Introduction to History, Politics and Society of East-Central and South Eastern Europe - JTM051

• Title: Introduction to History, Politics and Society of East-Central and South Eastern Europe
• Guaranteed by: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 10 / unknown (10)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 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: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc.
• Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc.
• Class: Courses for incoming students
• Incompatibility : JMMZ094
• Is pre-requisite for: JTM049

Annotation

The course focuses on basic information on history, geography, politics and culture of states and nations of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Moodle2: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3644

Last update: Vykoukal Jiří, doc. PhDr., CSc. (10.12.2025)

Aim of the course

The main aim of the lecture is to provide students with the basic knowledge of the region and its history, geography, and socio-political developments and in the seminar part focus on selected issues.

Last update: Vykoukal Jiří, doc. PhDr., CSc. (10.12.2025)

Teaching methods

Lecture and seminar.

Office hours: Tuesday 14.00-15.20, Jinonice, room C317

Use of generative AI tools:

The use and citation of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT or MS Copilot) in seminar papers and other coursework must comply with the decrees of the IMS Director No. 7/2023 and 9/2023.

Generative AI tools may be used unless explicitly prohibited by the instructor. However, they may not be used to generate substantial sections of the text or replace the student’s own intellectual contribution. The student remains fully responsible for any content generated with assistance of AI tools.

Presenting AI-generated content, whether verbatim, rephrased, or only slightly modified, as one's own work constitutes plagiarism.

Every submitted paper must include a transparent statement specifying which generative AI tools were used, in which stage of the work they were employed, and how they were used, or confirming that no generative AI tools were used. If this statement is missing or incomplete, the instructor is not permitted to accept the paper for evaluation.

Unless the instructor explicitly prohibits the use of generative AI tools, the decision to use or not to use them rests fully with the student. The student has the right to request that the instructor does not use AI assistance for evaluating their work.

Last update: Vykoukal Jiří, doc. PhDr., CSc. (10.12.2025)