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Introduction to European History - YBE001
Anglický název: Introduction to European History
Zajišťuje: Program Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
Fakulta: Fakulta humanitních studií
Platnost: od 2022
Semestr: letní
E-Kredity: 5
Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/0, Zk [HT]
Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (30)
Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
4EU+: ne
Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
Kompetence:  
Stav předmětu: nevyučován
Jazyk výuky: angličtina
Způsob výuky: prezenční
Způsob výuky: prezenční
Úroveň:  
Garant: Mgr. Marek Suchý, Ph.D.
Neslučitelnost : YBZB50000
Termíny zkoušek   Rozvrh   Nástěnka   
Anotace -
Poslední úprava: PhDr. Roman Zaoral (30.01.2018)
Introduction to European History is a compulsory course acquainting students with major topics of European history from antiquity up to the modern period. The course is focused on the interpretation and context of key periods, structures and processes in European history.
Sylabus -
Poslední úprava: Mgr. František Kalenda, Ph.D. (20.02.2019)

Lectures:

1. Introduction to Introduction to European History. Academic reading and writing

2. History and historiography

3. Ancient World

4. Middle Ages, vol. 1 (barbarian invasions; feudalism and estate system; Medieval city and economy)

5. Middle Ages, vol. 2 (Medieval Church: crusades, heresy, inquisition)

6. Early Modern Era (Renaissance, Humanism and Reformation)

7. Modern Period (from Enlightenment to the French Revolution and birth of nation state)

8. 20th century (world wars; totality; genocide and holocaust)

9. Central Europe

10. Overreaching topics, vol. 1 (Monotheistic religions; economic history of Europe; colonialism and imperialism)

11. Optional presentations, vol. 1

12. Optional presentations, vol. 2

13. Final test

 

 Required readings:

LE GOFF, J. The Birth of Europe. Boston: Blackwell, 2005. ISBN 978-1-4051-5682-0.

McGRATH, A. E. The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. ISBN 978-0-631-22939-1.

EDELSTEIN, D. The Enlightenment: a genealogy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-226-18449-4.

HOBSBAWM, E. The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848. New York: Mentor, 1962. ISBN 978-0-349-10484-3.

GELLNER, E. Nations and nationalism. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. ISBN 978-1-405-13442-2.

 

 Recommended readings:

BEKEMANS, L. The Idea of Europe: Identity-building from a historical perspective. In: A Value-Driven European Future. Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, 2012, pp. 65-81. ISBN 978-90-5201-890-4.

SZŰCS, J. The three historical regions of Europe, In: John Keane, Civil Society and the State. New European Perspectives. London: Verso 1988, pp. 291-332. ISBN  978-0-860-91203-3.

BAUER, S. W. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. ISBN 978-0-393-05974-8.

ARMSTRONG, K. A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. ISBN 978-0-345-38456-0.

POUNDS, N. J. G., The Medieval City. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.  ISBN 978-0-313-32498-7.

BURKE, P. The Renaissance, Individualism and the Portrait. History of European Ideas 21/3, 1995, pp. 393-400. ISSN 0191-6599.

MAXWELL, A. Typologies and phases in nationalism studies: Hroch’s A-B-C schema as a basis for comparative terminology. Nationalities Papers 38/6, 2010, pp. 865–880. ISSN 0090-5992.

PAXTON, R. O. The Anatomy of Fascism. New York: Vintage Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-400-03391-1.

GERSCHENKRON, A. Economic backwardness in historical perspective: a book of essays. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1962. ISBN 978-0-674-22600-5.

FERRO, M. Colonization: A Global History. London: Routledge, 2005. ISBN 978-0-415-14008-9.

 

 

COFFIN, J. G. et al., Western Civilizations:  Their History and Their Culture, Vol. 1, 14th Edition (New York: Norton, 2002), chapters 10 and 11

http://exodusmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/212834826-Western-Civilizations.pdf

Rietbergen, P., Europe: A Cultural History. London: Routledge, 2005

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A18l83/EuropeACulturalHisto/resources/5.htm

Dawson, Chistopher. The Making of Europe: An Introduction to the History of European Unity. Washington, D.C.: CUA Press, 2002

https://archive.org/details/makingofeurope00daws

Vstupní požadavky -
Poslední úprava: Mgr. František Kalenda, Ph.D. (20.02.2019)

Evaluation

Students' evaluation consists of 1) at least one 15-20 min presentation on one of the selected topics; 2) final test on definition of 5 keywords. List of keywords will be provided during the first lecture. Final grade will be average of both presentation and test result while neither one of these can be worse than "3" (i.e. student is obliged to pass both of these components). Student may also subscribe for optional presentation to improve his overall result.

 
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