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Lecturer(s)
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Kohoutová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Peřinová Markéta
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Course content
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The course belongs among the seminars in 19th century history designed for undergraduate students of history and archive studies. Each class is based on working with a primary historical source or secondary literature, which the student is required to study before coming to the class. Thematically, the seminar primarily focuses on the 19th-century cultural and social history. Topics: - The Age of Reason - Romanticism - The birth of modern nations - Bulgaria's way to independence as an example of the national movement in the Balkans - The bourgeoisie and the culture of liberalism - Social aspects of the Industrial revolution - A new face of cities - urbanization in the 19th century - The lifestyle of Prague bourgeois society in the second half of the 19th century - Faith and religion in a "disenchanted world" - The clash of cultures as one of the aspects of colonialism - Fin de siecle - une belle époque?
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work
- Homework for Teaching
- 17 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 8 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The goal of the course is - to acquaint students with the basic phenomena and processes that are key to understanding the cultural and social history of the 19th century; - to develop their skills in interpreting primary historical sources; - to develop their skills of independant work with scholarly literature and elaborating a chosen topic on the basis of this literature; - to develop students' presentation skills.
- Students will understand the phenomena and processes behind the birth of modern European society, and acquire factual knowledge of the 19th-century cultural and social history. - Students will practise skills related to both the interpretation of primary historical sources and to working with secondary literature related to this historical period and selected topics. - Within the preparation of a presentation, students will practice the skills to elaborate a given topic based on the study of literature and then to present it to their colleagues in class.
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Prerequisites
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Students are supposed to have basic factual knowledge of the history of the 19th century.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student, Written exam
- active participation in the seminars (max. 3 absences) - preparation for the seminars, i.e. studying the assigned texts for each class - written analysis of a historical source - oral presentation given in class - credit test
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Recommended literature
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Carl E. Schorske. Vídeň na přelomu století. Brno. 2000.
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Hugh McLeod. Sekularizace v západní Evropě (1848-1914). Brno. 2008.
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Jan Rychlík a kol. Mezi Vídní a Cařihradem. Utváření balkánských národů. Praha. 2009.
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Marc Ferro. Dějiny kolonizací. Od dobývání až po nezávislost 13.-20. století. Praha. 2007.
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Milena Lenderová - Tomáš Jiránek - Marie Macková. Z dějin české každodennosti. Praha. 2017.
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Miloš Řezník. Formování moderního národa. Evropské "dlouhé" 19. století. Praha. 2003.
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Neil Ferguson. Britské impérium: cesta k modernímu světu. Praha. 2007.
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Otto Urban. Kapitalismus a česká společnost. K otázkám formování české společnosti v 19. století. Praha. 2003.
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Pavla Horská - Eduard Maur - Jiří Musil. Zrod velkoměsta. Urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Litomyšl. 2002.
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Ulrich Im Hof. Evropa a osvícenství. Praha. 2001.
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Zdeněk Hrbata - Martin Procházka. Romantismus a romantismy. Praha. 2006.
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