USESEN028 Modern History of Central Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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 is directed towards presentation of main periods and problems of development of countries of central Europe from the World War I till the 90´s. The attention is paid to not only superficial interpretation of history of individual states but to generalising explanation of the whole complex of relations dictating the character of coexistence (conflicts and cooperation) of communities living in central European region. The students will acquire the basic outline of profiling tendencies and features of forming of social, political and cultural transformations in this region in the 20th century with regard to whole-European context and its changes.
Syllabus
  • 1) The characteristics of approaches to the phenomenon of Central Europe in the 20th century: tradition and the present.
    2) Central Europe on the threshold and in the course of "the Great War" (1914-1918).
    3) The Versailles System and the new political power arrangement in the region: the most serious problems and conflicts (1919-1925).
    4) The uneven stabilization of Central European countries in the second half of 1920s.
    5) Central Europe in the crisis and on the way to the war conflict: national socialism, fascism, communism and democracy in th 1930s.
    6) World War II (1939-1945) and its consequences in Central European region.
    7) Social democracies and the beginning of the Cold War: Central Europe in the years 1944-1948.
    8) Totalitarian communist regimes in Central Europe in 1948-1956, their characteristics and development.
    9) De-Stalinization and the rise of post-totalitarian regimes in Central European countries in 1950s and 1960s.
    10) Central Europe in 1970s: the ambitions and insecurities of communist regimes.
    11) From Solidarity to the reforms (1980-1988).
    12) The fall of Communism in Central Europe (1989-1991).
    13) Redefinition of national states and the integration tendencies in 1990s.
Literature
    required literature
  • JUDT, T. Poválečná Evropa. Dějiny od roku 1945. Praha: Slovart, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7391-025-9. info
  • Křen, J. Dvě století Evropy. Praha, 2005. info
  • DEJMEK, J. Československo, jeho sousedé a velmoci ve XX. století (1918-1992). Vybrané kapitoly z dějin čs. zahraniční politiky. Praha: CEP, 2002. info
  • VYKOUKAL, J. - LITERA, B. - TEICHMAN, M. Východ. Vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. Praha, 2000. info
  • WANDYCZ, P.S. Střední Evropa v dějinách od středověku do současnosti. Cena svobody. Praha, 1998. info
    recommended literature
  • KOVÁŘ, F. - HORČIČKA, V. Dějiny evropské integrace. Sv. I, II. Praha, 2005. info
  • GILBERT, F., LARGE, D. C. Konec evropské éry: dějiny Evropy 1890-1990. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003. ISBN 80-204-0887-8. info
  • NÁLEVKA, V. Studená válka. Praha, 2003. info
  • DAVIES, N. Evropa. Dějiny jednoho kontinentu. Praha, 2000. info
  • ORT, A. Evropa 20. století. Praha, 2000. info
  • BESANÇON, A. Nemoc století. Komunismus, nacismus a holocaust. Praha, 2000. info
  • HOBSBAWM, E.J. Věk extrémů. Krátké 20. století 1914-1991. Praha, 1998. info
  • HLAVÁČEK, I. (ed.). Československo a střední Evropa v meziválečném období. Praha, 1996. 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
Seminar paper or detailed essay about read book (books) to given topic. On this base the oral exam focused on testing gained knowledge.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013.
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