FPF:FPFVA008 The Jews of Central and Easter - Course Information

FPFVA008 The Jews of Central and Eastern Europe: Politics and Culture

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Marie Crhová, Ph.D., MA (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Marie Crhová, Ph.D., MA
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• English in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
• English (programme FPF, N7310 Filo) (2)
• Archaeology (programme FPF, N7109 Arch)
• Audio-visual Creation (programme FPF, N8203 DrUm)
• History (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
• History - Museology (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
• Information and Library Studies (programme FPF, N7201 InSK) (2)
• Computer Science and Technology (programme FPF, N1801 Inf)
• Library science with the focus on public libraries of the community type (programme FPF, N7201 InSK) (2)
• Cultural Inheritance in Regional Practice (programme FPF, N7106 HiSt)
• Cultural History (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
• German in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
• German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo) (2)
• Protection of the Cultural Heritage (programme FPF, N7105 HiVe)
• Computational Physics (programme FPF, N1701 Fyz)
• Theoretical Physics (programme FPF, N1701 Fyz)
• Secondary School Teacher Training in German (programme FPF, N7504 UcSS)
• Teacher Training - shared framework (programme FPF, N7504 UcSS)

Course objectives

This course provides an advanced introduction to some of the major social and political issues in the modern history of the Jews in Central and Eastern Europe. It covers the period from the late eighteenth century, when debates over Jewish emancipation first began to acquire currency, through the restructuralization of organized Jewish life following the collapse of communism in the end of the twentieth century. The course provides an overview of the Jewish experience as a minority group, introducing main themes of modern Jewish history such as emancipation, Jewish politics, religious reform, antisemitism, Hebrew and Yiddish literature. Geographical framework of the course includes present day Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, occasional references will be made to Israel and the USA. Students will gain an appreciation of basic themes, events and ideas in modern Jewish history. The weekly class will be divided into three sections: lectures, students' presentations and discussions. Students are encouraged to use primary documents in their presentations (from The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History) to illustrate their arguments.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Regular attendance and participation: 50%
One in-class presentation / One term paper (5-10 pages): 50%

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