| Course title | Seminar on 20th Century D |
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| Course code | KHI/XD20D |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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The foreign policy of the United States - from Jefferson to Trump 1) Introduction 2) Washington's inheritance and Monroe doctrine 3) Manifest Destiny 4) Pan Americanism 5) Big stick policy and Theodore Roosevelt 6) U.S. participation in both World Wars and Good Neighbor policy 7) The beginning of the Cold War 8) Eisenhower's New Look 9) Kennedy's efforts to reform American policies in the Nuclear age 10) Only Nixon could go to China 11) Ronald Reagan and the Evil Empire 12) Changes after the Cold War 13) Obama, Trump and future perspective Selected bibliography HERRING, George C., From Colony to Superpower. U.S. Foreign Relations since 1776. Oxford: OUP, 2008. KAGAN, Robert, Nebezpečný národ: zahraniční politika USA, Praha: Lidové noviny, 2008. KREJČÍ, Oskar, Zahraniční politika USA: ideje, doktríny, strategie, Praha: Professional Publishing, 2009. NÁLEVKA, Vladimír, Horké krize studené války, Praha: Vyšehrad, 2010. NÁLEVKA, Vladimír, Studená válka, Praha: Triton 2003. PERKINS, Bradford et al., The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations, Vol. I to IV, Cambridge 1993. SCHULZINGER, Robert D. et al., A Companion to American Foreign Relations, Oxford 2003. SMITH, Peter H., Talons of the Eagle: Latin America, the United States, and the World, Oxford 2008. WALLERSTEIN, Immanuel Maurice, Úpadek americké moci: USA v chaotickém světě, Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The seminar The foreign policy of the United States - from Jefferson to Trump summarizes the evolution and changes in the American foreign affairs. It starts with isolationism typical for the 19th century that formed the ties to the other American neighbors. Afterward, the intentions of the Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson for the U.S. to play a significant global role are described. These efforts manifested itself later after the World War II. The last part of the course is dedicated to the present foreign policy of the United States including the current strategies of the incumbent Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Bieden. The dynamics of the course is such that students prepare a paper on each of the topics, present it in class and then we will discuss it.
The main intention of this course is to present to the students the most important milestones of the American foreign relations of the last three centuries from a historical perspective. There are no perquisites necessary as one of the intentions of the course is to broaden commonly known facts or acquired high school knowledge. During the lectures we are not going to focus us that much on historical dates or facts, instead, we are going to examine wide/global coherence and contemporary context. Part of the course is also a team project and its presentation in class, where students will practice their research abilities and their interpretation skills. Among the methodological instrument, they should use will be bibliographical research, heuristics and hermeneutics, evaluation of sources, critical reflection and synthesis ability. After the course, students should be able to understand and evaluate the processes of evolution and change of the foreign policy of the United States. They should interpret these not only as a series of historical events but incorporate them into the global context as well. Also, they will exercise soft skills like teamwork and principles of historical research with its integral ability of critical thinking best described by the famous phrase of René Descartes: Cogito ergo sum. |
| Prerequisites |
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None.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Dialog
Attendance and active participation in classes, at least 80% of the course, are required to receive credit. A maximum of two unexcused absences is allowed. Class activity will be measured by the number of questions to presenting colleagues, each student should ask at least 5 questions during the whole course. Essay and its presentation. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Archival Works (2015) | Category: History courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Archive Studies (2019) | Category: History courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Histrory (2019) | Category: History courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2015) | Category: History courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2015) | Category: History courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): History (2019) | Category: History courses | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |