HIA112b Czech History in the 20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Libor Vykoupil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 C43
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The history of the Czechoslovak Republic from its origin to 1989. The origin of the independent state, the development of the political system, Czechoslovak foreign policies, the ethnic composition of the ČSR, the economy and the economic crisis, Munich, the Second Republic and the occupation of Czechoslovakia. The resistance movement during World War II, the liberation of the ČSR, relations between the ČSR and the Superpowers, the so-called Third Republic, February 1948, political show trials in the 1950s, the building of socialism.
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 Czechoslovak 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
  • KÁRNÍK, Zdeněk. České země v éře První republiky (1918-1938). 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2000, 571 s. ISBN 80-7277-027-6. info
  • KÁRNÍK, Zdeněk. České země v éře První republiky (1918-1938). 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 577 s. ISBN 8072770306. info
  • KÁRNÍK, Zdeněk. České země v éře První republiky (1918-1938). 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2003, 803 s. ISBN 8072770306. info
  • KAPLAN, Karel. Pravda o Československu 1945-1948. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1990, 245 s. ISBN 80-7038-193-0. info
  • KAPLAN, Karel. Nekrvavá revoluce. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1993. ISBN 8020401458. info
  • OLIVOVÁ, Věra. Československé dějiny 1914-1939 SO. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 2 sv. info
  • KLIMEK, Antonín. Boj o hrad.vnitropolitický vývoj Československa 1918-1926 na půdorysu zápasu o prezidentské nástupnictví. Vyd. 1. Praha: Panevropa, 1996, 432 s. ISBN 80-85846-06-3. info
  • 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. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 317 s. ISBN 808648811X. URL info
Assessment methods
Lectures, class discussion, reading and final oral exam.
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 19. stol.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021.
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