ERASMUS - The History of National Socialism: Conspiracy Theories and the Fascist Mind 1900-2023 - AHS789013

• Title: ERASMUS - The History of National Socialism: Conspiracy Theories and the Fascist Mind 1900-2023
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic and Social History (21-UHSD)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: AHS788244
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Dr. PD Norman Domeier
• Class: A – Mezioborová nabídka VP: Historické vědy; Exchange - 08.3 History

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Štolleová, Ph.D. (23.09.2023)

Seminar The History of National Socialism: Conspiracy Theories and the Fascist Mind 1900-2023

Email: [e-mail]

Time Wednesday, 10:50-12:25

Location Room V 407 (Vorsilská street No. 1, postal adresse Vorsilská 144/1)

Starting 4 October 2022

Moodle Tba

In this seminar we are going to tackle the question of how some key events of National Socialism and some key concepts of global Antisemitism have been discussed since 1945 until today. All of them are now, at least in public discourse and public history, heavily entwined with conspiracy theories. Why is this so? And what is the meaning of these conspiracy theories for today’s notion of the history of National Socialism? Are these conspiracy theories still being used to legitimate political, cultural or racial aims in the 21th century? Through this topic, this seminar will deal with the general question “What can we actually learn from history?”.

Course completion requirements

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Štolleová, Ph.D. (16.09.2023)

Credit Points: 3-6

 

Maximum participants: 25

 

Accomplishments: Regular and active participation; presentation (5-10 minutes);

         essay (5 pages in English)

 

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Štolleová, Ph.D. (16.09.2023)

Literatur        

- Richard J. Evans, The Hitler Conspiracies, Oxford 2020.

- Ian Kershaw, Hitler, London 1999.

- Thomas Weber, Becoming Hitler. The Making of a Nazi, New York 2017.

- Brendan Simms, Hitler. Only the World Was Enough, London 2019.

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Barbora Štolleová, Ph.D. (16.09.2023)

Syllabus/Structure

 

1. (4 October) Organisation and Introduction

 

2. (11 October) Genocide and World Domination. The Secret Hitler Speech of 22 August 1939

 

3. (18 October) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion around 1900

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4. (25 October) The Stab in the Back Thesis after 1918  (I)

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5. (1 November) The Stab in the Back Thesis after 1918 (II)

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6. (8 November) The Burning of the Reichstag 1933 (I)

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7. (15 November) The Burning of the Reichstag 1933 (II)

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8. (22 November) Why did Rudolf Hess fly to Britain in 1941?

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9. (29 November) Did Hitler escape the bunker 1945? (I)

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10. (6 December) Did Hitler escape the bunker 1945? (II)

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11. (13 December) Final Discussion

 

12. (20 December) Topics for Essays