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History

Author: Christian Domnitz, in cooperation with Philipp Ther
Instructor: Georgiy Kasianov

Credits: 8

• To observe and to discuss major problems of the East European History

• To develop generic skills in application of the history knowledge to the analysis of current politics and policies

   

• Introduction to East European History

• History: Art of Analysing the Past for Understanding the Present

• Backwardness, Modernisation, Nationalism

• Major periods in 20^th Century East European History

• Democracy, Communism, Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe

• Passage to the Post-Communism and Transformation Problems

• Legacies of the Past and Problems of the Present

   

Students are expected to take part in on-line discussions on above-mentioned topics, to comment on proposed compulsory literature and to write two brief essays and one final paper.

Example tassk from the History Module

Choose one of the offered three tasks:

1. Please study the biographies of the three authors and discuss the context in which their understandings of history evolved.
2. Do you share Berend’s optimistic perspective on the post-1989 developments in Central and Eastern Europe? Can the discussed societies still be marginalized after their EU accession in 2004? Please elaborate – why, or why not?
3. Please comment on Nietzsche – what is the historical context of his text, how are your personal feelings about it? Do you see a conflict between happiness and historical consciousness as well?

Discuss your findings in a short comment on blackboard. Relate them to the statements of your colleagues. Feel free to address other issues as well.

Module abstract
Please find a reading example here: History.