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Kurz je věnován jedné ze základních složek transformace evropské společnosti, k níž došlo v průběhu 19. až 20. století. Proces formování moderních národů bude zařazen do souvislosti se sociálními, ekonomickými a kulturními proměnami, jimiž evropská společnost asynchronně procházela na cestě od tradiční, feudální společnosti ke společnosti moderní, průmyslové. V širokém typologickém horizontu bude věnována pozornost právě tak "vládnoucím" státním národům, jako národním hnutím, která se rodila a probíhala na teritoriu multietnických impérií. Zvláštní důraz bude pokládán na otázky formování národní identity. Kromě toho se pozornost soustředí na sovětský případ formování národu, ke kterému došlo v meziválečném období 20. století.
Poslední úprava: Marková Alena, Mgr., Ph.D. (04.02.2021)
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Course completion requirements: Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions and to attend classes regularly. Only two unexplained absences are permitted. Written Exam: The written exam will consist of three questions selected at random. The full list of the exam questions will be made available in SIS at the midpoint of the semester (see the course syllabus). When preparing for the exam, students should use lecture notes, assigned readings, and other relevant sources or literature. Option for Visiting Students (e.g., Erasmus or other international exchange students): Students who leave the Czech Republic before the first term of the written exam may submit a final essay instead of taking the written exam. The final essay (2,200–2,350 words) must include accurate references and a complete bibliography. Clear, precise, and comprehensive citation is essential. Students are encouraged to include critical observations and reflections in their work. Topics: 1. National Identity and Identity Formation. Use the following questions to guide your essay: What is (your) national identity? Can it be consciously “created”? What are the main components of national identity? Do we need a national identity in a globalized world? Is there, today, a “pan-European” identity—and is it possible or even necessary? Does a united Europe have a future? What role does national history play in shaping national identity? Which significant events from your own national history contribute to your sense of identity? Does (your) national history include the notion of a “national enemy” (for example, the traditional German “villain” in Czech historiography)? Is the concept of such an enemy necessary to strengthen national identity? OR: 2. National History and its Role During the Process of Nation- and State-formation. Use the following questions to guide your essay: What role does national history and its conceptualization play in the processes of modern state-building and nation-formation (i.e., in the 19th and 20th centuries)? Why have historians often been at the forefront of national movements? What types of arguments and forms of reasoning did they provide to support national movements, defend statehood, or advance national demands? Does this role persist in the 21st century? Consider examples from post-Soviet statehood and nationalism. Provide historical illustrations of such argumentation, for example: - 19th century: František Palacký and Charles IV. - early 20th century: T. G. Masaryk and the Hussite movement or other examples (use your national history) Can a national movement succeed without a well-developed concept of national history or history-based claims to statehood? What is the concept of your own national history? Is a national history still necessary today in a globalized world? OR: 3. National Myths, National Heroes, National Memory, and National History Use the following questions to guide your essay: Who are the national heroes or symbolic figures in your national history? Which is your favorite national hero or national myth? What role do these heroes or myths play in shaping national history, identity, consciousness, and collective memory? Has the interpretation of these figures or myths changed over time? Can you provide an example of a national myth? Should all myths be critically deconstructed? Can you identify examples of the interrelation between historical policy, historical interpretation, ideology, or propaganda? What role does national history play in forming national identity? Which significant events from your national history contribute to your sense of national identity? Does your national history include a “national enemy” (e.g., the traditional German “villain” in Czech historiography)? Is such an enemy necessary for strengthening national identity? Students are encouraged to reflect critically on these questions and integrate examples from both historical sources and scholarly interpretations. Poslední úprava: Marková Alena, Mgr., Ph.D. (04.01.2026)
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Teaching Methods: Structure and teaching methods: lectures and discussions. Poslední úprava: Marková Alena, Mgr., Ph.D. (26.01.2022)
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Lecture 1. Medieval European states and their transformation (from 1000 AD until the end of the High Middle Ages). Feudal system and feudal society (vassalage, fiefs, etc.). Differences between the historical development of Western and Eastern Europe (Western-Latin and Eastern-Orthodox European civilizational spheres). Davies, N., Europe: a history, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 213-290. Ausubel, H. (ed.), The making of modern Europe, Book 1, The middle ages to Waterloo, New York: Dryden Press, 1951, pp.30-37, 38-46. Davies, N., Europe: a history, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 291-382.
Lecture 2. Beginnings and prerequisites of formation of a modern state (16th - 18th century). Bideleux, R., Jeffries, J., A History of Easten Europe. Crisis and Change, London, New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 123-188. Bideleux, R., Jeffries, J., A History of Easten Europe. Crisis and Change, London, New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 263-293. Hayes, C. J.H., A political and cultural history of modern Europe: in four volumes. Vol. 1. Three centuries of predominantly agricultural society 1500-1830, New York: Macmillan, 1944, pp. 3-46. Hayes, C. J.H., A political and cultural history of modern Europe: in four volumes. Vol. 1. Three centuries of predominantly agricultural society 1500-1830, New York: Macmillan, 1944, pp. 96-219. Hayes, C. J.H., A political and cultural history of modern Europe: in four volumes. Vol. 1. A Political and Cultural History of Modern Europe, New York: Macmillan, 1943, pp. 278-319. Hayes, C. J.H., A political and cultural history of modern Europe: in four volumes. Vol. 1. Three centuries of predominantly agricultural society 1500-1830, New York: Macmillan, 1944, pp. 320-383. Pánek, J. (eds.), A History of the Czech Lands, Prague: Carolinum Press, 2009, pp. 191-259. Wandycz, P., The Price of Freedom. A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the present, 2nd Edition, London, New York: Routledge, 2001, pp.48-104.
