SBA203 Contemporary Serbia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, 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
Wed 15:50–17:25 C32
Prerequisites
Knowledge of serbian language is not obligatory, but advantage.
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 presents to students the basic geographical, political, social, economic and cultural view on contemporary Serbia. Milestones of the political and social development after the collapse of socialist Yugoslavia are added to cultural characteristics and geographic facts. Montenegro and Bosnia and Hercegovina will be mentioned briefly as well. Students are supposed to participate on the seminar with discussion and short oral report about particular topic. On successful completion of the course student will acquire necessary knowledge and arguing skill on the the life and institutions of these countries, their cultural specifics as well as political and social development of Serbia since the breakup of Yugoslavia to the present day.
Syllabus
  • 1. Serbia after the collapse of socialist Yugoslavia: political and social milestones and processes.
  • 2. Geographical characteristic of Serbia
  • 3. Economic characteristic of Serbia
  • 4. Demographical and national characteristic of Serbia
  • 5. Political characteristics of Serbia
  • 6. Introducing serbian regions and important places
  • 7. Brief introducing Montenegro (geography, economy, politics, demography, montenegrin nationality and language)
  • 8. Brief introducing of Bosnia and Hercegovina (geography, politics, demography, bosnian language)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Kubát, Michal: Postkomunismus a demokracie. Politika ve středovýchodní Evropě. Dokořán, Praha 2003.
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Osidla etnofiletismu: Srbská pravoslavná církev v zajetí kosovského mýtu (In the Toils of Ethnophiletism: Serbian Orthodox Churche in the Captivity of the Kosovo Myth). Studia historica brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 53/2006, No 1, p. 117–132. ISSN 0231-7710. info
  • PELIKÁN, Jan. Dějiny Srbska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2005, 670 s. ISBN 8071066710. info
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav. Srbská církvení grafika 18. a 19. století (Serbian Church graphics from the 18th and 19 Century). 2005. info
  • VYKOUKAL, Jiří P., Bohuslav LITERA and Miroslav TEJCHMAN. Východ :vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2000, 860 s. ISBN 80-85983-82-6. info
  • ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 756 s. ISBN 80-7106-266-9. info
  • Dějiny srbské kultury. Edited by Pavle Ivić. 1. vyd. V Praze: Nakladatelství Pedagogické fakulty UK, 1995, 211 s. info
    not specified
  • Fiala, Petr - Holzer, Jan - Strmiska, Maxmilián a kol.: Politické strany ve střední a východní Evropě. Ideově-politický profil, pozice a role politických stran v postkomunistických zemích. MU, Brno 2002.
  • LIŠČÁK, Vladimír and Pavel FOJTÍK. Státy a území světa. 2. aktualiz., přeprac. a ro. Praha: Libri, 1998, 1095 s. ISBN 80-85983-53-2. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, home preparation, short oral reports, discussion, e-learning.
Assessment methods
Prerequisities for granting the credit: regular attendance (maximum 3 absences per semester; home preparation; active participation on the seminar; short oral presentation of particular serbian region (or other relevant topic); passint the final exam - written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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