Ethnic Issues and Territories in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe - JMM422

• Title: Ethnic Issues and Territories in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe
• Guaranteed by: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2009 to 2009
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:written
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (1)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc.
• Class: Courses not for incoming students
• Is incompatible with: JMM097

Annotation

Last update: VYKOUKAL (11.02.2012)

The course explains basic schemes of development of modern nations 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.

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: VYKOUKAL (12.02.2012)

Required readings:

Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971

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

Kaiser, R.J., The geography of nationalism in Russia and the USSR. Princeton 1994

Magocsi, Paul R., Historical atlas of Central Europe. Seattle 2002

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 [e-mail], 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: VYKOUKAL (12.02.2012)

1. Introduction (5 October 2010)

2. Baltic area (12 October 2010)- Donna Boniface

Andrus Park, Ethnicity and Independence: The Case of Estonia in Comparative Perspective. Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 46, No.1 (1994), 69-87.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 19-72.

3. Belarus (19 October 2010)- Olga Charitonova

Grigory Ioffe, Understanding Belarus: Belarusian Identity. Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 55, No. 8. (Dec., 2003), pp. 1241-1272. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0966-8136%28200312%2955%3A8%3C1241%3AUBBI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 176-180, 197-204, 225-237

4. Ukraine (26 October 2010)- Olena Ivantsiv

Paul S. Pirie, National Identity and Politics in Southern and Eastern Ukraine. Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 48, No. 7. (Nov., 1996), pp. 1079-1104. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0966-8136%28199611%2948%3A7%3C1079%3ANIAPIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B

Europe-Asia Studies is currently published by Taylor & Francis, Ltd..

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp.

5. Poland (2 November)- Olga Charitonova

Peter Brock, Polish Nationalism. In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 310-372.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 74-97, 112-126, 137-146.

6. Nationalism in Czecho-Slovakia (9 November)- Geoffrey Brown

Joseph F. Zacek, Nationalism in Czechoslovakia. In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 166-206.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 98-107, 127-133, 147-159.

7. Hungary (16 November)- Gabriela Tibenska

George Barany, Hungary: From Aristocratic to Proletarian Nationalism. In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 259-309.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 266-275, 289-294, 310-314.

8. Romania & Moldova (23 November)

Stephen Fischer-Galati, Romanian nationalism.In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 259-309. In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 373-394.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 276-282, 295-305, 315-323.

9. Bulgaria (30 November)- Geoffrey Brown

Marin V. Pundeff, Bulgarian nationalism. In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 93-165.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 353-356, 368-370, 414-420.

10. Yugoslavia (7 December)- Donna Boniface

Ivo J. Lederer, Nationalism and the Yugoslavs. In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 396-438.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 339-352, 362-367, 377-413.

11. Albania (14 December)- Rachele Panzeri

T. Zavalani, Albanian nationalism. In: Nationalism in Eastern Europe. Eds. Peter F. Sugar and Ivo J. Lederer. Seattle : University of Washington, 1971, pp. 55-92.

Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 356-7, 370-1, 420-423.

12. Conclusion (22 December)