HIB033n The Eastern Question 1775-1913

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 A31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HIB0346 The Question of the East
Všeobecná znalost historie jihoslovanských národů.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture is focused on deepening the general historical knowledge from the history of the South Slavic nations. It deals with the resolution of the so-called Eastern Question, both the events of the individual Balkan lands and the Great Powers’ policy. In the initial hours, a synopsis is given of the development of the Eastern Question from the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in 1774 to the Berlin Congress; it maps the urprisings of the South Slavic nations against the Turks and the course of the attempts for reform by the Turkish Empire, consider the ideas of the Balkan federation and Slavic mutualities. It also closely notes the Berlin Congress and the resulting situation for the Balkan nations. The thematic centre of gravity of the lecture, the period between the Berlin Congress and outbreak of World War I, constitute a thorough dismantling of Macedonian Question and the Albanian Question, as well as an account of the events leading to the Balkan Wars, which in essence meant a definitive solution to the Eastern Question.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- characterise the most important European Great Powers’ problems of the second half of the 19th century
- clarify the relationship between the Great Powers and the young Balkan states, which in the 19th century separated from the Ottoman Empire, and show how these old problems influence also to this day
- explain the terms of the Eastern Question, the Crimean War, the Great Eastern Crisis, the Berlin Congress, the Macedonian Question, the Albanian Question
Syllabus
  • 1. Russian- and Austrian-Turkish Wars and the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca.
  • 2. The development of the administrative system in European Turkey, the Turkish economic situation and the reforms of the Turkish sultans.
  • 3. Uprising of the Dervish Cara. Serbian uprising and the Greek crisis. Great Powers’ policy towards Porte.
  • 4. The first Eastern crisis. Hatt-i humayun. Ideas of a Balkan federation and Slavic alliance.
  • 5. Battle for the Bulgarian church and Bulgarian uprising.
  • 6. Great Eastern Crisis and the Berlin Congress.
  • 7. The development of the Macedonian Question. Armenian Cuts and the Great Powers’ policy towards the Balkans in the 1880s and 1890s.
  • 8. Ilinden Uprising of August 1903.
  • 9. Young Turks’ revolution and the Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 10. The Albanian Question. 11. The Balkan Wars.
Literature
    required literature
  • Škatula, Emanuel: Válka na Balkáně. Praha 1913.
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Východní otázka : od počátků do konce 60. let 19. století. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 148 stran. ISBN 9788021074194. URL info
  • PALMER, Alan. Úpadek a pád Osmanské říše. Translated by Olga Kovářová - Martin Kovář. Vyd. 1. Praha: Panevropa, 1996, 351 s., [8. ISBN 80-85846-05-5. info
  • KOLEJKA, Josef. Balkánská otázka 1908-1914 : mezinárodní socialistické hnutí o mladoturecké revoluci a o balkánských válkách. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1979, 144 s. URL info
  • DANEŠ, Jiří Viktor. Balkán po válce roku 1913. V Praze: Jos. R. Vilímek, 1914, 40 s. info
    recommended literature
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Dějiny Řecka. 2., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 768 s. ISBN 80-7106-192-1. info
  • Dějiny Rumunska. Edited by Miroslav Tejchman - Kurt W. Treptow. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 543 s. ISBN 80-7106-348-7. info
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Řekové a Turci :nepřátelé nebo spojenci? Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2000, 226 s. ISBN 80-7106-378-9. info
  • ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 756 s. ISBN 80-7106-266-9. info
  • TEJCHMAN, Miroslav. Dějiny Rumunska. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 86 s. ISBN 8071844802. info
  • NEČAS, Ctibor. T. G. Masaryk a rakousko-uherská politika na Balkáně in T. G. Msaryk a střední Evropa. In T. G. Masaryk a střední Evropa. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, p. 65-67. ISBN 80-210-0972-1. info
  • NEČAS, Ctibor. Mezi muslimkami : působení úředních lékařek v Bosně a Hercegovině v letech 1892-1918. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 137 s. ISBN 8021005238. info
  • KOLEJKA, Josef. Národy habsburské monarchie v revoluci 1848-1849. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1989, 463 s. ISBN 8020500421. URL info
  • KABRDA, Josef, Josef KOLEJKA and Richard PRAŽÁK. Dějiny národů střední a jihovýchodní Evropy. 2, 70. léta 19. století-1918. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1966, 185 s. info
  • KABRDA, Josef, Josef KOLEJKA and Richard PRAŽÁK. Dějiny národů střední a jihovýchodní Evropy : v období od Velké francouzské revoluce do roku 1918. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1963, 174 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
A colloquium in the form of an oral interview on a theme, which the student can prepare in advance.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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