Lecture 3-4. Formation of the modern state in the Late modern period (17th - 18th century): factors and ways of modernisation (unification, linguistic homogenisation etc.) Hroch, M., European nations: explaining their formation, London, Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2015, pp. 37-116, 117-161, 195-228. Hroch, M., In the national interest: demands and goals of European national movements of the nineteenth century: a comparative perspective, Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2000. Hroch, M., Social preconditions of national revival in Europe: a comparative analysis of the social composition of patriotic groups among the smaller European nations, New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Pánek, J. (eds.), A History of the Czech Lands, Prague: Carolinum Press, 2009, pp. 263-280. Wandycz, P., The Price of Freedom. A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the present, 2nd Edition, London, New York: Routledge, 2001, pp. 105-134.
Lecture 5-6. Nation and nationalism. National movement as a national emancipation. Typology of a national movement and its phases, periodization etc. Hroch, M., European nations: explaining their formation, London, Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2015, pp. 29-36, 229-263. Hroch, M., In the national interest: demands and goals of European national movements of the nineteenth century: a comparative perspective, Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2000
Lecture 7-8. Demands and goals of national movement (i.e. program of national emancipation from cultural and linguistic to political demands). Nationally relevant conflicts of interest. Hroch, M., European nations: explaining their formation, London, Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2015, pp. 117-161, 195-228. Hroch, M., In the national interest: demands and goals of European national movements of the nineteenth century: a comparative perspective, Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2000.
Lecture 9. The Czech national movement and the specifics of its development. Hroch, M., "From ethnic group toward the modern nation: the Czech case", in: Nations and Nationalism, vol. 10, no. 1-2, pp. 95-107, 2004, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1354-5078.2004.00157.x/abstract;jsessionid Hroch, M., Social preconditions of national revival in Europe: a comparative analysis of the social composition of patriotic groups among the smaller European nations, New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Pánek, J. (eds.), A History of the Czech Lands, Prague: Carolinum Press, 2009, pp. 282-376.
Lecture 10. Soviet case of state- and nation formation: soviet nationality policy and national emancipation (BSSR). Marková, A., The Path to a Soviet Nation. The Policy of Belarusization, Paderborn: Brill Schöningh, 2021. Martin T., The Affirmative Action Empire. Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939, Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press, 2001.
Lecture 11. National identity and national history: their role and significance during national movement. Hroch, M., European nations: explaining their formation, London, Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2015, pp. 165-194.
Lecture 12-13. State- and nation-formation: the final discussion. Poslední úprava: Marková Alena, Mgr., Ph.D. (04.02.2024)
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Required Reading: Pánek, J., Tůma, O. et alii, A history of the Czech Lands, Prague: Carolinum, 2009. Davies, N., Europe: a history, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Ausubel, H. (ed.), The making of modern Europe, Book 1, The middle ages to Waterloo, New York: Dryden Press, 1951. Hayes, C. J.H., A political and cultural history of modern Europe: in four volumes. Vol. 1. Three centuries of predominantly agricultural society 1500-1830, New York: Macmillan, 1944. Hayes, C. J.H., A political and cultural history of modern Europe: in four volumes. Vol. 2. A century of predominantly industrial society since 1830, New York: Macmillan, 1943. Hroch, M., In the national interest: demands and goals of European national movements of the nineteenth century: a comparative perspective, Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2000. Hroch, M., European nations: explaining their formation, London, Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2015. Hroch, M., Social preconditions of national revival in Europe: a comparative analysis of the social composition of patriotic groups among the smaller European nations, New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Hroch, M., „From ethnic group toward the modern nation: the Czech case“, in: Nations and Nationalism, vol. 10, no. 1-2, pp. 95-107, 2004, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1354-5078.2004.00157.x/abstract;jsessionid Marková, A., The Path to a Soviet Nation. The Policy of Belarusization, Paderborn: Brill Schöningh, 2021. Martin T., The Affirmative Action Empire. Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939, Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press, 2001. Wandycz, P., S., The price of freedom: a history of East Central Europe from the middle Ages to the present, 2nd ed, London: Routledge, 2001 Hroch, M., Das Europa der Nationen: die moderne Nationsbildung im europäischen Vergleich, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005. Stevenson, J. (ed.), The history of Europe, London: Mitchell Beazley, 2002. The bibliography of the Czech history Reсommended Reading: Hroch, M., Das Europa der Nationen: die moderne Nationsbildung im europäischen Vergleich, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005. Stevenson, J. (ed.), The history of Europe, London: Mitchell Beazley, 2002. Bideleux, R., Jeffries, I., A history of Eastern Europe: crisis and change, 2nd ed., London: Routledge, 2007. Poslední úprava: Marková Alena, Mgr., Ph.D. (26.01.2022)
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