FPF:UHVD3013 Seminar on the History of Sile - Course Information
UHVD3013 Seminar on the History of Silesia II
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaSummer 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Sabina Máchová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Martin Pelc, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Prerequisites
- basic knowledge of the German language
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- History (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
- History - Museology (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
- Course objectives
- The seminar accompanies the lecture course Modern history of Silesia. While interpreting text sources, the students will learn about the Silesian identity, its territory, administration, ethnical and confessional structure. The focus is on Silesian specifics (compared to Bohemia and Moravia). Different nationalist intepretations of the history of Silesia will be analyzed.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction: mental map of Silesia: the position of Silesia in the monarchy
2. Silesian provincial identity, the notion of Silesia?s unity with the lands of the Bohemian Crown
3. Enlightenment in Silesia
4. The language and national problem in Silesia
5. Silesia in collective memory
6. Opava as the centre of Austrian Silesia
7. Silesia?s relation to the centre of the monarchy / republic
8. Modernization in / of Silesia
9. Commented tour of the exposition Silesia in the Silesian provincial museum
10. Commented tour of the up-to-date exhibition Silesia in the Silesian provincial museum
11. Commented tour of the exposition History of Opava in the Municipal house
12. Presentation of seminar papers
- 1. Introduction: mental map of Silesia: the position of Silesia in the monarchy
- Literature
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- * Minimum 80% presence
* active cooperation / work with selected texts
* delivering a paper on an assigned topic
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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