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Course: Introduction to Contemporary Hstory

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Course title Introduction to Contemporary Hstory
Course code UHV/SOUD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Homolová Dita, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vydra Zbyněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Contemporary history as a part of modern historiography. Sources and research institutions. Political ideologies. Totalitarian regimes and ideologies (fascism, nazism, communism). Cold War and its Historiography. War and Nationalism in 20th century. Genocides, ethnic cleansing, and international law in the 20th century. Terrorism and the world of the 20th and 21st centuries. Migration and globalization. Demographic trends on the beginning of the 21st century. The Impact of the Second World War on the Czechoslovakia. Beneš Decrees, Retribution, Expulsion of Germans. The Third Resistance in Czechoslovakia and its current assessment. Internal Structure of StB (State Secret Security).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic problems and specific informations sources of the field . The emphasis is puted on the orientation in main problems of the contemporary history, both theoterical (the definition of contemporary history, political ideologies, theory of democracy, theory of totalitarianism and authoritarism), and practical (different faces of the political violence in the 20th century, decolonization and its results, terrorism as a security threat for contemporary world).
Student will be able to analyse the events, orientate in the quantity of different informations, to gain more objective view and participate skilfully in the discussions about concrete questions of contemporary history.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Presentation

Credit is determined by an oral examination - for better orientation, students will have a list of ten topics from which they will draw one to discuss. The seminars are obligatory. In the case of more than 3 unexcused absences, student is not allowed to the exam. Students fulfil assignments assigned by teacher in the seminars. The final evaluation depends on the result of the oral examinaiton (50%) and the work in seminars (50%).
Recommended literature
  • Bade, K. J. Evropa v pohybu. Evropské migrace dvou staletí,. Praha, 2005.
  • Bloxham, D. - Gervath, R. Political violence in 20th century Europe. Cambridge - New York, 2011.
  • Cabada, L. - Kubát, M. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Plzeň, 2007.
  • Čechurová, J. - Randák, J. Základní problémy studia moderních a soudobých dějin. Praha, 2014.
  • DEJMEK, J.; KUKLÍK, J.; NĚMĚČEK, J. Kauza tzv. Benešovy dekrety: Historické kořeny a souvislosti. Tři české hlasy v diskusi.. Praha : HÚ AV ČR, 1999.
  • Diner, D. Porozumět dvacátému století. Brno, 2010.
  • Drulák, P. Metafory studené války: interpretace politického fenoménu. Praha, 2009.
  • Dvořáková, J. Státní bezpečnost v letech 1945-1953. Organizační vývoj zpravodajských a státně bezpečnostních složek. Praha, 2007.
  • Frommer, B. Národní očista. Retribuce v poválečném Československu. Praha, 2010.
  • Fukuyama, F. Konec dějin a poslední člověk. Praha, 2002.
  • Gellately R. - Kiernan, B. The Specter of Genocide. Mass Murder in Historical Perspective. Cambridge, 2003.
  • Geyer, M. - Fitzpatrick, Sh. Za obzor totalitarismu. Srovnání stalinismu a nacismu. Praha, 2012.
  • Hobsbawm, E. Globalizace, demokracie a terorismus. Praha, 2009.
  • Huntington, S. P. Střet civilizací: boj kultur a proměna světového řádu. Praha, 2001.
  • Iggers, G. G. Dějepisectví 20. století. Praha, 2002.
  • Kennedy, P. Svět ve 21. století. Praha, 1996.
  • Kuklík, J. Mýty a realita tzv. "Benešových dekretů". Dekrety prezidenta republiky 1940-1945. Praha, 2002.
  • Laqueur, W. Poslední dny Evropy. Praha, 2006.
  • Naimark, N. Plameny nenávisti. Etnické čistky v Evropě ve 20. století. Praha, 2006.
  • Paxton, R. O. Anatomie fašismu. Praha, 2007.
  • Pešek, J. Napříč kontinentem soudobých dějin. Praha, 2014.
  • Staněk, T. Odsun Němců z Československa 1945-1947. Praha, 2001.
  • Staněk, T. Předpoklady, průběh a důsledky vysídlení Němců z Československa 1918-1948. Ostrava, 1992.
  • Strmiska, M. Terorismus a demokracie,. Brno, 2001.


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): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
University of Pardubice, date of update: 28.05.2024 23:50.