Course: Modern History of Poland

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Course title Modern History of Poland
Course code UHV/BMDP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vydra Zbyněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) The Partitions of Poland and the Napoleonic Wars 2) Everyday Life in 19th-Century Poland 3) The Polish Partitions. The November Uprising (1815-1831) 4) The Polish Partitions and the January Uprising (1831-1864) 5) The Polish Partitions, 1864-1914 6) The Establishment of the Polish Republic (1914-1921) 7) Interwar Poland 8) Society between the Wars 9) Poland and World War II (1939-1945) 10) The Polish People's Republic (1945-68) 11) The Polish People's Republic (1968-1989) 12) Everyday Life in the PRL 13) Post-Communist Poland

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • Home preparation for classes - 18 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 18 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course aims to familiarise students with the main stages of modern Polish history. The lecture focuses on basic political, economic, and socio-cultural developments, with an emphasis on interethnic relations between the Polish nation and other ethnic groups in Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries. The main topics are the partition of Poland at the end of the 18th century, the development of individual annexations in the 19th century, the restoration of the Polish state (1914-1918), the development of Poland between the world wars, the fate of Poles and Polish territory during World War II, and the development of the Polish People's Republic. The course covers developments up to the beginning of the 21st century (Poland's accession to NATO and the EU).
After completing the course, students should be able to explain the fundamental issues in the development of Polish society in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Prerequisites
Ability to think critically and independently.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Written test (minimum pass mark 60%). Active participation in lectures (80%).
Recommended literature
  • Blobaum, Robert. Antisemitism and its opponents in modern Poland. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8014-8969-5.
  • Brzoza, Czesław. Historia Polski, 1918-1945. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2007. ISBN 978-83-08-04125-3.
  • Czubiński, Antoni. Historia Polski XX wieku. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 2003. ISBN 83-7177-201-7.
  • DAVIES, N. Polsko. Dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Praha: Prostor, 2003.
  • Friedl, Jiří. Dějiny Polska. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7422-306-8.
  • CHWALBA, A. Historia Polski 1795-1918. Kraków: Wydawnictvo literackie, 2001.
  • Chwalba, Andrzej. Polsko 1989-2008 : dějiny současnosti. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7325-185-7.
  • Kosman, Marceli. Dějiny Polska. Praha: Karolinum, 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-1842-5.
  • KŘEN, J.. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha: Argo, 2005.
  • Paczkowski, Andrzej. Půl století dějin Polska 1939-1989. Praha: Academia, 2000. ISBN 80-200-0737-7.
  • PORTER, B. When Nationalism Begane to Hate. Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • ROSZKOWSKI, W. Najnowsza historia Polski, 1914-2001, 3 sv. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo naukowe PWN, 2003.
  • Řezník, Miloš. Za naši a vaši svobodu : století polských povstání (1794-1864). Praha: Argo, 2006. ISBN 80-7203-668-8.
  • TOPOLSKI, J. Polska dwudziestego wieku (1914-1999). Poznań, 1999.
  • Wandycz, Piotr Stefan. The lands of partitioned Poland, 1795-1918. Seattle ;: University of Washington Press, 1974. ISBN 0-295-95358-6.


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