Annotation
The course is intended primarily for Erasmus students. It gives them a clear overview of key events, basic problems and topics of modern Czech history from the 19th century to the present.
Schedule of the topics: 19. 2. The Habsburg Monarchy and the Czech Society 1848-1914 Šedivý 26. 2. Czech Society, WWI and the origins of the Czechoslovak Republik Šedivý 4. 3. Building of the State Šedivý 11. 3. Czechoslovak interewar Society Šedivý 18. 3. The Munich Crisis Rychlík 25. 3. Czechoslovak Resistance and the Reborn of Czechoslovakia Rychlík 8. 4. Czechoslovakia at the Crossroad: Between East and West 1945-1948 Stehlík 15. 4. Czechoslovak society 1948-1960 Rychlík 22. 4. The reform movement of 1968 - the "Prague Spring" Stehlík 29. 4. Czechoslovakia in the period of "normalization" Stehlík 6. 5. Czechoslovak society in 1980s and the period of "perestojka" Stehlík 13. 5. Pre term (test)