World War II: Public History and Memory - JTM516

• Title: World War II: Public History and Memory
• Guaranteed by: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (12)
• Min. number of students: 5
• 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: prof. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A.; PhDr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Markéta Kroupová, M.A.
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Aim of the course

Students will gain an overview of key concepts in Memory Studies, Memory Politics, and Public History, while critically and comparatively analyzing memory cultures related to World War II and the Holocaust.

Students are expected to actively participate in the course and develop their writing, analytical, presentation, and critical thinking skills. These skills are exercised through diverse tasks and activities, such as obligatory reading of scientific texts and primary documents.

Last update: Kroupová Markéta, M.A. (31.01.2025)

Course completion requirements

1.    Active participation in class (max. two absences) and weekly reading of texts  – 40 %

2.    Each student must submit a total of 5 response papers (minimum 400 words each) throughout the semester, critically engaging with all the assigned texts for the session. To ensure balanced engagement with the course content, you must submit at least one response paper for three of the four course blocs. The remaining two response papers can be chosen freely from any of the sessions in the program.

In addition to the response papers, you are required to submit 1 report (minimum 400 words) based on your individual work with oral history interviews at the Malach Center for Visual History (Week 11). 

All response papers and the Malach Center report must be submitted prior to the respective session by Tuesday, 12:00. – 30 %

3.    Mini-lectures (student-led, max 5-7 mins.), assigned during the introductory session, with possible repetition depending on class size – 30 %

To successfully complete the course, students must achieve a minimum of 50 % in each requirement.

The course is open for advanced bachelor and master students of Charles University (both regular and incoming) and is being taught in English. The course is granted with 6 ECTS.

 

Last update: Kroupová Markéta, M.A. (20.02.2025)

Teaching methods

A regular weekly seminar that requires active student participation during class.

Last update: Kroupová Markéta, M.A. (14.02.2025)