sotirovic comparative history description of course unit january 2014
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DESCRIPTION OF COURSE UNIT
1.
Course unit title Code
COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
EUROPE (1683-TO THE PRESENT)
LLL14B000462
2.
Name of lecturer(s) Department(s)
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Vladislav Sotirovič
Institute of Political Sciences
Faculty of Politics and Management
Mykolas Romeris University
3.
Cycle of course unit Level of course unit Type of course unit
First Bachelor Free optional
4.
Mode of delivery Year of study and semester when
the course unit is delivered
Language of instruction
Class room Autumn/Spring English
5.
Study requirements
Prerequisites:
Introductory knowleadge of European history
Co-requisites:
No co-requisites
6.
Recommended optional programme components
No recommended optional programme components 7.
Number of ECTS
credits allocated
Student’s workload Contact work hours Independent work
hours
6 ECTS 162 hrs 48 hrs 114 hrs
8.
Purpose of the course unit: programme competences to be developed
The purpose and guiding idea of the course is to focus on a
comparison of historical, cultural, political, social and economic
developments of two distinctive but closely related regions of
Europe conventionally defined as the Central and the Southeast.
The subject covers the period of the last three centuries in the
context of the Central-Southeast European civilization, from the
time of the Great Viennese War (1683−1699) up to the present time.
It will help to search for the understanding of historical development
of the nations at the borderlands of the multiethnic empires
(especially the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire). This
situation affected the social-economic, political and cultural
structures of the nations at the borderlands where center-periphery
dimensions were juxtaposed, adopted or resisted by the local
population. Historical phenomenon of the regions is that regardless
on the changeable borders through the centuries, Central and
Southeast Europe had always multinational character.
Methodological technique of comparison is directed to present,
discuss and compare the major problems of the Central-Southeast
European cultural, political, economic and social developments in
the 18th
, 19th
, 20th
and 21st centuries. The tensions between the
“westerners” or externalism and the “nativists” or internalism,
between the conflicting metaphors of orientalism and nationalism,
the national awakening in the 18th
century, the rise of national states,
first in the Southeast Europe in the 19th
century, then in the Central
Europe in the 20th
century, cultural dimension in the historical
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experience of the Central-Southeast European nations in the period
of the formation of national identity, national state and national
ideology, increases the complexity of comparisons.
The course is divided into two parts and each devoted to a different
time period. Chronologically, the first part deals with the period
from 1683 (the beginning of the Great Viennese War) to 1878 (the
San Stefano Peace Treaty), while the second part deals with the
period from 1878 (the Berlin Congress) to the present day.
Regular attendance at all class meetings is essential. Students are
expected to take an active part in discussion and to have one seminar
presentation.
Learning outcomes of the
programme
Learning outcomes of the
course unit
Teaching and
learning methods
Assessment
methods
Students will be able to
receive knowledge
within a common
education framework of
humanitarian and social
sciences
Students will be able to
analyze and try to solve
problems in
contemporary Central
and Southeast European
politics
Students will be able to
disseminate their
received knowledge and
trained skills
To be able to
understand the process
of creation of the
Central and Southeast
European nations and
states and
characteristics of the
regional ethnic
conflicts
To be able to present
and discuss scientific
research results,
historical sources and
documents upon the
studies on Central and
Southeast European
history of the modern
time
Problem learning Control work
By analyzing the
policy and process of
the atempts to create
independent national
states at Central and
Southest Europe in
modern time to be able
to explain how this
process was
historically going on
and what are the
results with the future
perspectives
Case studies Written exam
To be able to analyze a
case study by
individual or group
work
To be able to choose
an adequate research
strategy and methods
Learning and
organization of the
work by electronic
means (moodle)
Group or individual
presentation
To be able to do case
study and scientific
Co-operative
learning method
Group or individual
presentation
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problem analyze
To be able to criticize
an opponent’s view
within a framework of
tolerance and
competence
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Course contents
Topics
Contact work hours and planned
learning activities
Independent work
hours and tasks
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1. Introductory lecture: the Central and
Southeast Europe: Geographic, national,
linguistic, political and economic
characteristics of the regions
Where are the borders of the Central and
Southeast Europe? What are historical and
cultural aspects of the Central and Southeast
Europe? The ethnolinguistic structure of the
Central and Southeast Europe. The
characteristics of historical development of
the Central and Southeast European states
and nations and the regional geopolitics.
2 2 16 Reading scientific
literature and
historical sources
2. Borderlands and history of the Central
and Southeast Europe
The main characteristics of the borderlands
history of the Central and Southeast Europe
from 1683 to the present time. The Central
and Southeast Europe between Germany and
Russia.
6 4 10 18 Reading scientific
literature and
historical sources
3. The Central and Southeast European
nations and societies
The main characteristics of the national and
social developments of the Central and
Southeast European societies from 1683 to
the present. Habsburg, Prussian/German,
Venetian/Italian, Russian and
Ottoman/Islamic impacts on the societies
from both regions.
4 3 7 16 Reading scientific
literature and
historical sources
Watching archival
video material
4. The Central Europe: Birthplace of the
Modern World?
4 3 7 16 Reading scientific
literature and
historical sources
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The “Phenomena of Vienna 1848−1938”.
