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KHV / DEHN1
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KHV
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DEHN1
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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The Modern History of Central Europe 1
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Seminar
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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KHV/MDHN1 and KSA/MDHN1
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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The aim of the course is to teach the students the political and social history of Central Europe in 19th and 20th century. The first part the lectures deals with the time period from the 19th century to the beginning of the Second World War. The aim of seminars will be discusion on particular topics taught during the lectures.
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Requirements on student
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acquaintance of given subject matter
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Content
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Course is dealing with a time period from Congress of Vienna to the eastern enlargement of the European Union. Content is the political and social history of Central Europe. Ground is the development of small middle european nations: Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Hungarian, Slovenes and jews in 19th and 20th century, role of Germans and Germany in creating the Central Europe in different historical periods. Course is two semestral. In the first part will deal with the time period from the 19th century to the beginning of the Second World War. 1938/1939. Systmeatic historical explication will deal with topics such as: Austria after 1815; the First World War; origin of "new Europe" - 1918/1919; central-eastern Europe interwar; Central Europe at the beginning of the Second World War. Emphasis will be on situation of minorites (especially on jewish community and german minorites in middle and eastern Europe).
Selected topics:
1. Introduction to the issues, discusion on notion "Central Europe" in hitsorical periods
2. "At the beginning was Napoleon!" - big movements and Central Europe (nationalism, libaralism and conservatism)
3. "Nation vs. State" - german national unity, 1848 revolution in Central Europe
4. The beginnings of modernization in Central Europe
5. Integration projects in the half of the 19th century (F. List vs. K. L. von Bruck)
6. Optimism of ""gründers era" and the crises - liberal government in austria and "conservative" shift in Germany 1879
7. Central Europe in the imperialism times (economic miracle and its shadows)
8. Central powers and "big war" - from F. Naumann to Brest-Litovsk
9. New world order - middle Europe as "cordon sanitaire"?
10. Post war society - nations and minorites
11. Problems of democracy - from Habsburg to Hitler
12. Economic and politic relationship in Danube (Rome records, Little Entente and Germany)
13. Anschluss, Munich 1938 and the way to the war
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Břach, Radko. Československo a Evropa v polovině dvacátých let. Praha ; Paseka, 1996. ISBN 80-7185-077-2.
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Basic:
Křen, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha : Argo, 2005. ISBN 80-7203-612-2.
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Extending:
Gabal, Ivan. Etnické menšiny ve střední Evropě : konflikt nebo integrace. Praha : G plus G, 1999. ISBN 80-86103-23-4.
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Recommended:
Klimek, A.; Kubů, E. Československá zahraniční politika 1918-1938. kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1995. ISBN 80-85241-88-9.
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Recommended:
Kořalka, Jiří; Nodl, Martin. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815 - 1914 : sociálněhistorické souvislosti vytváření novodobého národa a národnostní otázky v českých zemích. Praha : Argo, 1996. ISBN 80-7203-022-1.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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26
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Practical training (number of hours)
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26
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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78
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Total
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130
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills. |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
Students will create a timeline of major historical events in modern Central European history from the Congress of Vienna till World War II. They will analyze the relationship between Austria and the German states and evaluate the position of small nations in the Austrian Empire. Further they will recognize and formulate the causes of the collapse of Austria-Hungary. |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Seminar classes |
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