Course: Czechoslovak History since 1945

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Course title Czechoslovak History since 1945
Course code KHI/CS45
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Breitfelder Miroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. People's democracy in Czechoslovakia 1945 - 1948. Decrees, postwar purification, retribution, the expulsion of Sudeten Germans. Rise of National Front and its political system. 2. Power collision of non-Communist parties with the Communists in February 1948. 3. Communist terror and murders in 1950s. Concentration camps. 4. Collectivization and the attempted destruction of the Catholic Church. 5. Third (anti-communist) resistance at home and in exile. 6. Monetary Reform and the attempt of rebellion in June 1953. 7. Cosmetic de-Stalinization after the XX. congress of the CPSU. The II. Congress of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers. 8. Economic collapse and attemps of reform in the 1960s: ?Socialism with a human face? - Dubcek and co. The IV. Congress of Czechoslovak Writers. 9. The invasion and occupation in August 1968. 10. Husak and normalization 1969 - 1989. Common life of socialist man. 11. Origins and development of dissident groups in the 1970s. Not only the Charter 77. 12. Breakdown of the communist dictatorship in the years 1985 - 1989. Jakes and co.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 15 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to prove the knowledge of history in the Czech lands and Slovakia between 1918 and 1945 in the context of European and world development as an important prerequisite for post-war development.
Skills
understand the professional text, apply basic geographical and chronological skills - work with historical map, historical line, chronological table, search and interpret written, picture or multimedia source, both in physical and electronic form.
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
the new direction of post-war Czechoslovakia. differences of "folk" and real democracy; an assessment of the possibilities of non-communist forces in the struggle against communist dictatorship; methods of communist terror and to compare them with the methods of national socialism. Clarify the differences between the terror of the 1950s and so-called normalization. Explain the economic, social, cultural and national causes of the attempt to reform communism (Prague Spring) and their international context. Describe and exemplify common life for normalization. Justify the domestic and international causes of the fall of the Communist dictatorship.
Skills
understanding of the professional text, orientation and interpretation in written image and multimedia sources, both in physical and electronic form, based on the analysis of important topics from Czechoslovak history from 1945 to 1992; presenting the historical development of the period. in a pedagogical, convincing, expert and correct manner.
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Interactive lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
Seminar classes
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Seminar
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Self-evaluation
Recommended literature
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav; Východská, Helena. 50. léta a videosvědectví dětí politických vězňů : metodický materiál pro pedagogické pracovníky. Vyd. 1. Praha : DMS - Dokumenty, mládež & společnost, 2009. ISBN 978-80-254-7810-3.
  • Jech, Karel. Kolektivizace a vyhánění sedláků z půdy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7021-902-7.
  • Judt, Tony. Poválečná Evropa. Dějiny od roku 1945.. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7391-025-9.
  • Kaplan, Karel. Československo v poválečné Evropě. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0655-0.
  • Kaplan, Karel. Nekrvavá revoluce. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1993. ISBN 80-204-0145-8.
  • Kaplan, Karel. Pět kapitol o Únoru. Vyd. 1. Brno : Doplněk, 1997. ISBN 80-85765-73-X.
  • Kaplan, Karel. Zpráva o zavraždění generálního tajemníka : [O R. Slánském]. 1. vyd. v ČSFR. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1992. ISBN 80-204-0269-1.
  • Suk, Jiří. Labyrintem revoluce : aktéři, zápletky a křižovatky jedné politické krize : od listopadu 1989 do června 1990. V českém jazyce vyd. 1. Praha : Prostor, 2003. ISBN 80-7260-099-0.
  • Tigrid, Pavel. Kapesní průvodce inteligentní ženy po vlastním osudu. 2. vyd. (v Odeonu 1. vyd.). Praha : Odeon, 1990. ISBN 80-207-0149-4.
  • Veber, Václav. Osudové únorové dny 1948. Vyd. 1. Praha : NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7106-941-6.
  • Wiedemann, Andreas. "Pojď s námi budovat pohraničí!" : osídlování a proměna obyvatelstva bývalých Sudet 1945-1952. V českém jazyce vydání první. 2016. ISBN 978-80-7260-337-4.


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