HIA112c General History in the 20th Century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 B2.52
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HIA109u Introduction to Modern History
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on inter-war and post-war period of history of the central-european countries, in particular Austria, Hungary, Poland compared with the same period of Czechoslovakian history. Special attention is paid to the problems and the policies toward ethnic minorities and to the relations between states and non-ruling ethnic groups in general. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and to explain the political development as well as the main trends of the social and economic changes of the region.
Syllabus
  • Defining of the Central Europe. Concepts of the central-europaen modern history
  • Peacemaking 1919-1922 and constitution of the new countries as the result of the WWI and dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy.
  • Nation, nationality, nationalism. The question of ethnic minorities, mutual teritorial claims.
  • Political development, political systems and parties. Rising of totalitarianism. Dictatorship in Central Europe.
  • Economy development. The great economic depression and its results.
  • Foreign policy and mutual realtions of the central-european countries
  • The Central Europe during the WWII
  • Rising of communists power. Constitution and consolidation of the Soviet bloc.
Literature
  • KŘEN, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 1109 s. ISBN 8072036122. info
  • LEMBERG, Hans. Porozumění :Češi - Němci - východní Evropa : 1848-1948. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 350 s. ISBN 80-7106-390-8. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, homework, reading.
Assessment methods
Final colloqium. Seminar paper on given topic.
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 20. 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, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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