USESEC132 Silesia - Land of Four Cultures in a Centre of Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Rudolf Žáček, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Rudolf Žáček, Dr.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course will provide the students with information on issue of Silesia as a specific region on a border of Czech lands, Poland and Germany, it will highlight its role in a political and economic development of the Central Europe, it will evaluate the influence of Silesia on a position of Czech crown lands, Poland and Prussia in a historical context. At the seminars, the students will, on specific examples, evaluate the role of Silesia or some of its parts in political, military, economic and cultural life of Central Europe.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the issue of history of Silesia.
    2. Silesia in a frame of Czech state.
    3. Partition of Silesia between Prussian and Hapsburg monarchy and its development in a period of modern society.
    4. Partition of Silesia after the First World War, Silesian uprisings.
    5. Czech-Polish conflict concerning Czeszyn region in 1919 and its influence on development of relations between Czechoslovakia and Poland.
    6. Position of Silesia in the interwar Poland
    7. Silesia in the interwar Czechoslovakia .
    8. Czeszyn Silesia in a period of Munich and Nazi occupation.
    9. Role of Czeszyn region in Czechoslovak-Polish relations during a war and negotiations concerning the Czechoslovak-Polish confederation.
    10. Czechoslovak-Polish conflict concerning Czeszyn region in years 1945-1947.
    11. Post-war Silesia, expulsion and resettlement, role in a post-war development of Czechoslovakia and Poland.
    12. Role of Silesia in the contemporary Poland and the Czech Republic .
Literature
    required literature
  • ŽÁČEK, R. Slezsko. Praha 2005. info
  • FUKALA, R. Slezsko - neznámá země Koruny české. České Budějovice, 2007. info
  • Gawrecki, D. (Ed.). Dějiny českého Slezska 1700-2000. Opava, 2000. info
  • Klodnicki, Z. (Ed.). Ślask, Schlesien, Slezsko. Przenikanie kultur. Wroclaw, 2000. info
    recommended literature
  • Jirásek, Z. (Ed.). Slezsko v dějinách českého státu. I, II. Praha, 2012. info
  • ŽÁČEK, R. Dějiny Slezska v datech. Praha, 2004. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
A seminar work focused on some of the issues of internal development of the Silesian society.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017.
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