Vienna, Prague and Budapest and the
cultural identity of the Central Europe in
modern time. The Central European cultural
and intellectual innovation and Modern
World.
5. The Ottoman society and state
organization in the Southeast Europe
The main characteristics and development of
the Ottoman type of the society, state
structure and economy in the region of the
Southeast Europe. The Ottoman cultural
inheritance in the region.
4 3 7 16 Reading scientific
literature and
historical sources
Watching archival
video material
6. Comparative political history of the
Central and Southeast Europe from 1683
to 1914
The Great Vienna War of 1683−1699,
Poland-Lithuania between Prussia, Habsburg
Monarchy and Russia. Three divisions of the
“Republic of Two Nations” (Poland-
Lithuania) between Prussia, Habsburg
Monarchy and Russia. Habsburg and
Russian wars against the Ottoman Empire in
the 18th
century. Creation of national states
in the Southeast Europe in the 19th
century.
Two Balkan Wars of 1912−1913 against the
Ottoman Empire.
4 3 7 16 Reading scientific
literature and
historical sources
7. Comparative political history of the
Central and Southeast Europe from 1914
to the present
The First World War, 1914−1918. The
Interwar years, 1918−1939. The Second
World War, 1939−1945. The Cold War,
1948−1989. The post-Cold War history up to
the present.
4 4 8 16 Reading scientific
literature and
historical sources
Watching archival
video material
Overall
28 20 48 114
10.
Assessment strategy Weighting
percentage
Period or
date of
assessment
Assessment criteria
Written exam (integral
test to check theoretical
and practical
knowledge)
40% Session period The test consists of open and closed questions
(varying difficulties, from understanding to
evaluation), each question is worth one point.
Assessment:
5: Excellent knowledge and skills. 45-50% of
correct answers.
4: Good knowledge and skills; may be minor
errors. 35-44% of correct answers.
3: Average knowledge and skills; there are errors.
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25-34% of correct answers.
2: Knowledge and skills are below average; there
are (basic) errors. 15-24% of correct answers.
1: Knowledge and skills to satisfy the minimum
requirements; lots of errors. 5-14% of correct
answers.
0: Does not meet minimum requirements. 0-4% of
correct answers.
Class room work during
the seminars
40% Semester
period
Assessment:
The structure of presentation (evaluation criteria:
clear and consistent layout (introduction, body and
conclusion)) up to 1 point;
Conceptualism of presentation (evaluation criteria:
complete and reasonable disclosure of the chosen
topic) up to 2 points;
Failure to deliver presentation - 0 points.
Individual self-work
during the semester
period
20% Semester
period
20% - to actively and constructively participate in
discussions, to answer questions, to formulate
problems and issues, to provide critical comments;
10% - to participate in the debate, to answer to
frequently asked questions;
0% - almost does not participate in the discussion
or spent more than 1/3 of the seminars.
11.
Required reading
1. Daskalov R., Mishkova D., Entangled Histories of the Balkans: Transfers of Political Ideologies and
Institutions. Balkan Studies Libraries, Brill Academic Publishing, 2013.
2. Haupt H. G., Kocka J. (eds.), Comparative and Transnational History: Central European Approaches
and New Perspectives. New York –Oxford: Berghan Books, 2012.
3. Sotirović B. V., From the Balkan History of Diplomacy and Politics. Vilnius: Lithuanian University of
Educational Sciences Press, 2013.
4. Snyder T., Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. New York, Basic Books, 2012.
Recommended reading
Banac I. (ed.), Eastern Europe in Revolution. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992.
Banac I., The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics. Ithaca, New York: Cornell
University Press, 1984.
Berend I. T., History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century. 2005.
Bidelaux R., Jeffries I., A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change. London−New York:
Routledge, 1998.
Chirot D. (ed.), The Origins of Backwardness in Eastern Europe: Economics & Politics from the Middle
Ages to the Early Twentieth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989.
Hagen W. W., German History in Modern Times: Four Lives of the Nation. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2012.
Hall R. C., (ed.), War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from The Fall of The Ottoman Empire
to The Breakup of Yugoslavia. 2014.
Hogarth D. G., The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania and Turkey. 2013.
Janos C. A., East Central Europe in the Modern World: The Politics of the Borderlands from Pre- to
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PostCommunism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000.
Jelavich B., History of the Balkans. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1983.
Jelavich B., History of the Balkans. Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.
Johnson R. L., Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends. New York−Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2002.
Kaplan R. D., Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History. New York: Picador, 2005.
Lewis P. G., Central Europe Since 1945. New York−London: Routledge, 2013.
MacMillan M., The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914. New York: Random House, 2013.
Mazower M., The Balkans: A Short History. New York: Random House, 2002.
Merdjanova I., Rediscovering the Umma: Muslims in the Balkans Between Nationalism and
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Palmer A., The Lands Between. A History of East-Central Europe since the Congress of Vienna.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970.
Ramet S. P. (ed.), Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2010.
Rupnik J., The Other Europe. London, 1989.
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2013.
Sotirović B. V., Emigration, Refugees and Ethnic Cleansing: The Death of Yugoslavia, 1991−1999.
Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013.
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Established in 1918, Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012.
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