Course: The First World War in Perspective

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Course title The First World War in Perspective
Course code UHV/MFWW
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hutečka Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. . Introduction: WWI in Perspective 2. War of Diplomats (July Crisis and Beyond) 3- War of Soldiers (Motivation and the Face of Battle) 4. War of Generals (Strategy, Tactics and Breaking the Deadlock) 5. War of the World (Global Context, non-European Experience) 6. War at Sea 7. War on the Home Front (Economy, Surveillance, and the State) 8. War and Gender (Gender Order under Pressure) 9. War and Children 10. War Propaganda 11. War and Revolution 12. War that Refused to End 13. War Memory and Commemoration

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Home preparation for classes - 60 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic issues of the history and historiography of World War I through topic characterized by the perspective of different actors in various moments, stages and spaces of war between 1914 and whatever the current historiogaphy thinks is the end of the war in military, political, and cultural sense.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature


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