Course: History and Culture of the Roma

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Course title History and Culture of the Roma
Course code KSKA/DKRO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Viková Lada, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Andrš Zbyněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Roma in the Byzantine empire The Ottoman empire The arrival of Roma in the Holy Roman Empire and Western Europe Reports on Roma in the Czech lands and Slovakia till late 16 century Persecution of Roma in Western and Central Europe till the mid-eighteenth century Roma in Eastern Europe Enlightenment in Hungary and Spain Great migration of Vallachian Roma Habsburg dynasty after Joseph II Czechoslovakia´s First republic World War II and the post-war period till 1948 Czechoslovakia between 1948 and 1989

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Projection
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the history of the Roma on European soil and show them Romani culture from different perspectives as a peculiar phenomenon.
The students will be oriented in history of the Roma since they came to Europe up today and they will be oriented in culture of the Roma too. The students will be able to study more from literature in this field.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Creative work analysis

Test and final interview.
Recommended literature
  • CROWE, D., KOLSTI, J. The Gypsies of Eastern Europe. Londýn, 1991.
  • FRASER, A. Cikáni. Praha : NLN, 1998.
  • HANCOCK, I. Země utrpení. Praha : Signeta, 2001.
  • HANZAL, J. Cikáni na Moravě v 15. až 18. století. Praha : NLN, 2004.
  • JAKOUBEK, M. - BUDILOVÁ, L. (eds.). Cikánská rodina a příbuzenství. Plzeň, 2007. ISBN 978-80-87025-11-6.
  • JAKOUBEK, M. - BUDILOVÁ, L. (eds.). Cikánské skupiny a jejich sociální organizace. Brno, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7325-178-9.
  • JAKOUBEK, M. - BUDILOVÁ, L. (eds.). Romové a Cikáni, neznámí i známí. Voznice, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7335-119-9.
  • JAKOUBEK, M. - (ed.). Cikáni a etnicita. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7387-105-5.
  • KENRICK, D., PUXON, G. Cikáni pod hákovým křížem. Olomouc: Universita Palackého, 2000.
  • NEČAS, C. Romové na Moravě a ve Slezku. Brno, 2005. ISBN 80-86488-20-9.
  • PODOLINSKÁ, T. - HRUSTIČ, T. Čierno-biele svety: Rómovia v majoritnej spoločnosti na Slovensku. Bratislava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-224-1413-5.
  • ŠUSTEROVÁ I. Život olašských žien. Bratislava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-224-1490-6.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2015) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2013) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter