Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (07.09.2015)
The course explains basic schemes of development of modern nations and their identities including minority issue in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe with respect to its territorial context and with the use of data collected in censuses since the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century.
Aim of the course
Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (07.09.2015)
The main aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of the nation-forming processes in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe since the end of the 19th century, to give them insights into particular nation´s development and to learn them to treat the national question with respect to its varying contexts including the territorial one.
Literature
Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (07.09.2015)
Obligatory reading:
Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003 (also Polish vision available: P.Eberhardt, Między Rosją i Niemcami. Warszawa 1995 Magocsi, Paul R., Historical atlas of Central Europe. Seattle 2002
Recommended reading
Kaiser, R.J., The geography of nationalism in Russia and the USSR. Princeton 1994 National, regional and minority languages in Europe. Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, 2011. Minority issues in Europe : rights, concepts, policy. Ed. Tove H. Malloy. Berlin 2013 The Oxford handbook of the history of nationalism, ed. John Breuilly, Oxford 2013
Articles - employ JSTOR, Sage, Taylor&Francis, ebrary and other sources at: http://knihovna.jinonice.cuni.cz/en/
Teaching methods
Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (07.09.2015)
The course combines lecture and seminar; teacher provides students with basic information on historical development of selected countries, students prepare presentation on current ethnic situation in these countries.
Requirements to the exam
Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (02.10.2018)
1. Assessment of the course: Presentation (10 %), short paper (20 %), test (70 %). Presentation does not rest in reading what students can read on the wall but in commenting and interpreting of projected points; presentation shoud be sent to the lecturer always Sunday before the class! In the case you were not able to deliver presentation you should submit two short papers with two different topics from the list - see point 2.
2. Short paper = 1 500 words (footnotes + list of sources: students are obliged to search the library in Jinonice and available databases at http://knihovna.jinonice.cuni.cz/en/. Topics: Any of the topics listed as presentation topic (must be always different from presentation topic). Deadline: 21 January 2019. Text to be sent to jiri.vykoukal@post.cz, late delivery means one grade down.
3. Test - will take place in the period between 21 January - 15 February 2019. There will be three exam terms and students have right to take three terms (one regular term and two retakes). Students who fail to register for exam in the regular period miss one term. Test combines statistics, geography/maps, history and data related to national groups and minorities. It is based on obligatory reading and presentations provided by the lecturer. Test must be assessed as non-failed. Assessment A-F
Syllabus
Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (25.10.2018)
1. Introduction (2 October 2018)
2. Baltic area (9 October 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 19-72. Presentation: a) Comparative Russian Minorities in Estonia and Latvia (Ryan DAY) b) Polish minority in Lithuania c) National autonomy in the Baltics between 1918-1940
3. Belarus (16 October 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 176-180, 197-204, 225-237 Presentation: a) Polish minority in Belarus b) Language issue in Belarus (Emylie BOBBI) c) National identity in Belarus
4. Ukraine (23 October 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 175-264. Presentation: a) Language issue in Ukraine b) Regional factor and national identity (Paul SCHÖPPL) c) Minorities in Ukraine
5. Poland (6 November 2018 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 74-97, 112-126, 137-146. Presentation: a) German minority in Poland b) Past and present of Jews in Poland (Claudia MITRICA) c) Ukrainians in Poland
6. Czecho-Slovakia (30 October 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 98-107, 127-133, 147-159. Presentation: a) German minority in Czech Republic b) Polish minority in Teschen Silesia c) Hungarian minority in Slovakia (Ana HERRAN)
7. Hungary (13 November 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 266-275, 289-294, 310-314. Presentation: a) Roma issue b) Hungarian diaspora abroad c) Hungary and refugees (Ricardo LUNA)
8. Romania & Moldova (20 November 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 276-282, 295-305, 315-323. Presentation: a) Moldovan identity of Transnistria (Carly CAHILL) b) Hungarian minority and Szeklers in Transylvania c) Romanian German heritage
9. Bulgaria (27 November 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 353-356, 368-370, 414-420. Presentation: a) Turkish question b) Pomaks c) Greek heritage (Robertson CLAY)
10. Yugoslavia to 1945 (4 December 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 339-352, 362-367, 377-413. Presentation: a) Illyrism and Yugoslavism b) Italian heritage in Dalmatian area c) 1918-1989: unitarian state and federation compared (Kathryn DORSEY)
11. Yugoslavia after 1945 and post-Yugoslav states (11 December 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 339-352, 362-367, 377-413. a) Serbo-Croatian cultural and language unity (Alina LEPEKHINA) b) Macedonian question c) National cohabitation in B&H
12. Albania & Kosovo (18 December 2018) Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 356-7, 370-1, 420-423. Presentation: a) Albanian minority in Serbia (Uygar Öztaş) b) Kosovo: Kosovars or Albanians? c) Albanian diaspora in the world
PowerPoint presentation, time 20 minutes!
Presentation topics to be selected during the first class, presentation should be sent Sunday before the class to jiri.vykoukal@post.cz!!!
