Contemporary History: An Interdisciplinary Perspective I. (Czech and World History, 1945 - 1968) - Seminar - YMO113

• Title: Contemporary History: An Interdisciplinary Perspective I. (Czech and World History, 1945 - 1968) - Seminar
• Guaranteed by: Programme Oral History and Contemporary History (24-KOHSD)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, MC [HS]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: combined
• Teaching methods: combined
• Note: can be fulfilled in the future
• Guarantor: Mgr. Jiří Hlaváček, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : YMO013

Annotation

English

Last update: Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D. (14.06.2012)

A follow-up seminar to the course "Contemporary History in Interdisciplinary Perspective I."

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D. (19.06.2012)

A follow-up seminar to the course "Contemporary History: an Interdisciplinary Perspective I."

Registration requirements

Last update: Mgr. Jana Wohlmuth Markupová, Ph.D. (02.10.2012)

The course is designed only for students of Oral History - Contemporary History study program in English language.

Teaching methods

Last update: Mgr. Jiří Hlaváček, Ph.D. (12.04.2016)

Recommended Reading based on individual consultations with the teacher. The lectures take place only with minimum number of five students!

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Jiří Hlaváček, Ph.D. (12.04.2016)

Lecture topics:

01. Cold War and the bipolar world: the origins of the conflict and historical interpretations

02. Marshall Plan and the CMEA: economic development in postwar Europe

03. Third World decolonization process: The fall of the British and French empires

04. First and second Berlin crisis: Daily life in occupation zones

05. Korean Conflict: A proxy war and the role of the UN

06t. Polish and Hungarian crisis in 1956: Social aspects of the Eastern Bloc countries

07. Israeli-Arab conflict: "Three wars" in the Middle East (1948, 1956 and 1967)

08. Cuba Missile Crisis: At the edge of nuclear war

09. Space Race: German origins, the Soviet leadership and the American victory

10. War in Vietnam: Army, media and society

11. Student movement in 1968: political and cultural context

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Jiří Hlaváček, Ph.D. (14.11.2019)

Essay on a selected topic (about 10 pages). Maximum extent of the essay is not limited. The student chooses the essay topic from the list of lectures mentioned above (sylabus). The choice of another topic is possible by prior arrangement with the teacher via email. The essay should demonstrate a deeper understanding of the topic. It should not be a factual description, but a real reflection on the roots, causes, course and consequence of the selected event. The essay must contain a footnotes and the student should use at least three literary sources of his/her choice.

Learning resources

Last update: Mgr. Jiří Hlaváček, Ph.D. (12.04.2016)

Basic recommended reading:

Ball, S. J.  The Cold War: An International History, 1947-1991.  Arnold, 1998. 

Hanhimaki, Jussi M. and Odd Arne Westad, eds.  The Cold War: A History in Documents.  Oxford University Press, 2004.

Judt, T. Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945. Heinemann, 2005

Levering, Ralph B., et al.  Debating the Origins of the Cold War: American and Russian Perspectives.  Rowman & Littlefield, 2001.

Westad, Odd Arne. The Global Cold War.  Cambridge University Press, 2005.   T