USESE0012 Metamorphoses of Renewed Poland

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Mečislav Borák, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
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 aim of the subject is to introduce the modern history of Poland in context of European history, with focus on main tendencies of development in the last century and their connections to history of Czechoslovak (Czech) -Polish relations. The lecture will provide general outline of individual development periods of history of Polish nation and state, the attention will be paid to possibilities of acquiring detailed information and it will portray more closely the dramatic development of Poland in connection to events of World War II in particular, which shaped its nowadays form. The tutorials will be dedicated to detailed analysis of important events with the aim to put them in current context a to evaluate their influences on current form of Polish state and its international position as well as examples of concord or differences in approach to evaluation of some phenomena and events that had been influencing or are still influencing the form of Czech-Polish relations on international and border regions level. The graduate should be able to recognize principal features of history of Polish state and main development tendencies of Czech-Polish relations, should be able to evaluate and distinguish on their own also stereotypes which influence the evacuation. The basic form of the study is reading of Czech (or to Czech translated) literature and writing seminar paper.
Syllabus
  • 1. Literature and resources to history of Poland, origins of Polish state and nation
    2. Aristocratic "democracy", golden age of Polish history and its decline
    3. Three partitions of Poland in the 18th century and three revolutions (1830, 1848, 1863)
    4. The First World War and reconstruction of Polish state
    5. Poland between world wars and its international position
    6. Munich and The Second World War, Underground state
    7. Origin of two Polands, consequences of war
    8. From people´s republic to real socialism
    9. Solidarity and free Poland
    10. Czech-Polish relations in modern history
    11. History of Silesia in Czech-Polish relations
    12. From rivalry to cooperation of Euro regions
Literature
    required literature
  • Davies, N. Polsko: dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Praha, 2003. info
  • Paczkowski, A. Půl století dějin Polska. 1939-1989. Praha, 2000. info
  • Wandycz, P. S. Střední Evropa v dějinách od středověku do současnosti. Cena svobody. Praha, 2000. info
  • Češi a Poláci v minulosti. Sv. I.-II. Praha 1964, 1967. info
  • MACŮREK, J. Dějiny polského národa. Praha, 1948. info
    recommended literature
  • Dejmek, J. Československo, jeho sousedé a velmoci ve XX. století (1918-1992). Praha, 2003. info
  • NĚMEČEK, J. Od spojenectví k roztržce.Vztahy československé a polské exilové. Praha:Academia, 2003. info
  • KADŁUBIEC, K. D. Polská národní menšina na Těšínsku v České republice (1920-1995). Ostrava, 1997. info
  • Nástin dějin Těšínska. Ostrava-Praha: Česká národní rada v nakladatelst, 1992. info
  • MELICHAR, V. a kol. Dějiny Polska. Praha: Svoboda, 1975. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
The analysis of student 's performance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Seminar paper - analysis of concrete problem from modern Polish history (7 pages). Oral exam will be aimed at knowledge of history of modern Poland in context of history of central Europe.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016.
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