HIB036n Modern and Contemporary History of Poland

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Friedl, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Friedl, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 B2.44
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HIB0432p Modern History of Poland
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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Lecture series is concerned with 19th and 20th century history of Poland and the Polish nation. The course aims to familiarize students with the basic data, while presenting especially the Polish history within the context of world and European historical events. We will deal with the following issues: key moments in the 19th century Polish history such as distinctive status of Poles in various occupied areas and their fight for the national emancipation, regarding 20th century events they are the re-establishment of the Polish state, status of the second Rzeczpospolita in the interwar Europe, Poland's participation in the Second World War and finally Poland as a part of the Soviet block until 1989 together with a role of the anticommunist movement and its significance within the Soviet block.
Learning outcomes
The graduate of the lecture cycle will have acquired a basic synopsis of the modern and most recent Polish history in the wider historical context. They should be able to orient themselves in the most important milestones of Polish modern and most recent history in the context of the history of Central Europe and able to perceive the difference of the historical development in comparison with the other countries of Central-Eastern Europe.
Syllabus
  • 1) Literature, general introduction
  • 2) Partition of Poland in the 18th century
  • 3) The Polish areas under the Russian control
  • 4) The Polish areas under the Prussian control
  • 5) The Polish areas under the Austrian control
  • 6) The fight of Poles for the renewing of the Polish state during the First World War
  • 7) The restitution of Poland, fights for its frontiers
  • 8) Internal and economic development of the Polish Republic in the interwar period, Marshall J. Piłsudski’s coup-d’état, the sanation regime, the Polish foreign policy
  • 9) The Second World War, participation of Poles in fights of the Second World War, Katyn, the Polish-Soviet relations
  • 10) Establishing of the communist regime in Poland 1944-1947 – destruction of the democratical opposition, fight with the underground
  • 11) Poland during the period of Władysław Gomułka, events of March 1968 and December 1970
  • 12) Failure of the Edward Gierek’s economic policy, growing of dissatisfaction, establishing of the independent labour union “Solidarity”, the way towards free elections in June 1989
Literature
    required literature
  • FRIEDL, Jiří, Tomasz JUREK, Miloš ŘEZNÍK and Martin WIHODA. Dějiny Polska. Translated by Martin Veselka. Vydání první. Praha: NLN Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 2017, 690 stran. ISBN 9788074223068. info
  • KUBÁT, Michal. Vývoj a proměny státního zřízení Polska ve 20. století : institucionálně politická studie. Praha: Dokořán, 2006, 237 s. ISBN 8073630796. info
  • PACZKOWSKI, Andrzej. Půl století dějin Polska 1939-1989. Translated by Petruška Šustrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2000, 381 s. ISBN 8020007377. info
    recommended literature
  • BORÁK, Mečislav: Vraždy v Katyňském lese. Ostrava 1991.
  • FRISZKE, Andrzej: Polska. Losy państwa i narodu 1939-1989. Warszawa 2003.
  • DAVIES, Norman: Bílý orel, rudá hvězda. Polsko-sovětská válka 1919-1920 a „zázrak nad Vislou“. Praha 2006.
  • CHWAŁBA, Andrzej: Historia Polski 1795-1918. Kraków 2001.
  • ŽUPANIČ, Jan: Rakousko-Uhersko a polská otázka za první světové války. Praha 2006.
  • PRAŻMOWSKA, Anita: Ignacy Paderewski. Poland. London 2009.
  • JIRÁSEK, Zdeněk – MAŁKIEWICZ, Andrzej: Polska i Czechosłowacja w dobie stalinizmu (1948-1956). Studium porównawcze. Warszawa 2005.
  • PELLAR, Štěpán. Hrdí orli ve smrtelném obklíčení : polské stereotypizované vidění moderního světa. Praha: Dokořán, 2009, 357 s. ISBN 9788073630232. info
  • CHWALBA, Andrzej. Polsko 1989-2008 : dějiny současnosti. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 2009, 254 s. ISBN 9788073251857. info
  • BRZOZA, Czesław and Andrzej Leon SOWA. Historia Polski 1918-1945. Kraków: Wydawnictvo Literackie, 2007, 748 s. ISBN 9788308041253. info
  • ŘEZNÍK, Miloš. Za naši a vaši svobodu : století polských povstání (1794-1864). Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2006, 391 s. ISBN 8072036688. info
  • DAVIES, Norman. Boj o Varšavu : povstání Poláků proti nacistům 1944. Translated by Miroslava Valentová - Aleš Valenta. V českém jazyce vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2005, 684 s. ISBN 8072601474. info
  • DAVIES, Norman. Polsko :dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Translated by Miroslava Valentová - Aleš Valenta. V čes. jaz. vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2003, 481 s., [8. ISBN 80-7260-083-4. info
  • ŘEZNÍK, Miloš. Polsko. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 228 s. ISBN 8072771299. 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
  • CZUBIŃSKI, Antoni. Rusko-polská válka v letech 1918-1921 :první sovětský útok na Evropu. Vyd. 1. Brno: Bonus A, 1996, 460 s., 12. ISBN 80-85914-26-3. info
  • MOULIS, Vladislav, Jaroslav VALENTA and Jiří P. VYKOUKAL. Vznik, krize a rozpad sovětského bloku v Evropě 1944-1989. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Amosium servis, 1991, 372 s. ISBN 80-85498-01-4. info
  • ŽÁČEK, Václav. Češi a Poláci v minulosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1967, 770 s. URL info
  • MACŮREK, Josef. Dějiny polského národa. V Praze: Melantrich, 1948. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, homework
Assessment methods
Oral examination aimed at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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