- 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
Europe 1789-1917: Political History, II 3104-WH18TKIZ1/L-OG
This lecture course will examine the political aspects of the history of Europe in the 19th century. The main political events will be presented against a background of social and political change. A special emphasis will be put on the transformation of the political culture.
1. Bismarck and the German Empire.
2. France: the III Republic and its internal problems.
3. The Habsburg Empire and its transformation.
4. The Russian Empire: modernization and conservatism.
5. Great Britain: internal problems.
6. Great Britain: empire building.
7. European colonialism.
8. Empires and nationalism.
9. Socialism as a political factor.
10. „Politics in a new key”.
11. The crisis of the Ottoman Empire.
12. Fin-de-siècle and the rivalry among great powers.
13. The First World War: the origins.
14. The First World War: the political and military aspects.
15. The end of the old order in Russia?
Type of course
elective courses
Learning outcomes
Students should identify crucial events and processes in 19th-century Europe, analyse historical matters in cause-and-effect categories and in a comparative way.
Assessment criteria
Student attendance (80%), test exam passed.
Bibliography
H. Kissinger, Diplomacy, New York 1994 [parts];
P. Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflicts from 1500 to 2000, New York 1987 [parts].
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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