MKB205 Macedonia: History, Culture, Today

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 17:30–19:05 zrusena M12
Prerequisites
Student should have a prior basic knowledge of the history of the Balkans acquired during the Bc. studies.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course deals with selected issues of history, culture and today of the historical territory of Macedonia and the modern Macedonian statehood. The emphasis is put on rendering historical and cultural specifics of the development of Macedonia, the formation of modern national identity in this part of Southeast Europe and the deconstruction of ideologized interpretations of the Macedonian history. The course also presents a basic geographic, political, social and economic characteristics of the Republic of Macedonia (RM). On successful completion of the course student will acquire necessary knowledge and arguing skill on the Macedonian life and institutions as well as to the political development and cultural specifics of this country.
Syllabus
  • 1) Terminology; 2) Macedonia in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages; 3) Macedonia in Antiquity and the High Middle Ages; 4) Macedonia in the Early Middle Ages; 5) Macedonia in the 19th century; 6) Macedonia at the turn of the 20th century; 7) Macedonia in the first half of the 10th century; 8) Macedonia after 1945; 9) Contemporary Macedonia; 10) Contemporary Macedonia II; 11) Contemporary Macedonia III.
Literature
    required literature
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan and Miroslav KOUBA. Dějiny Makedonie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 458 s. ISBN 80-7106-642-7. info
  • ROSŮLEK, Přemysl. Makedonie. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2008, 130 s. ISBN 9788072773428. info
    recommended literature
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan. Makedonie :zrození, nebo obrození národa? Vyd. 1. Boskovice: Albert, 1995, 77 s., [2]. ISBN 80-85834-29-4. info
  • ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 756 s. ISBN 80-7106-266-9. info
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander, Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ, Vladimír FIALA, Věra HROCHOVÁ, Milan LOOS, Oldřich TŮMA and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Byzance. Edited by Bohumila Zástěrová. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 529 stran. ISBN 8020004548. info
  • HITZEL, Frédéric. Osmanská říše : 15.-18. století. Translated by Margarita Štěpánková Troševa - Petr Štěpánek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2005, 303 s. ISBN 8071065676. info
  • HROCH, Miroslav. Národy nejsou dílem náhody : příčiny a předpoklady utváření moderních evropských národů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2009, 315 s. ISBN 9788074190100. info
  • Pohledy na národ a nacionalismus :čítanka textů. Edited by Miroslav Hroch. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 451 s. ISBN 80-86429-20-2. info
  • POULTON, Hugh. Who are the Macedonians? 2nd Ed. London: Hurst & Company, 2000, xiv, 226. ISBN 1850655340. info
  • TODOROVA, Marija Nikolaeva. Imagining the Balkans. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, xi, 257. ISBN 0195087518. info
  • MAZOWER, Mark. Salonica, city of ghosts : Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950. London: Harper Perennial, 2005, xv, 525. ISBN 0007120222. info
  • KOLSTØ, Pål. Historijski mitovi na Balkanu : zbornik radova. Sarajevo: Institut za istoriu u Sarajevu, 2003, 329 s. ISBN 995896421X. info
  • ROUDOMETOF, Victor (ed.): The Macedonian Question: Culture, Historiography, Politics. Boulder 2002.
  • MAZOWER, Mark. The Balkans : from the end of Byzantium to the present day. pbk ed. London: Phoenix, 2001, viii, 176. ISBN 9781842125441. info
  • The New Macedonian question. Edited by James Pettifer. 1st pub. with corr. in pbk. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001, xliii, 311. ISBN 033392066X. info
  • Macedonia :the politics of identity and difference. Edited by Jane K. Cowan. 1st pub. London: Pluto Press, 2000, xviii, 166. ISBN 0-7453-1589-5. info
  • VICTOR, Roudemetof. Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question. Westport: Praeger, 2002, 267 pp. ISBN 0-275-97648-3. info
  • BROWN, Keith. The past in question : modern Macedonia and the uncertainties of nation. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003, xviii, 301. ISBN 0691099952. info
  • KARAKASIDOU, Anastasia. Fields of wheat, hills of blood : passages to nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997, xxiii, 334. ISBN 0226424944. info
  • RISTOVSKI, Blaže. Istorija na makedonskata nacija : A history of the Macedonian nation (Souběž.). Skopje: Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite, 1999, 739 s. ISBN 9989-649-57-X. info
  • RISTOVSKI, Blaže. Macedonia and the Macedonian people. Translated by Filip Korženski. Vienna: Simag Holding, 1999, xii, 375. ISBN 9989887004. info
  • DASKALOVSKI, Židas. Walking on the Edge: Consolidating Multiethnic Macedonia 1989-2004. Skopje: Dominant, 2005. info
  • ACKERMANN, Alice. Making Peace Prevail: Preventing Violent Conflict in Macedonia. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000. info
  • THOMAS, Nigel and Krunoslav MIKULAN. The Yugoslav wars : Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia 1992-2001. Illustrated by Darko Pavlović. 1st publ. Oxford: Osprey Pub., 2006, 64 s. ISBN 1841769649. info
  • JOHN, Phillips. Macedonia: warlords and rebels in the Balkans. London: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd., 2004, 230 pp. ISBN 1-86064-841-X. info
  • ČERNENKO, Miron Markovič. Macedonian film. Skopje: Kinoteka na Makedonija, 1997, 234 s. ISBN 9989-643-06-7. info
  • The Macedonian feature film. First volume, The years of genesis and the period of stilistic transformation (Souběž.) : Makedonskiot igran film. Kniga 1, Godini na genezata i vremeto na stilskite preobrazbi. info
  • The Macedonian feature film. Second volume, Years of maturity and a time of hope (Souběž.) : Makedonskiot igran film. Kniga 2, Godini na zrelost i vreme na nadež. info
  • GEORGIEVSKI, Ĺubiša. Genesis of the Macedonian feature film. Skopje: Kinoteka na Makedonija, 1992, 178 s. ISBN 86-81827-04-9. info
  • KOMÁREK, Julius: Neznámá Makedonie. Praha 1940.
  • KUBA, Ludvík. Čtení o Makedonii : cesty a studie z roků 1925-1927. V Praze: Družstevní práce, 1932. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, home reading, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Prerequisites for granting the credit: regular attendance and thorough home preparation on weekly basis, participation in class discussion. Oral exam concentrates on the student’s knowledge of the subject matter and the relevant literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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