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Course: Czechoslovak History 1914 - 1945

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Course title Czechoslovak History 1914 - 1945
Course code KHI/ČSNN
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, Optional
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. Czech lands during the First World War. Political and economic situation, Czech - German relations, domestic resistance, foreign resistance 2. The emergence of independent Czechoslovakia - assumptions and possibilities 3. Problems and problems of national minorities, especially German 4. The economy of the new state, the political system of the Czechoslovak Republic 5. Negativism in the Czech Way: The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 6. Czechoslovak foreign policy 7. The World Economic Crisis and Czechoslovakia 8. Grasping power by Hitler and the Czechoslovak Germans 9. 1936 - 1938: Henlein, French betrayal, Munich agreement 10. The Second Republic: authoritative democracy? 11. Slovak Republic 1939 - 1945, 12. Imperial County Sudetenland 1938-1945 13. Domestic and foreign resistance, preparation of socialization of Czechoslovakia, Košice government program, conclusion of war on Czechoslovak territory

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Discussion, Seminar classes, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to demonstrate the knowledge of the development of the Central European region at least at the level of secondary school history, especially Austria-Hungary before and during the First World War, as well as basic orientation in contemporary world events
Skills
analyze, reflect and interpret professional historical texts, interpret fundamental problems of world modernity, demonstrate the theoretical ability of basic didactic application of the history of modern times
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
the circumstances of the emergence of a separate state not only as a result of the loss of Central Powers. It will describe the national and social issues of the Czechoslovak Republic as a significant factor of further development. It analyzes the influence of negative political parties (DNP, DNSAP, SdP, KSČ). It compares development in Czechoslovakia with other Central European states. It will define the possibilities of Czechoslovak foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s and in the period around the Munich crisis. Explain the different interpretation of the so-called Second Republic in Czech historiography and compare the Communist evaluation of the First Republic with the facts. It will evaluate the consequences of the Second World War for the further existence and political direction of Czechoslovakia
Skills
historical argumentation, comparison of historical phenomena, application of historical knowledge in spoken written language, didactic applications of historical knowledge. Learning outcomes of the course unit The student will work on the basic chronology of Czechoslovak history in the first half of the 20th century, will be able to argue with the historical events of the modern period, to generalize and apply the acquired knowledge, and will focus on the basic literature on Czech and Czechoslovak history.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Interactive lecture
Self-study of literature
Discussion
Seminar classes
Skills
Lecture
Seminar
Discussion
Competences
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Oral exam
Skills
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Test
Competences
Test
Oral exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Brandes, Detlef. Češi pod německým protektorátem : okupační politika, kolaborace a odboj 1939 - 1945. Praha : Prostor, 2000. ISBN 80-7260-028-1.
  • Brandes, Detlef. Die Sudetendeutschen im Krisenjahr 1938. 2. Aufl. München : Oldenbourg, 2010. ISBN 978-3-486-59722-6.
  • Brandes, Detlef. Germanizovat a vysídlit : nacistická národnostní politika v českých zemích. V českém jazyce vydání první. 2015. ISBN 978-80-7260-310-7.
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav. Der zweite Versuch. Schwierige Anfänge des Reichsgaues Sudetenland. In: Meinke, Markus: Die tschechisch-bayrische Grenze im Kalten Krieg in vergleichender Perspektive. Politische, ökonomische und soziokulturelle Dimensionen.. Regensburg, 2011. ISBN 978-3-935052-88-7.
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav. Die Erste Tschechoslowakische Republik - Nationalstaat oder Nationalitätenstaat?. Frankfurt am Main, 2004.
  • Dejmek, Jinřich-Kuklík, Jan-Němeček, Jan. Kauza: tzv. Benešovy dekrety. Historické kořeny a souvislosti. Praha: Historický ústav AV ČR, 1999. ISBN 80-7286-001-1.
  • Gebel, Ralf. "Heim ins Reich!" : Konrad Henlein und der Reichsgau Sudetenland (1938-1945). 2. Aufl. München : Oldenbourg Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-486-56468-4.
  • Kárník, Zdeněk. České země v éře První republiky. Vznik, budování a zlatá léta republiky (1918-1929). Třetí vydání. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7277-563-7.
  • Kárník, Zdeněk. České země v éře první republiky (1918 - 1938) Díl třetí. O přežití a o život. (1936 - 1938)..
  • Kárník, Zdeněk. České země v éře První republiky (1918-1938). Díl druhý, Československo a české země v krizi a v ohrožení (1930-1935) /. Praha, Libri, 2002.
  • Kuklík, Jan. Londýnský exil a obnova československého státu 1938-1945 : právní a politické aspekty obnovy Československa z hlediska prozatímního státního zřízení ČSR v emigraci. 1. vyd. Praha : Karolinum, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-665-1.
  • Kuklík, Jan. Mýty a realita tzv. "Benešových dekretů" : dekrety prezidenta republiky 1940-1945. Praha : Linde, 2002. ISBN 80-7201-352-1.
  • Kuklík, Jan; Němeček, Jan. Hodža versus Beneš : Milan Hodža a slovenská otázka v zahraničním odboji za druhé světové války. Vyd. 1. Praha : Karolinum, 1999. ISBN 80-7184-828-X.
  • Küpper, René. Karl Hermann Frank (1898-1946) politická biografie sudetoněmeckého nacionálního socialisty. Praha, 2012. ISBN 978-80-257-0521-6.
  • Kural, Václav. Konflikt místo společenství? : Češi a Němci v československém státě (1918 - 1938). 1. vyd. Praha : Nakladatelství R, 1993. ISBN 80-901431-3-X.
  • Kural, Václav. Místo společenství - konflikt! : Češi a Němci ve Velkoněmecké říši a cesta k odsunu (1938 - 1945). 1. vyd. Praha : Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 1994. ISBN 80-85864-04-5.
  • Lukeš, Igor. Československo mezi Stalinem a Hitlerem : Benešova cesta k Mnichovu. V českém jazyce vydání druhé. 2018. ISBN 978-80-7260-398-5.
  • Mohn, Volker. Nacistická kulturní politika v Protektorátu : koncepce, praxe a reakce české strany. V českém jazyce vydání první. 2018. ISBN 978-80-7260-372-5.
  • Osterloh, Jörg. Nationalsozialistische Judenverfolgung im Reichsgau Sudetenland 1938-1945. München : Oldenbourg, 2006. ISBN 3-486-57980-0.
  • Peroutka, Ferdinand. Budování státu. Vyd. 4. Praha : Academia, 2003. ISBN 80-200-1095-5(1.s.
  • Šimová, Kateřina,Kolenovská, Daniela, Drápala, Milan (eds.). Cesty do utopie. Sovětské Rusko ve svědectvích meziválečných československých intelektuálů.. Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7260-331-2.
  • Tigrid, Pavel. Kapesní průvodce inteligentní ženy po vlastním osudu. 2. vyd. (v Odeonu 1. vyd.). Praha : Odeon, 1990. ISBN 80-207-0149-4.


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