- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Cursed, Kidnapped, Liberated, Imagined - the Region of Central Europe from a Multidimensional Perspective 2104-MON-CKLI-OG
1. Organisation Class. (Survey)
2. Desperately searching for Central Europe: attempts to define the region
3. Essential Central Europe beyond geopolitics (Museum Lecture)
4. Sink or swim: overview of Central Europe’s geopolitical history
5. The Autumn which started in June: the political dynamics of 1989 and its consequences
6. To grasp Central-Europeanness through the prism of texts of culture. Students’ choice (Students’ assignment)
7. Meet Central-Europeans: who is who in the public life
8. The rough path to capitalism: economic reforms and political landscape of the region
9. The main challenges to the regional security after 1989
10. Between the US, Russia and the Deep Blue Flag: foreign policy of Central European states
11. Imagining Central Europe: culture and identity
12. Students’ assignment: reconstruct Central Europe’s image in own national context and provide (a film, speech, essay), vol. 1
13. Students’ assignment: reconstruct Central Europe’s image in own national context and provide (a film, speech, essay), vol. 2
14. Test (really simple)
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
The student acquires knowledge about the strategic region for Polish foreign policy. He learns about its specificity in a multi-faceted approach - history, politics and culture.
Excellent ability to moderate discussions and present your own views. It shapes sensitivity to Central European issues. He is able to analyze the interests, goals, perceptions and reactions of countries in this region. Understands the importance of historical conditions, stereotypes, external influences.
The student acquires knowledge that goes beyond academic textbooks and is encouraged to find practical applications of acquired knowledge
Assessment criteria
Conditions of the final evaluation:
1) obligatory attendance (a student has the right to be absent twice)
2) 2 assignments
a) selecting a text of culture (e.g. film, book, painting, sculpture, monument, comic book, a song) and explaining in a 5 minute long presentation why this particular text reflects the characteristics of Central Europe
b) Writing a short note of bullet-points (max 1 page) which would describe in what context Central Europe is usually presented in the public sphere of the country of the student's origin, and next prepare a promoting material which would improve understanding o Central Europe in the student's country. The promoting material can have a form of a speech (max 7 minutes), a short film (max 7 minutes) or a popular essay (written form, max 3 pages).
3) Test (optional)
Bibliography
1. Ramet, Sabrina ed., Central and Southeast European Politics Since 1989, Cambridge 2010.
2. Kłoczowski, Jerzy, Łaszkiewicz, Hubert ed., East-Central Europe in European History. Themes & Debates, Lublin 2009.
3. Dvornik, Francis, The Slavs in European History and Civilisation, New Jersey 1962.
4. Kirchbaum, Stanislav, A History of Slovakia. The Struggle for Survival, Palgrave Macmillan 1995.
5. Holy, Ladislav ed., The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation. National Identity and the Post-Communist Social Transformation, Cambridge 1996.
6. Agnew, Hugh, The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, Hoover Institution Press 2004.
7. Morton, Jefrey, Nation, Craig, Forage Paul, Bianchini, Stefano Ed., Reflections on the Balkan Wars: Ten Years after the Break Up of Yugoslavia, Palgrave Macmilan 2005.
8. Ullman, Richard H. Ed., The World and Yugoslavia’s, Council on Foreign Relations Book 1998.
9. Perica, Vjekoslav, Balkan Idols, Oxford 2004. Kuźniar, Roman, Poland’s Foreign Policy after 1989, Warsaw 2009.
10. Tomasz Zarycki, Ideologies of Eastness in Central and Eastern Europe, New York-London 2014.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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