Anthropology of Central and Eastern Europe
Description:
It covers several subjects of the contemporary social anthropology, connected to the region of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe (including the Balkans). According to their field of interest, students choose one of the topics covered by the course. The aim of the course is both to introduce these ethnographic regions (with their cultural, ethnic, language and religious diversity) and to show the possible application of actual anthropological perspectives on this area. The topics like ethnicity, kinship, multiculturalism, social exclusion, anthropology of Roma/Gypsies or the transition and post-socialism are offered in the course.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Anthropology
Guarantor: Petr Lozoviuk (lozoviuk@ksa.zcu.cz)
Mortuary Analysis
Description:
The goal of the course is to explore the life in past societies via analysis of the anthropological and archaeological record. Seminar discussions are focused on the relationship among archaeology, biological anthropology, and social anthropology. Practical project guides students through processing of mortuary data, statistical analysis, and interpretation of observed patterns.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Anthropology
Guarantor: Ladislav Šmejda (smejda@ksa.zcu.cz)
Biological Anthropology
Description:
The main aim of the course is to provide in English language basic introduction into a variety of contemporary terminology, methodology, theory and research in biological anthropology.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Anthropology
Guarantor: Lukáš Friedl (pius@ksa.zcu.cz)
Ethnography of Middle Europe
Description:
The course is available for international students. The issue of ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural structure of central Europe will be discussed in Russian language. We will focuse especially on historical development of cultural and ethnical attributes of the region, the local nations formation and interethnical relationships from the ethnological point of view. Cultural area of the central Europe will be introduced and interpreted in the setting of neighborough regions, the east Europe in particular. We will focuse minutely on ethnographic, ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in the Czech countries. Our approach will be cross-disciplional as the the ethnology or sociocultural anthropology will be accompanied by the themes from intercultural communication, Slavonic studies, history and politology.
Language: Russian
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Anthropology
Guarantor: Petr Lozoviuk (lozoviuk@ksa.zcu.cz)
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Description:
The goal of this course is to enable the students to orientate in the basic terminology, concepts and theory of the cultural anthropology; to familiarize them with the work of the most important anthropologists; to present them the key anthropological publications and to show the examples of anthropological research of various kinds of societies. In the framework of this course, the anthropological theory of culture and the related terminology will be explained. In conclusion to the theories of culture and society, other fields of study of classical anthropology, like the kinship, economical, political, and religious systems as well as the relationship between language and culture will be explained. Apart from classical themes and approaches, the possibilites of study of the modern complex societies will be presented. Particular ethnographical and historical examples, related publiacations and important researchers will be presented for each of the topics.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Anthropology
Guarantor: Tomáš Hirt (tomash@ksa.zcu.cz)
Perspectives of Central Europ. Ethnology
Description:
The aim of the lecture course is to introduce students to the historical development of the Czech and Czech-German (Sudeten-German) ethnography. Special emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the two provincial linguistic traditions of the field, as well as the way of interpreting the Czech-German relations in the ethnological production of the period. The interpretation also takes into account issues of the wide social importance of ethnography as a "national science". In terms of the Central European context, besides this, the particularities of ethnological research carried out in the Czech countries will be covered. The postwar development of the Czech marxist ethnography will also be taken into account as well as the current development of the discipline over the last twenty years.
Language: German
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Anthropology
Guarantor: Petr Lozoviuk (lozoviuk@ksa.zcu.cz)
Landscape Archaeology 1
Description:
This lecture series is dedicated to introducing problems associated with the study of the prehistoric and historical (cultural) landscape, the relationship between human settlements and the natural environment, and the mutual relationships between separate categories of social space. It is oriented towards deepening students' basic knowledge of non-destructive methods of field research, and their application in the investigation of past settlement systems (the forms and structures thereof). It provides a lucid introduction to the main fields applicable in landscape reconstruction (historical and settlement geography, cartography, historical ecology) and introduces the categories and archetypes of European cultural landscapes. The lecture series is complemented by training in particular in modern non-destructive methods for the archaeological investigation of the landscape.
Language: English
Credits: 4
Department: Department of Archaeology
Guarantor: Martin Gojda (gojda@kar.zcu.cz)
Landscape Archaeology 2
Description:
This lecture series is dedicated to introducing problems associated with the study of the prehistoric and historical (cultural) landscape, the relationship between human settlements and the natural environment, and the mutual relationships between separate categories of social space. It is oriented towards deepening students' basic knowledge of non-destructive methods of field research, and their application in the investigation of past settlement systems (the forms and structures thereof). It provides a lucid introduction to the main fields applicable in landscape reconstruction (historical and settlement geography, cartography, historical ecology) and introduces the categories and archetypes of European cultural landscapes. The lecture series is complemented by training in particular in modern non-destructive methods for the archaeological investigation of the landscape.
