Cross-Cultural Studies - JKM024

• Title: Cross-Cultural Studies
• Czech title: Mezikulturní studia
• Guaranteed by: Department of Media Studies (23-KMS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:combined
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:8/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 70 / unknown (70)
• Min. number of students: 10
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Dr. phil. habil. Ulrike Lütke Notarp, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Dr. phil. habil. Ulrike Lütke Notarp, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

This lecture is taught in two blocks. It consists of four lessons in total.

The lecture deals with some classic as well as new perspectives in the field of cross-cultural studies.

1. 6.3.2026 2:45-4:15pm Culture Theory: Introduction to the concept of cultural dimensions by G. Hofstede
2. 6.3.2026 4:30-6:00pm Conducting research in cross-cultural studies

3. 20.3.2026 2:45-4:15pm Introduction to Modernization theory by R. Inglehart,
4. 20.3.2026 4:30-6:00pm Culture, Collective Memory, National Identity (Concept of Collective Memory by M. Halbwachs)

Last update: Lütke Notarp Ulrike, Dr. phil. habil., Ph.D. (19.03.2026)

Aim of the course

1. Get familiar with some theoretical approaches in cross-cultural studies

2. Get familiar with empirical cross-cultural research

Last update: Lütke Notarp Ulrike, Dr. phil. habil., Ph.D. (01.02.2026)

Course completion requirements

- regular and active participation.

- read and prepare seminar texts at home.

- presence test at the end of the class

Last update: Lütke Notarp Ulrike, Dr. phil. habil., Ph.D. (01.02.2026)

Literature

Berger Peter, Luckmann, Thomas (1966), The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, London: Penguin Books.

Erll, Astrid, Nünning, Ansgar. (ed.). 2010. A Companion to Cultural Memory Studies. Berlin. New York. De Gruyter.

Halbwachs, Maurice: On Collective Memory, Chicago, London, 1992. The University of Chicago Press. (Translation of: Les cadres sociaux de la mémoire, Paris, 1952.) 

Hodges Persell, Caroline (1987). (2^nd edition) Understanding Society. An Introduction to Sociology, p. 83-101. New York University.

Hofstede, Geert & Hofstede, Gerd Jan, Minkov, Michael (2010). Cultures and Or­ganizations. Software of the mind. Intercultural Coopera­tion and its Importance for Survival. New York. Mc Graw-Hill.

Inglehart, Ronald, Halman, Loek, Welzel, Christian (2004). Introduction. In R. Inglehart, M. Basáňes, J. Díez-Medrano (Hrsg.), Human beliefs and values. A cross-cultural sourcebook based on the 1999-2002 values surveys, S. 1-20. Mexico. Siglo XXI Editores.

Inglehart, Ronald, Welzel Christian (2007). (1. ed. 2005). Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy. The Human Development Sequence. Cambridge. University Press.

Notarp, Ulrike (2025). National Identity under a Magnifying Lens - a Study on National Identity in Germany, Poland and Russia. In K. Bracisiewicz, M. Pielużek (ed.) Badanie i projektowanie komuniakcji, vol. 8, p.65-97. Wroclaw. Libron.

Peters, Bernhard. 2002. “A New Look at ‘National Identity’: How Should We Think about ‘collective’ or ‘National Identities’? Are There Two Types of National Identities? Does Germany Have an Ethnic Identity, and Is It Different?” European Journal of Sociology, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 3–32. Cambridge University Press.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/23999097

 

additional:

Notarp, U. The Image of the Vietnamese Community in the Czech Press from 1997 until 2009. In Tereza Pavlíčková and Irena Reifová (ed.), Media, Power and Empowerment: Central and Eastern European Communication and Media conference CEECOM Prague 2012. Cambridge Scholar Publishing, p. 350-357. Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK.

http://www.cambridgescholars.com/media-power-and-empowerment    

Last update: Lütke Notarp Ulrike, Dr. phil. habil., Ph.D. (01.02.2026)

Syllabus

1)   6. 3. 2026 2:45-4:15pm.  Culture Theory: Introduction to the concept of cultural dimensions by G. Hofstede

- Introduction to Cross-cultural studies

- Concept of Culture

- Concept of Cultural Dimensions I

2)  6. 3. 2026 4:30-6:00pm.    Research in cross-cultural studies

- Concept of Cultural Dimensions II

- Process of scientific investigation

3) 20. 3. 2026   2:45-4:15pm Modernization Theory by R. Inglehart

- Introduction to Modernization Theory

4) 20. 3. 2026 4:30-6:00pm Culture, Collective Memory & Cultural Identity 

- Introduction to the concept of Collective Memory by M. Halbwachs

- Individual Memory – Collective Memory, History – Concepts of Remembrance - National Identity

 

Last update: Lütke Notarp Ulrike, Dr. phil. habil., Ph.D. (17.02.2026)