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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Ota Konrád, Ph.D. (15.02.2018)
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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Ota Konrád, Ph.D. (15.02.2018)
2,000-word mid-term essay (75% of the mark) Individual presentation on Week 12 (25% of the mark)
Both assessments must be attempted for an overall pass. |
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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Ota Konrád, Ph.D. (15.02.2018)
Recommended reading (readings will also be assigned to individual weeks):
Apor, Péter Fabricating Authenticity in Soviet Hungary: The Afterlife of the First Hungarian Soviet Republic in the Age of State Socialism, London, New York and Delhi: Anthem Press, 2014. Borhi, László ‘Stalinist terror in Hungary, 1945-1956’ in McDermott and Stibbe (eds) Stalinist Terror in Eastern Europe: Elite purges and mass repression, Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2010, pp. 119-140. Fowler, Brigid ‘Nation, State, Europe and National Revival in Hungarian Party Politics: The Case of the Millennial Commemorations’ in Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2004, 57-83. Granville, Johanna ‘Poland and Hungary, 1956: A comparative essay based on new archival findings’ in McDermott and Stibbe (eds) Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe: Challenges to Communist Rule, Oxford and New York: Berg, 2006, pp. 57-77. Greene, Beth ‘Selling market socialism: Hungary in the 1960s’ in Slavic Review, Vol. 73, No. 1, 2014, pp. 108-132. Kenéz, Peter, Hungary from the Nazis to the Soviets: The Establishment of the Communist Regime in Hungary, 1944-1948, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Mark, James ‘“The Spanish analogy”: Imagining the Future in State Socialist Hungary, 1948-1989’ in Contemporary European History, Vol. 26, No. 4, 2017, pp. 600-620. Mark, James ‘Society, Resistance and Revolution: The Budapest Middle Class and the Hungarian Communist State, 1948-1956’ in The English Historical Review, Vol. 120, No. 488, 2005, pp. 963-986. Mevius, Martin Agents of Moscow: The Hungarian Communist Party and the Origin of Socialist Patriotism 1941-1953, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Nyssönnen, Heino ‘Salami Reconstructed: “Goulash Communism” and Political Culture in Hungary’ in Cahiers du Monde russe, Vol. 47, No. 1/2, 2006, pp. 153-172. Palonen, Emilia ‘Articulating the frontier of Hungarian politics: Demszky on 15 March’ in Central European Political Science Review, Vol. 6, No. 20, 2005, pp. 140-165. Rév, István ‘Holy days’ in Rév (ed) Retroactive Justice: Prehistory of Post-Communism, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005, pp. 140-201. Swain, Nigel ‘Negotiated Revolution in Poland and Hungary, 1989’ in McDermott and Stibbe (eds) Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe: Challenges to Communist Rule, Oxford and New York: Berg, 2006, pp. 139-156.
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Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Ota Konrád, Ph.D. (15.02.2018)
The course is structured chronologically. Each week we will discuss a decade, with some classes focusing on key events in Hungary. Classes will be held in a seminar setting, with discussions and readings, through which students will be familiarised with the general historical and political background, as well as gain a deeper understanding of the various social, cultural and political aspects of the history of this period through a focus of specific themes. These themes will include: women and gender roles; film, music and other forms of entertainment; crime; commemorative practices; protest; and cultural politics. The course will be taught with the aid of a variety of sources, such as film, music, literature, contemporary publications and archival sources.
Weekly structure: 1. Introduction – the Communist take-over in Hungary 2. Stalinism in Hungary (1948-1956) 3. The 1956 revolution 4. The aftermath of the revolution (1956-1960) 5. Goulash communism (1960s) 6. The 1970s 7. The 1980s 8. 1989 9. Post-1989: free elections and the challenges of democracy 10. The Millennium commemorations (2000-2001) 11. NATO, EU and unfinished revolutions? 12. Conclusion (student presentations) |