Language: English
Credits: 6
Department: Department of Archaeology
Guarantor: Martin Gojda (gojda@kar.zcu.cz)
Final Project
Description:
In this course conditions for the processing of the thesis will be provided for the students (bachelor's, master's or doctoral), respectively, a large independent project (eg. Research related to the graduate thesis or journal article). The student is assigned full time internship supervisor (consultant), with whhom the student individually consults research and word processing, gives his assessment of the graduate thesis, or partial outcomes research. At the end of the internship, students will defend their findings before the committee.
Language: English
Credits: 20
Department: Department of Archaeology
Guarantor: Pavel Vařeka (vareka@kar.zcu.cz)
Issues of the current archaeology
Description:
Student will obtain a comprehensive idea about development of the archaeological theory and method during the 2nd half of 20th century and about their current state, with emphasis on the Middle European region. The archaeology will be introduced as a discipline of wide thematic extent which goes over its own limits to the other social and natural sciences and which is able to participate in many debates about historic as well as up-to-date issues.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Archaeology
Guarantor: Martin Gojda (gojda@kar.zcu.cz)
Fieldwork practice
Description:
Students will make acquaintance with running of the standard field archaeological project. The praxis requires the active involvement of students to all phases of the research, i. e. the planning of the project, survey, excavation and recording.
Language: English
Credits: 12
Department: Department of Archaeology
Guarantor: Pavel Vařeka (vareka@kar.zcu.cz)
Introduction to Archaeology 1
Description:
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the archaeological terminology and general overview of changes in the human culture from the Paleolithic to the Medieval Ages.
Language: English
Credits: 4
Department: Department of Archaeology
Guarantor: Luboš Chroustovský (chrousto@kar.zcu.cz)
Introduction to Archaeology 2
Description:
Introduction to study of the archaeology of Middle Ages and Early Modern era, with accent to Middle Europe.
Language: English
Credits: 4
Department: Department of Archaeology
Guarantor: Pavel Vařeka (vareka@kar.zcu.cz)
German - Czech Relations
Description:
The module is conducted exclusively in German (C1). It presents issues of German-Czech relations. It points varied views - history, culture, literature, languages and others. It brings images of Czechs and Germans in German and Czech culture.
Language: German
Credits: 10
Department: Department of German and Slavic Studies
Guarantor: Petr Kučera (pekucera@kgs.zcu.cz)
Russian - Czech Relations
Description:
The subject opens several classical chapters dedicated: to the destiny of the Cyril?s and Method?s literary legacy, which is now stored in Russian museums; to the reanimation of East liturgy that Charles IV had been supporting during his realm; to the Peter?s I intention as for drafting Czech actors for Russian theatre; to the allied help of Russian Empire that militarily had helped to Austro-Hungary in wars in Europe; to the problematic of Czechoslovak legionnaires dislocated in Russia; to the Russian-Czech and Czech-Russian literary and translational parallels. The problems of intercultural personal and informational exchange between Russia and Czech lands during the centuries in the field of literature, science, Fine Art and music will also be broadly analyzed.
Language: Russian
Credits: 10
Department: Department of German and Slavic Studies
Guarantor: Jiří Korostenski (jkoroste@kgs.zcu.cz)
Excursions in the Region
Description:
The aim is both theoretically and practically presenting the region (Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, South Bohemia) for international students at the Faculty of Arts. During the course there will be excursions (culture, of history, local history, practical), under which inernational students recognize the important sites and attractions of the city of Pilsen, the Pilsen Region (far away and around Pilsen) and selected sites in neighboring regions, possibly in the interregion. During the exercise will be conducted theoretical preparation for the excursion and subsequent analysis undertaken tours in discussions and group work.
Language: Russian
Credits: 4
Department: Department of German and Slavic Studies
Guarantor: Andrea Königsmarková (konian@kgs.zcu.cz)
History of the Czech-Bavarian Relations
Description:
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the Czech-Bavarian relations (esp. with its history and development), in the context of the Czech-Bavarian relations.
