HIB0045II Czechoslovakia 1945-69 II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Pernes, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Fri 12:30–14:05 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 90 student(s).
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Course objectives
At the end of this course, students: - will be able to charakterize the political, economical and cultural developments in Czechoslovakia in 1945–1970;
- will be able to explain the differences between the political and economic systems of the state in 1918–1938, 1945–1948 and during the totalitarian regime of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
The course shall provide to students basic knowledge of the literature dealing with the theme; get them oriented in the historical period, quite long and full of events, become familiar with its chronology and periodization, and teach them how to work with bibliographies relating to the period. In elaborating the final essay, they shall show the ability to catch and formulate fundamental issues of the subject.
Syllabus
  • - The subject of contemporary history, working methods, basic literature
  • - End of World War II, new arrangement of the world
  • - Questions of continuity and discontinuity of the „popular democratic“ Czechoslovakia with the pre-war republic
  • - 1946 Elections
  • - Growing political tensions in Czechoslovakia in 1947
  • - February 1948
  • - Fundamental changes of the political system in the Czechoslovak Republic after February 1948
  • - Economic transformation of Czechoslovakia after February 1948
  • - Czechoslovakia in the Soviet bloc, establishment of the RVHP (“Council of Mutual Economic Help”)
  • - The rise of international tensions, the Cold War, militarization of society as the reason of the first deep crisis of the communist regime
  • - Persecutions of people with different opinions, conflicts with churches
  • - Formation of anticommunist resistance in the Czechoslovak Republic
  • - Beginnings of democratic exile and its development
  • - Political trials with communist leaders
  • - The death of Stalin and Gottwald – changes of political orientation in the Soviet Union and in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  • - Looking for recourse (1954–1955)
  • - The fateful year 1956
  • - Efforts for consolidation of the communist regime at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s
  • - Socialist Czechoslovakia 1960
  • - Economic crises in the early 1960s
  • - From strengthening the regime towards its liberalization
  • - The “Golden” Sixties
  • - Unsuccessful attempt for a reform of the communist regime in 1968–1969, the “normalization”
Literature
  • Soudobé dějiny /časopis/
  • - Kaplan, Karel: Politické procesy 50. let v Československu. In: Politické procesy v Československu a „případ Slánský“. Prius Brno 2005, str. 107-114
  • - Foitzik, Jan: Souvislosti politických procesů ve střední a východní Evropě. In: Politické procesy v Československu a „případ Slánský“. Prius Brno 2005, str. 11-21
  • - Brabec, Václav: Vztah KSČ a veřejnosti k politickým procesům na počátku padesátých let. Revue dějin socialismu roč. IX/1969, čís. 3, str. 363-385
  • Foitzik, Jan: Ostmitteleuropa zwischen 1953 und 1956. Sozialer Hintergrund und politischer Kontext der Entstalinisierungskrise. In: Vom 17. Juni bis zum ungarischen Volksaufstand. Paderborn-München-Wien-Zürich 2001, str. 21-54
  • PERNES, Jiří. Krize komunistického režimu v Československu v 50. letech 20. století. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 199 s. ISBN 9788073251543. info
  • HEUMOS, Peter. Vyhrňme si rukávy, než se kola zastaví! : dělníci a státní socialismus v Československu 1945-1968. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2006, 143 s. ISBN 807285075X. info
  • JECH, Karel. Soumrak selského stavu 1945-1960. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2001, 252 s. ISBN 8072850105. info
  • KAPLAN, Karel. Pravda o Československu 1945-1948. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1990, 245 s. ISBN 80-7038-193-0. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Lecture concluded with a colloquium. At the end of each semester students shall submit an essay, thematically related to the current lectures on the subject.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009.
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