Syllabus
Indicative plan of courses Summer semester 2018 – 2019
1. Introductional course: 20/2/2019 - organisational things - film screening, 1st part
2. Czechoslovakia after the WWII, I: 27/2/2019 - film screening, 2nd part - discussion: Czechoslovakia and central and eastern Europe after the WWII
3. Czechoslovakia after the WWII, II: Overview: 6/3/2019
4. Night work in the economico-political context I: 13/3/2019
5. Night work in the economico-political context II: 20/3/2019
6. Night and the city lights: 27/3/2019
7. Night, lights and fun: 3/4/2019 - film screening
8. Night, lights and fun II: 10/4/2019
9. Distraction and criminality I: 17/4/2019
10. Distraction and criminality II: 24/4/2019
11. Theories and methods of analysing of the state socialism: 15/5/2019
12. Closing course : 22/5/2019
Annotation
The course is intended for students of all cycles and disciplines, for Erasmus and other programs´ students, as for Czech students. The course combines lectures, presentations by students, film projections, text readings and discussions around the topic of the Night activities in Czechoslovakia after the WWII. The course is focused especially on the period 1945 – 1960 (between the end of the war and the institution of the “Socialist constitution” of July 1960), the period of the establishment and stabilization of the socialist dictatorship. I possible, the topic is put in the central and eastern European context.
The language of course is English, eventual communication in German, French and Czech is also accepted.