World of Meaning of the Inhabitants of Czech Lands in the 20th Century: between Nationalism, Communism and Democracy I.

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Diploma seminar of MATĚJ SPURNÝ (thursday 14.10 – 15.45)

Inhabitants of Czech lands and their worlds of meanings

This seminar is offering critical reflection for students working on their bachelor or master diploma in the field of modern and contemporary history of central Europe. Especially welcomed are themes as nationalism and ethnicity, identities, forced migration, modern dictatorship, urban and environmental history.

The seminar form consists in regular discussions about texts, which are distributed in advance, so that students can read them and prepare their argumentation. Partly, these are texts writen by students themselves, partly texts by other (mostly contemporary) historians on issues, which are close to the focus of most students visiting the seminar.