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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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The course moves chronologically and comparatively, asking why some policies were effective in one phase yet failed in another. Through readings, case studies, and discussions of real-world policy dilemmas we will analyze spectacular successes as well as stunning failures. Ultimately, we will ask what works against terrorism (and what doesn't) and how to balance operational and strategic effectiveness with democratic accountability and liberal values. Designed for students looking to gain knowledge about evolving threats, the course offers a current and nuanced examination of one of today's most consequential security challenges. The course will be taught in a total of five two-day blocks. The teaching dates are as follows: 26 February, 13:15-16:30 (4 hours) 27 February, 10:30-12:00 (2 hours) 12 March, 13:15-15:45 (3 hours) 13 March, 10:30-12:00 (2 hours) 26 March, 13:15-15:45 (3 hours) 27 March, 10:30-12:00 (2 hours) 9 April, 13:15-15:45 (3 hours) 10 April, 10:30-12:00 (2 hours) 23 April, 13:15-15:45 (3 hours) 24 April, 10:30-12:00 (2 hours)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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History seminars dealing with Jewish history intend to introduce chosen aspects of social, political, economic and cultural history of Jews. A particular emphasis is placed on an interdisciplinary approach to individual topics. This class will focus on the memory of the Holocaust in the Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia). It will discuss new approches to the historyof the Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia based on reading materials by authors like Wolf Gruner, Benjamin Frommer, Tatjana Lichtenstein, Kateřina Čapková, Michal Frankl, Anna Hájková, or Jan Láníček. We will also analyse oral history testimonies from both Jews and Czechs, living in their home-country or in emigration. We will learn about places of memory like Terezín Memorial, Pinkas synagogue in Prague, or Uherský Brod and Olomouc memorial places as case-studies. The seminar will provide outline of the state authorities´approach to the Jewish minority and memory of the Holocaust.
A student acquires basic knowledge regarding individual stages of Jewish history, terminology and chronological phases.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Dialog, Seminar Work
1. Attendance and active participation in the discussions during the seminar. Max. excused absence 20%. 2. Home preparation in the form of viewing predetermined materials (e.g., movies, slides) and reading assigned literature (Moodle). 3. Final paper
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Recommended literature
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+ V závislosti na tématu semináře/Depending on the topic of seminar.
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Benjamin Frommer. National Cleansing. Retribution against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia.
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Jan Láníček. (2013). Czechs, Slovaks, and Jews, 1938?48: Beyond Idealization and Condemnation.
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Kateřina Čapková. Germans or Jews? German-speaking Jews in Poland and Czechoslovakia after World War II.
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Michal Frankl. Free of Controversy? Recent Research on the Holocaust in the Bohemian Lands.
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Michal Frankl. (2013). The Sheep of Lidice: The Holocaust and the Construction of Czech National History.
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Tatjana Lichtenstein. (2016). "It Is Not My Fault that You Are Jewish!": Jews, Czechs, and the Memory of the Holocaust in Film, 1949?2009.
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Wolf Gruner. (2019). The Holocaust in Bohemia and Moravia. Czech Initiatives, German Policies, Jewish Responses.
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