Contemporary History: An Interdisciplinary Perspective III. (Czech and World History, the Transition Period)

Syllabus

The course deals with the history after 1989 to the present days. It focuses on the region of middle-east Europe and its transition/transformation (economical, social and political one) from the system of state socialism/socialist dictatorship to liberal democracy. Naturally, the attention is paid to global changes and events after 1989, i.e. for example to the transformation of a bipolar world to a world, in which the U.S. keeps its dominance; or to social-political changes in Arab world; to political and economical transformations in post-socialist Russia; and to European integration etc.

Attestation requirements:Essay (8 - 10 pp) and oral exam (list of literature - 10 books and 5 articles according to students´ choice).

Annotation

This course introduces students to recent Czech and international history from the interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives, with a special emphasis on the development of the Central European region after 1989.