Modern history of Central- and Southeastern Europe - JTB018
Title: Moderní dějiny středo- a jihovýchodní Evropy
Form of teaching: lecture+practicals
Guaranteed by: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2026
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:4/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 159 / unknown (163)
Maximum number of enrolled students: 163
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
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: doc. PhDr. Luboš Švec, CSc.
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Žíla, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Luboš Švec, CSc.
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Žíla, Ph.D.
Class: Courses for LLEP
Pre-requisite : JTB001, JTB002, JTB003, JTB004, JTB005, JTB006, JTB007, JTB010, JTB011, JTB014, JTB015
Is incompatible with: JTB046, JTB060, JTB048
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Annotation -
The course examines the development of the region in its modern phase, with emphasis on nation-building processes, the external context (the Versailles system, Nazism, and the Soviet bloc), the role of conflicts (the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War), transformative trends (communism and post-communist transformation), and efforts at both internal and external integration.
Last update: Žíla Ondřej, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
Aim of the course - Czech
Cílem předmětu je vysvětlit základní tendence vývoje zemí a národů regionu středovýchodní a jihovýchodní Evropy od konce 19. století do konce komunistického systému, rozpadu sovětského bloku stejně jako základní problémy období postkomunistické transformace a zapojení zemí regionu do nových nadnárodních struktur NATO a EU.     
Last update: Žíla Ondřej, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
Syllabus -

1. The WWI and establishment of the Versailles system
2. The system of alliances and main problems of foreign policy of East Central and Southern East European states
3.-7. National profiles, internal policy 
8. The breakdown of the Versailles system and the WW II
9. The formation of the Soviet bloc 
10.-11. The development of the communist system during the 1950s-1980s and its breakdown  

12-13. Political, economic and demographic consequences of European integration: new challenges  

Last update: Žíla Ondřej, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
Learning outcomes - Czech

Výsledky Midtermu 4.11.2026

Last update: Žíla Ondřej, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)