Předmět Geopolitical Importance of Central Europe (JPM423)

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Sylabus

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES:***** IMPORTANT CHANGES IN SCHEDULE: NO CLASS ON APRIL 6TH 2015 = EASTER HOLIDAYS *****1. Introduction to the course. Requirements. (Feb. 16th, 2015)2. NO CLASS - Cancellled by the Faculty of Social Science due to emmergency reasons (Feb. 23rd, 2015)3.-4. Creation of New Central Europe after World War I. (Mar. 2nd + Mar. 9th, 2015)5.-6. Central Europe in the Interwar Period. (Mar. 16th + Mar. 23rd, 2015)7.-8. Rise of the Soviet Influence in the Central Europe during and after World War II. (Mar. 30th + Apr. 13th, 2015)9.-10. Central Europe during Cold War. (Apr. 20th + Apr. 27th, 2015)11. Geopolitical Factors of Transition to Democracy in Central Europe after the End of Cold War. (May 4th, 2015)12. Central Europe after 1990: New Direction; Westward Orientation. (May 11th, 2015)

Literatura

Readings (all text will be given to students via electronic reader):Barany, George. Wilsonian Central Europe: Lansing's Contribution. Historian, vol. 28, n. 2/1966, pp. 224-251.Baun, Michael. Germany and Central Europe: Hegemony Re-examined. German Politics, vol. 14, n. 3/2005, pp 371-389.Benes, Edvard. Central Europe after Ten Years. Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 7 (1928/1929), pp. 245-260.Culic, Irina. State Building and Constitution Writing in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. Regio Yearbook, vol. 3, 2003, pp. 38-58.Flint, Colin. Introduction to Geopolitics. New York: Rutledge, 2006.Halecki, Oscar. Borderlands of Western Civilization: A History of East Central Europe. Originally published in 1952 (Ronald Press Company), renewed in 1980 (Safety Harbor: Simon Publications).Hodža, Milan. The Future of Central Europe. International Affairs, vol. 14, n. 4/1935, pp. 514-530.Janeliunas, Tomas. Redistribution of Geopolitical Power in Central and Eastern Europe. Vilnius: Lithuanian Political Science Yearbook, 2002, pp. 142-152.Kamusella, Tomasz D. I. Language as an Instrument of Nationalism in Central Europe. Nations and Nationalism, vol. 7, n. 2/2001, pp. 235-251.Kisch, Guido. Woodrow Wilson and the Independence of Small Nations in Central Europe. The Journal of Modern History, vol. 19, n. 3/1947, pp. 235-238.Lukic, Reneo. Twilight of the federations in East Central Europe and the Soviet Union. Journal of International Affairs, vol. 45, n. 2/1992, pp. 575nn.Nagayo, Susumu. Slovakia and Hungary: The Most Complicated Bilateral Relations in Central Europe (Focusing on the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Problem). Human Affairs, vol. 7, n. 1/1997, pp. 64-76.Ogg, Frederic A. Towards a Central European Harmony. Current History, vol. 40, n. 2/1934, pp. 238-242.Okey, Robin. Central Europe / Eastern Europe: Behind the Definitions. Past and Present, n. 137, November 1992, pp. 102-133.Roucek, Joseph S. (a). Geopolitics of Danubia. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 5, n. 2/1946, pp. 211-230.Roucek, Joseph S. (b). Geopolitics of the Baltic States. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 8, n. 2/1949, pp. 171-175.Roucek, Joseph S. (c). Geopolitics of the U.S.S.R. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 10, n. 2/1951, pp. 153-159.Stanczyk, Jerzy. Central Europe: Defining Criteria and Characteristics of the Region. The Polish Foreign Affairs Digest, vol. 2, n. 2/2002.

Požadavky

Assignments:attendance and active participation (20 %)presentation during class (40 %) - topics of the presentation will be assigned during the first classfinal written test based on lectures and readings - includes both multiple choice questions and short answers (40 %)-----Grading:100 % - 88 % = 1 (A)87 % - 74 % = 2 (B)73 % - 60 % = 3 (C)

Garant

PhDr. Petr Just, Ph.D.