The fight against totalitarian regimes in Czechoslovakia, 1939-1989 - OEBDD1717Z

• Title: The fight against totalitarian regimes in Czechoslovakia, 1939-1989
• Guaranteed by: Katedra dějin a didaktiky dějepisu (41-KDDD)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 6
• Hours per week, examination: 0/0, Ex [HS]
• Extent per academic year: 10 [hours]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown); summer: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
• Note: you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc.; PhDr. Jan Tilsch, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): PhDr. Jan Tilsch, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Iva Beránková (30.09.2020)

The course focuses on the major events, individuals, and issues which have played significant roles in the history of the Czech nation. The courses are constructed around major periods: 1. The Third Reich 1939-1945; Home resistance in Protectorate. Resistance in exile (Eastern/Western) 2. Stalinization 1948-1953; 3. 1960's and Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968; 4. Normalization 1970's; 5. 1980's and The Velvet Revolution 1989

Aim of the course

Last update: PhDr. Iva Beránková (15.02.2021)

This course opens to the students the way towards deeper understanding of the history of Czech-speaking lands in relation to the European context. They will discuss the themes of their interest with tutors specialized in various fields of history and cultural history.

The Department offers INDIVUDUAL COURSES ONLY, in order to overcome the possible language problems.

Descriptors

Last update: PhDr. Iva Beránková (30.09.2020)

Course will be organized on-line. I need student emails. Courses will be every two weeks. I will send link from MS teams and links for study materials.

Time of the course will be defined on our first meeting. Expected time after 16.30.

If there is any opportunity to visit any important place personally, we will try to do that too (depends on governmental orders).

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Iva Beránková (30.09.2020)

Recommended literature

ZDENĚK HAZDRA, VÁCLAV HORČIČKA, JAN ŽUPANIČ (EDITORS), THE ARISTOCRATS OF CENTRAL EUROPE IN CONFRONTATION WITH THE TOTALITARIAN REGIMES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ÚSTR, Prague 2011, 1st edition, bound publication, 348 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-52-6

VÁCLAV VEBER, JAN BUREŠ ET AL, THE THIRD RESISTANCE. CHAPTERS FROM THE HISTORY OF ANTI-COMMUNIST RESISTANCE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE 1950’S. ÚSTR-MUP-Publishing Aleš Čeněk, Prague 2011, 1st edition, 336 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-44-1 (ÚSTR), ISBN 978-80-8685567-7(MUP), ISBN 978-80-7380-306-3 (Publishing Aleš Čeněk)

RESISTANCE AND OPPOSITION AGAINST THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND IN CENTRAL EUROPE. ÚSTR, Prague 2010, bound publication, 368 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-42-7

WAR EXPERIENCES OF CZECH SOCIETY IN CONFRONTATION WITH THE NAZI OCCUPATION. ÚSTR, Prague 2010, bound publication, 136 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-38-0

NKVD/KGB ACTIVITIES AND ITS COOPERATION WITH OTHER SECRET SERVICES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 1945-1989, II. Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, 2009, 1st edition, paperback, 292 pages, ISBN 978-80-87211-24-3

CRIMES OF THE COMMUNIST REGIMES. – Proceedings of and international Conference held in Prague, 24-26 February 2010. 2011. E-ISBN-13: 978-80-87211-51-9

Martin Štoll, Television and Totalitarianism in Czechoslovakia. From the First Democratic Republic to the Fall of Communism. 2018. ISBN: 9781501324758

Patrick Crowhurst, Hitler and Czechoslovakia in World War II: Domination and Retaliation (International Library of Twentieth Century History). London 2013. ISBN-1780761104.

Chad Bryant, Prague in Black: Nazi Rule and Czech Nationalism. Harvard University Press; New edition. ISBN-13: 978-0674034594

Radomir Luza, Christina Vella, The Hitler Kiss: A Memoir of Czech Resistance. LSU Press (October 1, 2004). ISBN-13: 978-0807130308

Teaching methods

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc. (30.07.2018)

The students prepare their own projects in accordance with their individual academic specializations, and we expect them to work independently under the guidance of the particular specialists.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Kepartová, CSc. (30.07.2018)

a written paper

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Iva Beránková (15.02.2021)

In this course, students will explore how the Nazi German and Communist Regimes controlled citizens' lives though a number of various 'everyday' strategies. The aim of the course is to introduce students to significant milestones and symbolical figures in Czech history, and to demonstrate the ambiguity of their interpretation to different political and historical contexts.

It includes visit to the Security Services Archives, National Memorial on the Vítkov Hill, Petschek Palace and The crypt in the church of St. Cyril and Methodius (the last place of resistance of the Operation Antropoid heroes). – Depends on COVID situation.

Course completion requirements

Last update: PhDr. Iva Beránková (30.09.2020)

Evaluation of individual course including consultations: individual study course and consultation (at least ten hours), a written paper brings 6 ECTS.