HKDRPBP025 Modern History I

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marian Hochel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Marian Hochel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Marian Hochel, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
Tue 14:45–16:20 M5
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
HKDRPBP025/A: Tue 16:25–17:10 M5, M. Hochel
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
Course objectives
The course includes an interpretation of history from the late 18th century to the 1930s. It emphasizes the European context and the global context of the phenomena that characterized the epoch. The introduction provides an overview of various views on the periodization of the period (long / short, respectively very long 19th century). During the one-semester cycle, attention will be paid to the changes in individual areas of society of the given epoch. Knowledge of individual phenomena, processes and trends will be deepened in the form of seminar teaching through work with translations or originals of historical source texts, interpretation of iconographic and historical-cartographic material. The seminar will deal with five general thematic areas:
1. The era of revolutions on the way to civil society.
2. Europe after the Congress of Vienna.
3. Europe and the world in the second half of the 19th century.
4. Ideological currents in 19th century Europe.
5. The First World War and the development of interwar Europe.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- explain the changes in particular areas of society in the long 19th century;
- describe political developments and international relations in the long 19th century;
- to analyze the phenomena, processes and trends of the observed epoch through work with translations or originals of historical sources, interpretation of iconographic and historical cartographic material.
Syllabus
  • 1. Self-reflection and reflection: epoch and its media, old and new media, changes in the perception of the "long" 19th century.
  • 2. Population in the 19th century: demographic transition, migration, living standards.
  • 3. The age of (without) revolutions: revolutions in modern history.
  • 4. War and peace: changes in armed conflicts and revolutions, pacifism and other international movements.
  • 5. Civilization: encounters and clashes of cultures, religions, races, exclusion and emancipation.
  • 6. The state and its changes: new forms of political communication, bureaucratization, discipline, mobilization, the emergence of the welfare state.
  • 7. Transformation of cities: typology, urbanization, planning, aesthetics, symbolism.
  • 8. Networks: changes in communication, transport, trade, finance.
  • 9. Unleashed Prometheus: industrialization, new energy regime, agricultural revolution, capitalism.
  • 10. The spirit of the world: religion and science.
  • 11. Transformations of art: from the imitation of patterns to creative destruction, the arrival of modernity.
  • 12. Free time: definition of free time, new forms of spending free time, emergence of mass popular culture.
  • 13. The "long" 19th century and its place in history: the attitude of the 19th century to history, historicism, a summary of the characteristics of the epoch.
Literature
    required literature
  • Moravcová, Dagmar – Bělina, Pavel: Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1914–1941. Praha 1998.
  • Skřivan, Aleš: Evropská politika 1648–1914. Praha 1999 (kapitoly VII–XII).
  • Hanuš, Jiří – Hloušek, Vít: Předminulé století. Evropa v politice a kultuře 19. století. Brno 2019.
  • Nálevka, Vladimír: Světová politika ve 20. století. Praha 2000 (kapitoly I–XII).
  • Skřivan, Aleš – Drška, Václav – Stellner, František: Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1648–1914. Praha 1995 (kapitoly IX–XVII).
  • Pečenka, Marek – Luňák, Petr a kolektiv: Encyklopedie moderní historie. Praha 2009 (+ další vydání).
  • Vinen, Richard: Evropa 20. století. Praha 2007 (část I: kapitoly 1–3, část II: kapitoly 1–6).
  • Hanuš, Jiří: Historie moderní doby. Rozhovory o základních pojmech, událostech a problémech 19. století. Brno 2004.
    recommended literature
  • Bayly, Christopher Alan: Zrod moderního světa 1780-1914. Brno 2020.
  • Schulze, Hagen: Stát a národ v evropských dějinách. Praha 2003.
  • Bade, Klaus J.: Evropa v pohybu: evropské migrace dvou staletí. Praha 2005.
  • Simms, Brendan: Zápas o evropskou nadvládu. Praha 2015.
  • Thiessová, Anne-Marie: Vytváření národních identit v Evropě 18. až 20. století. Brno 2007.
  • Hobsbawm, Eric John: Národy a nacionalismus od roku 1780: program, mýtus, realita. Brno 2000.
  • Ferguson, Niall: Válka světa. Dějiny věku nenávisti. Praha 2008.
  • Hochel, Marian (ed.): Moderní Evropan první poloviny 19. století. K životnímu jubileu profesora Dušana Uhlíře. Opava – Praha 2019.
  • Křen, Jan: Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha 2005 (2019).
  • Livi Bacci, Massimo: Populace v evropské historii. Praha 2003.
  • McLeod, Hugh: Náboženství a lidé západní Evropy (1789–1989). Brno 2007.
  • Fontana, Josep: Evropa před zrcadlem. Praha 2001.
  • Rapport, Michael: Evropa devatenáctého století. Praha 2011.
  • Uhlíř, Dušan: Čas kongresů a tajných společností. Praha 2017.
  • Bocková, Gisela: Ženy v evropských dějinách. Od středověku do současnosti. Praha 2007.
  • Charle, Christophe: Intelektuálové v Evropě 19. století. Brno 2004.
  • Křivský, Petr – Skřivan, Aleš: Století odchází. Světla a stíny belle époque. Praha 2004.
  • Hanuš, Jiří (ed.): Dějiny kultury a civilizace Západu v 19. století. Brno 2002.
Teaching methods
lectures, seminar
Assessment methods
PowerPoint presentation, active discussion during lessons, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
The final test evaluates the areas of lectures and required reading, the thematic focus is defined by lectures and seminars. Lecture areas see the syllabus. Component seminar areas see here:

1) The Enlightenment as an ideological starting point on the way to civil society

2) The American Revolution and the formation of the USA

3) The Industrial Revolution

4) The French Revolution

5) Europe during the revolutionary wars

6) France during the Consulate and Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte

7) Europe during the Napoleonic Wars

8) Europe after the Congress of Vienna 1814/1815–1823

9) The revolutionary wave in Europe in the 20s-30s of the 19th century

10) "Spring of Nations", 1940s and revolutionary years 1848/1849

11) Victorian Era and the British Empire

12) The unification of Italy

13) The unification of Germany

14) The Second Empire in France

15) US Civil War

16) Russia during the last Romanovs (from Nicholas I. to Nicholas II.)

17) International relations and World Politics 1850–1914

18) Imperialism, colonialism and world conquest

19) World War I 1914–1918

20) Paris Peace Conference and Versailles Peace System

21) International relations in the 20s-30s of the 20th century

22) The Great Depression

23) Prelude of Nazism in Germany

24) Prelude of Fascism in Italy

25) Soviet Russia in the 20s-30s of the 20th century

26) European dictatorships in the 20th-30th years of the 20th century

27) Currents of thought in the 19th century (conservatism, liberalism, socialism, Marxism, etc.)

28) Culture of the 19th century (Classicism, Empire style, Biedermeier,Romanticism, Historicism, Realism, Impressionism and -isms of the second half of the 19th century, Art Nouveau, etc.)

29) Culture and artistic avant-garde 1900–1938

30) In the sign of progress: science, technology, discoveries and inventions of the long 19th century

The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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