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Course: Contemporary History of Europe 1

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Course title Contemporary History of Europe 1
Course code KPE/SDE1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 7
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)
Course content
Lectures (class 1.09): Thursday: 11:3012:15 Seminar (class 2.31): Thursday 12:2513:10 (seminář 1); 13:15-14:00 (seminář 2) Classes may take place on Friday (or other day) once in a month Lecture (P) Seminar (S) Compulsory Reading (CR) 1st WEEK, Friday, September 25 (from 9:45 am) L: INTRODUCTION OF THE COURSE S: PLACEMENT TEST 2nd WEEK, Thursday, October 1 (from 11:30 am) L: EUROPE AS A PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY S: MEMORY AS A PROBLEM IN HISTORY OF EUROPE CR: "Z domu mrtvých. Úvahy o moderní evropské paměti" in Judt, Tony. 2008. Poválečná Evropa. Historie po roce 1945. Praha: Slovart. Pp. 825853. 3rd WEEK, Thursday 8. 10. (from 11:30 am) L: EUROPE BEFORE WWII S: ITALIAN FASCISM AND GERMAN NAZISM CR: Paxton, Robert O. 2007. Anatomie fašismu. Praha: NLN. Pp. 103140. 4th WEEK, Friday 16. 10. (from 9:45 am) L: AGE OF GENOCIDE WWII S: HOLOCAUST CR: Kershaw, Ian. 2008. Hitler, The Germans, and the Final Solution. London New Haven Jerusalem: Yale University Press Yad Vashem. Pp. 89116, 139150. 5th WEEK, Thursday 22. 10. (from 11:30 am) L: HERITAGE OF FASCISM SINCE WWII S: PERSPECTIVES OF FASCIST MOVEMENTS IN EUROPEV AND IN THE WORLD IN THE 2ND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY CR: Paxton, Robert O. 2007. Anatomie fašismu. Pp. 199235. 6th WEEK, Thursday 29. 10. (from 11:30 am) L: SOVIET COMMUNISM: REVOLUTION, SYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENT UNTIL STALIN'S DEATH S: EXPANSION OF THE SOVIET SYSTEM IN RUSSIA, THE USSR AND IN THE WORLD CR: Kramer, Mark. 2014. "Stalin, Soviet Policy, and the Establishment of a Communist Bloc in Eastern Europe, 19411948" Pp. 264294 in Snyder, Timothy, Ray Brandon. Stalin and Europe. Imitation and domination, 19281953. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. 7th WEEK, Thursday 5. 11. (from 11:30 am) L: IMPACT OF WWII: OCCUPATION, COLLABORATION, RETRIBUTION S: EUROPE IN "ZERO HOUR" AND FORMS OF POSTWAR RETRIBUTION CR: Judt, Tony. 2008. Poválečná Evropa, pp. 1362. 8th WEEK, Thursday 12. 11. (from 11:30 am) L: CHANGE OF POSTWAR EUROPE S: RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE CR: Wegs, Robert J., Robert Ladrech. 2002. Evropa po roce 1945. Praha: Vyšehrad, pp. 5588. 9th WEEK, Friday 20. 11. (from 9:45 am) L: COLD WAR AND EUROPE S: INTERPRETATIONS OF COLD WAR CR: Kramer, Mark. 2011. "Proč trvala studená válka tak dlouho?" Soudobé dějiny 18 (12): 172195. 10th WEEK, Thursday 26. 11. (from 11:30 am) L: THE USSR DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT 19451991 S: COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY: UNFULFILLED HOPES CR: Kozlov, Vladimir A. 2011. "The Meaning of Sedition" Pp. 2564 in Kozlov, Vladimir A., Sheila Fitzpatrick, Sergei V. Mironenko (eds.). Sedition. Everyday Resistance in the Soviet Union under Khruschev and Brezhnev. New Haven London: Yale University Press. 11th WEEK, Thursday 3. 12. (from 11:30 am) L: FROM SOVETISATION TO FIRS CRISES SOVIET EASTERN EUROPE S: LIMITS COMMUNIST REFORMISM CR: Judt, Tony. 2008. Poválečná Evropa, pp. 433461. 12th WEEK, Friday 11. 12. (from 9:45) L: FROM POLITICAL STABILIZATION TO REVOLT: WESTERN EUROPE IN 1950S AND 1960S S: ECONOMIC "BOOM" AND SOCIAL STATE CR: Judt, Tony. 2008. Poválečná Evropa, pp. 331362. 13th WEEK FINAL TEST

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
Learning outcomes

Ability to analyze creation of different types of regimes in post WWII Europe (parliamentary democracy, authoritarian and totalitarian regimes) and ability to apply skills and knowledges from the course for the period of 20th century. Application of political science methods (e.g. comparative method) when analyzing political and party systems. Ability to create connections among domestic policy issues and international relations in the given era. Ability of critical analysis of advanced academic literature in Czech and English.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of the European development in 19th century. Basic knowledge of the history of 20th century.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Didactic Test, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio

compulsory participation in seminars (2 absences at max.) paper based on the rules given in the course syllabus comprehensive knowledge of seminar readings for seminars and the term test comprehensive knowledge of assigned books for the term test and the final test excellent orientation in the topics of the course is expected during the final state examination
Recommended literature
  • Eric Hobsbawm. (2010). Věk extrémů. Krátké dvacáté století.. Praha: Argo.
  • Francois Furet. (1995). Minulost jednej ilúzie. Esej o idei komunizmu v 20. storočí.. Bratislava: Agora.
  • Holzer Jerzy. (2012). Europa zimnej wojny. Krakov: Znak.
  • Richard Vinen. (2007). Evropa dvacátého století.. Praha: Vyšehrad.
  • Robert Paxton. (2007). Anatomie fašismu.. Praha: NLN.
  • Robert Service. (2009). Soudruzi. Světové dějiny komunismu.. Praha: Academia.
  • Tony Judt. (2008). Poválečná Evropa. Historie po roce 1945.. Praha: Slovart.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): European Studies and International Relations (2016) Category: Social sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 06.06.2024 00:09.