Course: World and Czech modern History

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Course title World and Czech modern History
Course code KHI/OCDMZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Ulvr Michal, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Rychlík Jan, prof. PhDr. DrSc.
Course content
Annotation: general and Czech modern history (1780/89-1918) The subject deals with development of international affairs after the Seven years war till the Paris Peace conference and Washington Naval treaty and Czech lands during this time. Forming of Czech nationality and Czechoslovak state will be also the subject of teaching; it also introduces a number of sources of the Czech and foreign production. The emphasis will be on the disputable appreciation of this topic. 1) The French Revolution and Napoleonic wars; Lands of Bohemian Crown (Czech Lands) during the rule of Joseph II, Leopold II, the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars. 2) Congress of Vienna and Europe 1815-1847 3) Czech Lands in the pre-March period (1815-1847) 4) Technical developoment, industrial revolution and its impact on political ideology, demographical changes and social conditions. 5) Revolution 1848-1849 in Europe, Austrian Empire, Czech lands and Slovakia 6) Europe and the world 1849-1871 7) Czech Lands from absolutism to constitualism 8) USA, China and Japan in the "long" 19th Century. Colonialism and imperialism; development and andministration of colonial empires. 9) "Belle epoque", technical developmnet in the secod half of 19th Century. The formation of nation states in Europe. 10) Europe at the turn of 19th and 20th Centuries. 11) Czech lands after Austrian-Hungarian Compromise 12) International relations from 1871 to WW I.; formation of blocs, Balkan wars. 13) Economic, social and political development of the Czech land before WW I. 14) World War I. Dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Otoman Empire and Russian Empire. The biginning of Czechoslovakia Excercises are connected with particular lectures. Students will study and discuss the relevant documents.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming)
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 39 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 39 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Lectures: The course is devoted to main aspects of Czech and World history from the time of late enlightment in the 18th Century tu the end of World War I. The impact is put on the explanation of national history within a framework of general history. Lectures explain main domestic and international political events as well as ecenomical and socicultural development and changes of the society in the respective period. The aim of the lectures is the analysis of the origins and development of the states in Central and Western Europe and in the world in the 19th century, i. e. in the years 1776-1914/1918, teach them to embrace the historical process in context and interdisciplinary relations with other scientific disciplines. Emphasis will be placed on the confrontation of different ideological currents and historical schools, students are encouraged to monitor the latest scientific and popular science journals and literature studies, they will provide sufficient space to present their findings to, learn to think scientifically and to formulate their own opinion.
It corresponds to the definition of the subject and to the demands given in syllabus.
Prerequisites
Fulfilment of previous study obligations, see the study program.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Active attendance on discussions (lessons); fulfilment of homework; passing a test successfully; study of recommended literature
Recommended literature
  • Hanuš, Jiří. Historie moderní doby. 2004. ISBN 8086598640.
  • Hlavačka. Cestování v éře dostavníku. Praha, 1996. ISBN 80-72-03-0-15-9.
  • Hlavačka, M. České země v 19. stol. (2 sv.). Praha, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7286-219-1.
  • Hroch, M. Dějiny novověku II. Praha, 1989.
  • Charvát, J. a kol. Dějiny novověku III.. Praha, 1973.
  • Jan Rychlík. Od minulosti k dnešku Dějiny českých zemí, s. 250-408. ISBN 9788074298813.
  • Jiří Hanuš, Vít Hloušek. Předminulé století: Evropa v politice a kultuře 19. století. Brno, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7485-195-7.
  • Kořalka, J. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815-1914. Praha, 1996.
  • Mejdřická, K. a kol. Dějiny novověku II. Praha, 1969.
  • Mejdřická, K. a kol. Dějiny novověku I.. Praha, 1969.
  • Roman Kodet, Aleš Skřivan, Aleš Skřivan, Ivo T. Budil, Lukáš Novotný. Kapitoly z dějin 19. století Úvod do výuky moderních dějin I. Plzeň, 2013. ISBN 978-80-261-0208-3.
  • Rychlík, J. a kol. Mezi Vídní a Cařihradem. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7021-957-7.
  • Rychlík, J. 1918 - Rozpad Rakouska-Uherska a vznik Československa. Praha, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7429-988-9.
  • Skřivan, Aleš a kol. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1648-1914. Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-85241-57-9.
  • Tinková, D. Revoluční Francie 1787-1799. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7387-211-3.
  • Urban, O. Česká společnost 1848-1918. Praha, 1982.
  • Urban, O. Kapitalismus a česká společnost. Praha 1978, 2.vyd..


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