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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. The beginnings of Polish statehood and the Piast state (962-1300) 2. The last members of Piast dynasty on the Polish throne and the High Middle Ages (1304-1386) 3. The Jagiellonian State and the rise of the Renaissance (1386-1572) 4. The Republic of the Two Nations from Rise to Decline (1572-1648-1795) 5. Poland after the Triple Partition to the Last Uprising (1795-1863) 6. The Long Century - Industrialization and Emancipation (1863-1918) 7. The Second Polish Republic (1918-1939) 8. Poland under dual occupation (1939-1945) 9. Stalinism and life under communism (1945-1970) 10. Democratization, crisis and decline of the Polish People's Republic (1971-1989) 11. Poland on the road to (il)liberal democracy (1990-2023) 12. Course Summary.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Analyzing and producing audiovisual content
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Learning outcomes
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The course is intended for students of all Polish philology programmes and is also open to non-Polish-philology students. The course is taught mainly in Czech, but to some extent we also work with Polish sources and materials. Therefore, at least a basic (passive) knowledge of Polish is required. The course will present an overview of Polish history from the beginnings of Polish statehood in the 10th century AD to the most important political and social milestones of the present day. The topics are arranged chronologically by major sections of Polish history (according to the traditional division) and supplemented by related topics on which students work independently, and their selection is to some extent arbitrary, according to their interests and focus. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the most important events, figures, phenomena and milestones of Polish history and thus prepare them for practice - not only the scientific and professional one, but also for everyday encounters with Polish culture and Poles as friends or business partners. Knowledge of Polish history is an important prerequisite for understanding the Polish mentality and attitudes in life and can have a major impact on the success of any dealings with a Polish partner. Emphasis will be placed on Polish-Czech relations and contacts in the past. In addition to traditional specialist texts, the course will also include less traditional ones, such as comics, animated videos, virtual tours or digitised visual and textual material from the collections of Polish museums and libraries.
The students will acquire all competences as stated in the syllabus.
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Prerequisites
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Basic knowledge of European and Czech history.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Written exam
- Compulsory attendance at 80% of classes, active participation in class; - three times during the semester preparation of a presentation on a topic of own choice related to the defined time period, presentation of the topic in the scope of 15 min. will be hold during the follow-up course History of Poland 2; - independent study of compulsory (basic) sources and, if desired, supplementary materials; - systematic preparation for the exam in History of Poland, which is the end of the follow-up course History of Poland 2; - successful completion of the credit test, which will take the form of an on-line knowledge quiz.
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Recommended literature
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DAVIES, Norman. (2003). Polsko: dějiny národa ve středu Evropy.. Praha.
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FRIEDL, Jiří, Tomasz JUREK, Miloš ŘEZNÍK a Martin WIHODA. (2017). Dějiny Polska. Praha.
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CHWALBA, Andrzej. (2009). Polsko 1989-2008: dějiny současnosti. Brno.
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KOSMAN, Marceli. (2011). Dějiny Polska. Praha.
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ŘEZNÍK, Miloš. Dějiny Polska v datech. Praha. 2010.
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