Language: Czech
Credits: 4
Department: Department of Historical Sciences
Guarantor: Jan Lhoták (lhotak@khv.zcu.cz)
Excursion to the Bavarian-Czech Region
Description:
The excursion is an interactive adventure for students with presentation of various aspects of life in the Czech-German border. The excursion program is always built on an interdisciplinary basis.
Language: German
Credits: 2
Department: Department of German and Slavic Studies
Guarantor: Winfried Bauman (baumann@kgs.zcu.cz)
Bavaria's Role in the Enlargement of the European Union
Description:
The course introduces students to the issues of European integration and the status, duties and functions of the Free State of Bavaria in this process and its specifics in the context of the Germany.
Language: xxxxx
Credits: 2
Department: Department of German and Slavic Studies
Guarantor: Martin Jeřábek (mjerabek@kgs.zcu.cz)
Development of Standard German
Description:
The course aims to introduce students to the main development phase of standard German, develop their skills for understanding and interpreting texts from different historical periods. The program of the course should lead students to understand the current standard language and its dialects stratification as a result of complex linguistic development.
Language: German
Credits: 4
Department: Department of German and Slavic Studies
Guarantor: Georg Schuppener (schuppen@kgs.zcu.cz)
History of the Far East
Description:
The course is thought only in english. The main task of the lecture is to provide the students an overview of the history of the Far East in the Modern history. The attention will be focused on the history of China, Japan, Korea and selected countries of South-east Asia in the 19th and 20th century with special regard to the context of political, economic, social and cultural history of the region. The lectures also aim to present the history of the Far East in the context of the history of the world.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Historical Sciences
Guarantor: Roman Kodet (kodet@khv.zcu.cz)
History of European Culture and Society
Description:
The goal of the course us the complete overview of the history of European culture and society. The lecturer will concentrate on the explanation of the concepts of culture and society and afterwards will introduce the students to most important aspects of European intellectual history. Henceforth the most important problems of the development will be analyzed. The lecturer will also focus on the most important authors dealing with the concepts of European cultural and social history.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Historical Sciences
Guarantor: Roman Kodet (kodet@khv.zcu.cz)
History of Czechoslovakia in 20th Century
Description:
The course informs the students about history of Czechoslovakia in the years 1918-1989. The lectures will deal with the establishment of the new state, with problems of domestic and foreign policy (the situation after WWI, problems with minorities, the crisis 1930s, the Protectorate, the years 1945-1948), with the 1950s (political trials, era of Stalinism), with the period of the so called Prague Spring, followed with the invasion of the armed forces of the Warsaw Pact, and with the purge in the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, will sketch the development of the Czechoslovak society in the 1970s and 1980s. The lectures will also describe various forms of opposition against the regime (for example the Charter 77), the political and social reception of the Soviet Perestroika after 1985 and finally the collapse of the totalitarian regime in 1989.
Language: German
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Historical Sciences
Guarantor: Lukáš Novotný (novoluk@khv.zcu.cz)
Conflicts in Africa
Description:
The course tends to examine conflict situations, wars, and seeds of tensions in Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly in the period of African independence since the 1960s until nowadays. Students will be informed about various causes and consequences of many different crises in modern and contemporary history of Africa. Conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Congo, Mali and Niger, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, or Nigeria will be analyzed. Both internal and external factors which influence or minimize conflicts in Africa will be discussed as well.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Middle East Studies
Guarantor: Jan Záhořík (jzahorik@khv.zcu.cz)
Africa in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Description:
Modul is intended to explore modern and contemporary history of Africa, since the period of European colonialism to the beginning of the 21st century. Students will be informed about basic trends and historical periods in this timeframe. Different colonial systems, influence of European colonialism on African societies as well as legacy of European colonialism in contemporary Africa will be analyzed.
Language: English
Credits: 10
Department: Department of Middle East Studies
Guarantor: Jan Záhořík (jzahorik@khv.zcu.cz)
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Description:
The course will deal with complexities of history of mutual relations and interactions between European, Middle Eastern, and African societies and political entities from the medieval times to the Present. Lectures will offer insights into themes that include dynamics of relations between Christian Europe and Islamic East and Mediterranean, Western perception of Islam and Muslims, development of European social sciences regarding the Middle East and Africa, history of the so-called Islamic Spain, different forms of contemporary Islamic thinking and their place in globalized world, Israel-Palestinian conflict and its international dimensions, colonialism in Africa, and so on. The course is intended for foreign students and the language of instruction is English.
Language: English
Credits: 5
Department: Department of Middle East Studies
Guarantor: Jan Záhořík (jzahorik@khv.zcu.cz)