Course: History of Yugoslavia

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Course title History of Yugoslavia
Course code KHI/HY
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Balaban Milan, Mgr. et Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Peřinová Markéta
Course content
COURSE OUTLINE 1. Origins and creation of Yugoslavia 2. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes during the first decade of existence 3. Yugoslavia during the 1930s 4. Economic and social development during the Interwar period 5. Second World War- occupation, division, and resistance movements 6. The new Socialist Yugoslavia 7. Transition to the industrial society 8. Social development and popular culture 9. New nationalism and challenges for the socialist system 10. Economic and social crisis - origins of the state demise 11. The break-up of Yugoslavia and Wars of Yugoslav Succession 1991-1999 12. After Yugoslavia

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course History of Yugoslavia is focused on the history of this Balkan state during the 20th century. It will analyze the origin of the state, creation of Yugoslavia after the First World War, unstable beginnings of the first common South Slav State, the introduction of the Royal dictatorship in 1929, turn of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia toward Nazi Germany in the second half of the 1930s, occupation and division of state during the Second World War and resistance movements during the conflict. The course will also analyze the creation of Second Yugoslavia, and key features of its development: Socialism, self-management and Non-Alignment movement, and changes in the state's social structures through rapid industrialization, urbanization, the emancipation of the women, and other distinctive features of the second South Slav State. The course will focus on the economic and social development and the long-time Yugoslav leader's personality cult, Josip Broz Tito. The last classes will be devoted to explaining the causes of the crisis, which lead to Yugoslavia's break-up, wars for succession, and the post-transition development in the 1990s and until the present.
Upon completing this course, students will be able to identify and evaluate the different processes that lead to Yugoslavia's formation, development, and demise.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the History of the 20th Century in general.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Essay, Student performance

Class participation (20 %) Essay (30%) Final exam (50%) The student's final mark will be composed of class attendance, essay evaluation, and final exam. The student will need to write a paper, on his topic of interest, with the usage of recommended or chosen literature. The paper should be around 3 to 5 pages, using references, footnotes, and bibliography. The final exam will be in the form of a test.
Recommended literature
  • Hannes Grandits and Karen Taylor (eds.). (2010). Yugoslavia's Sunny Side. A History of Tourism in Socialism (1950s-1980s). CEU Press.
  • John R. Lampe. (1996). Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country. Cambridge University Press.
  • Marie ? Janine Calic. (2019). A history of Yugoslavia. Purdue University Press.
  • Misha Glenny. (2012). The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers 1804?2012. Penguin Books.
  • Radina Vučetić. (2018). Coca-Cola Socialism. Americanization of the Yugoslav culture in the Sixties. CEU Press.
  • Sabrina P. Ramet. (2002). Balkan Babel. The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milosevic. Westview Press.
  • Susan L. Woodward. (1995). Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War. The Brookings Institution.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2012) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023_S24) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2023_N24) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Euroculture (2019) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer