Rise to Globalism – A
  • LAFEBER, Walter. America, Russia, and the cold war, 1945-1990. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991, xi, 370. ISBN 0075575574. info
Metody hodnocení
preparation and attendance of all 6 hours of both workshops, research project, participation in forum.
Workshop material excerpted in part from: Jervis, Robert. The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. 0-8014-9565-2 Smoke, Richard. National Security and the Nuclear Dilemma. New York: Random House, 1987. 0-394-35800-7. Ambrose, Stephen E. Rise to Globalism – American Foreign Policy Since 1938. New York: Viking Penguin, 1988. 0-14-022826-8
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Výuka probíhá blokově.
Poznámka k četnosti výuky: dopolední blok, pátek 10.10. a pátek 19.12. 2008.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2007, podzim 2009, jaro 2013, jaro 2015.