Sylabus
1. Introduction (04 October) 2.
Baltic area (11 October)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 19-72.Presentation topics:a) Comparative Russian Minorities in Estonia and Latviab) Polish minority in Lithuaniac) National autonomy in the Baltics between 1918-19403.
Belarus (18 October)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 176-180, 197-204, 225-237Presentation:a) Polish minority in Belarusb) Language issue in Belarusc) National identity in Belarus4.
Ukraine (25 October)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 175-264.Presentation:a) Language issue in Ukraineb) Regional factor and national identityc) Minorities in Ukraine5.
Poland (1 November)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 74-97, 112-126, 137-146.Presentation:a) German minority in Polandb) Past and present of Jews in Polandc) Ukrainians in Poland6.
Czecho-Slovakia (8 November)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 98-107, 127-133, 147-159.Presentation:a) German minority in Czech Republicb) Polish minority in Teschen Silesiac) Hungarian minority in Slovakia7.
Hungary (15 November)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 266-275, 289-294, 310-314.Presentation:a) Roma issueb) Hungarian diaspora abroadc) Hungary and refugees8.
Romania & Moldova (22 November)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 276-282, 295-305, 315-323.Presentation:a) Moldovan identity of Transnistriab) Hungarian minority and Szeklers in Transylvaniac) Romanian German heritage9.
Bulgaria (29 November)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 353-356, 368-370, 414-420.Presentation:a) Turkish minority after 1990b) Pomaksc) Greek heritage10.
Yugoslavias 1918-1992/2003 (6 December)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 339-352, 362-367, 377-413.Presentation:a) Illyrism and Yugoslavismb) Italian heritage in Dalmatian area c) 1918-1990: unitarian state and federation compared11.
Yugoslav republics and post-Yugoslav states (13 December)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 339-352, 362-367, 377-413.a) Serbo-Croatian cultural and language unityb) Macedonian questionc) National cohabitation in B&H12.
Albania & Kosovo (20 December 2020)Required reading: Eberhardt Piotr_Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth-Century Central-Eastern Europe. Armonk-London 2003, pp. 356-7, 370-1, 420-423.Presentation:a) Albanian minority in Serbiab) Kosovo: Kosovars or Albanians?c) Albanian diaspora in the world
Anotace
The course explains basic schemes of development of modern nations and their identities including minority issue in East-Central and South-Eastern Europe with respect to its territorial context and with the use of data collected in censuses since the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century.
Moodle link: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5295