Syllabus
1.3. Introduction: The Balkans - what is it?
"Introduction: Names", Mark Mazower, The Balkans: a Short History (New York: Modern Library, 2002).
TOPICS: 1. Berlin 1878
"The Crisis of 1875-1878", Jelavich Barbara, A History of the Balkans, vol. 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).
PRESENTATION ONLY: Misha Glenny, The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999 (New York: Penguin Books, 2001), 136 ff. 2. Dictatorships and Authoritarian Regimes
"Dictatorialship in the Balkan", in: Lee, Stephen J.: The European Dictatorships, 1918-1945 (London/New York: Routledge, 1987). 3. Nazi participation in the Balkans
Ernst Jackh, "The German Drive in the Balkans", International Affairs 18, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1939): 763-783. 4. Holocaust
Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem. 5. Operation Barbarossa
Heinz A. Richter, "The Impact of Operations Marita and Merkur on Barbarossa. The Six Missing Weeks in Front of Moscow. Myth or Historical Truth?" in: Macedonia and Thrace, 1941-1944 (Thessaloniki: IMXA, 1998). 6. Migration
Eva Kolinsky, "Non-German Minorities in Contemporary German Society", in: Turkish Culture in German Society Today, eds. David Horrocks a Eva Kolinsky (Providence/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1996). 7. Yugoslav Wars
Susan L. Woodward, "International Aspects of the War in Former Yugoslavia", in: Burn this House: The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia, eds. Jasminka Udovicki a James Ridgeway (London: Duke University Press, 1997). 8. Greek Crisis
Morisse-Schilbach, Melanie, ""Ach Deutschland!": Greece, the Euro crisis, and the costs and benefits of being a benign hegemon", Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft Online: International Politics and Society 1(2011), http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/ipg/ipg-2011-1/2011-1__04_a_morisse-schilbach.pdf
Annotation
ATTENTION! THE COURSE STARTS AT MARCH 1, 2013!!!
The course aims to introduce the Balkans in context of German politics. By interpretation and conceptualization of printed sources related to relevant territories and issues we will focus on critical analysis of contemporary history.