Syllabus
Plan of the courses: (The order and the form of courses can slightly change)
1. 3rd of October. Introductory course: presentation of the course, conditions of the attestation, presentation of the requested literature
2. 10th of October. Communism and Socialism: basic concepts and terms: From the utopian socialists to the World War Two Communism, 1
3. 17th of October. Communism and Socialism: basic concepts and terms: From the utopian socialists to the World War Two Communism, 2
4. 24th of October. The 19 th century workers´ living conditions: Commented visit in Prague
5. 31st of October. The 19 th century workers´ living conditions: Projection of the film (Karel Stekly, Sirena, premiere in
1947)
6. 7th of November. The reminiscences to the post-war Communism: discussion about the film Sirena, Commentary of the film Sirena - the film as a historical source
7. 14th of November. The post-war Communism in practice: basic concepts and terms: Building the better and more just world 1 (1945-1969)
8. 21st of November. The post-war Communism in practice: basic concepts and terms: Building the better and more just world 2 (1945-1969)
9. 28th of November. The Communist builders of Prague: commented visit in Prague Sylabus
10. 5th of December. The feeling of the life under the Communist party rule: projection of the film (Pavel Juracek, A case for a Rookie Hangman,
1969)
11. 12th of December. The feeling of the life under the Communist party rule: discussion about the film A case for a Rookie Hangman
12. 19th of December. The „Normalization“ years (1969-1989): basic concepts and terms: Building “the calm for the work”
13. The last course
Annotation
The course is destined especially to the students of the bachelor cycle, but the master students are welcome too.
The course is destined especially to the Erasmus and other foreign students but Czech students are welcome as well. The aim and the objective of the courses is to furnish to the students the basic knowledge about the History of the (Czechoslovak) Communism: to familiarize the students with the basic concepts and the basic context of the economic, social and political history of the 19th and 20th centuries in (Central) Europe and to put this knowledge to the critical reflexion. This will be illustrated in the chosen examples. The course combines the lectures, the seminars, the projections and the visits of the terrain.