The history of the culture of the countries of the region - Belarus, Lithuania, Poland 3224-D1HKKRBLP
The following problems will be discussed:
1. Slavs and Balts: Mutual Cultural Relations until the 10th Century
2. Belarusian Lands in the Circle of Byzantine Culture (10th–14th Centuries)
3. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Origin and Cultural Heritage
4. Polish–Lithuanian Unions: Political and Cultural Dimensions
5. Ethnic and Religious Changes in the Lands of Belarus and Lithuania in the 16th–18th Centuries
6. “Elite Culture” and “Simple Culture” in the Lands of Belarus and Lithuania as Partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
7. In the Russian Partition. Polish Culture in Belarus and Lithuania in the 19th Century
8. Lithuanian National Revival
9. Belarusian National Revival
10. The Republic of Lithuania in the Interwar Period: Ideology, Politics, Social Life
11. “Red Korenizatsiya”: Belarusian and Polish Culture in the Soviet Union in the Interwar Period
12. Belarusians and Lithuanians in the Second Polish Republic
13. Belarusian, Lithuanian, and Polish Society during World War II: Different Forms of Survival
14. “Depolonization and Sovietization.” Ethnic and Cultural Processes in Belarus and Lithuania after 1945
15. Alternative Culture: Lithuanian and Belarusian Dissident Movements in the USSR
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Term 2025Z:
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the main problems of the history of culture in Belarus and Lithuania, taking into account Belarusian-Polish and Lithuanian-Polish cultural ties against the background of political and social history from the Middle Ages of the region to 1991. Issues such as identity, mutual influence of cultures, religious aspects, changes in customs and mentality, and reflection on the meaning of the history of nations will be taken into account. The student develops his/her research skills, learns to acquire knowledge independently, using the support of a research supervisor. The following problems will be discussed: |
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Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
1) knows and understands at a basic level the history of Belarus, Lithuania and Poland until 1991 and the issues, concepts and historical concepts linking it with Central and Eastern Europe as a region, with particular emphasis on cultural processes and phenomena in the context of social and political changes (K1_W04; Reference to P6S_WG Scope and depth, P6S_WK Context/conditions, effects)
2) knows and understands at a basic level the issues related to the formation of national and religious, socio-political and economic relations in Poland, Belarus and Lithuania until 1991 (K1_W06; Reference to P6S_WG Scope and depth, P6S_WK Context/conditions, effects)
[Skills:]
3) is able to search, select, analyze and use the information they need from various sources (K1_U01; Reference to P6S_UW Using knowledge/solving problems and performing tasks)
4) is able to develop their research skills, independently acquire knowledge, using the support of a research supervisor; skillfully formulate thoughts, present research results in the form of an oral or written statement (of various types) (K1_U03; Reference to P6S_UW Using knowledge/solving problems and performing tasks)
5) is able to use the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge in typical professional statements concerning the history of Poland, Belarus and Lithuania until 1991, as well as their specificity in the global context, construct them logically, referring to the positions of other participants in these communication situations (K1_U06; Reference to P6S_UW Using knowledge/solved problems and performed tasks)
[Social competences:]
6) is ready to critically evaluate the knowledge they possess, continuously improve their skills and supplement the acquired knowledge (K1_K01; Reference to P6S_KK)
7) is ready to participate in cultural life and use its various forms (K1_K05; Reference to P6S_KR)
Assessment criteria
The condition for admission to the course is mandatory attendance at classes in accordance with the Detailed Rules of Study at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics (resolution no. 114 of the Faculty Council of LS of 19.12.2017). Two unjustified absences are allowed.
Classes will be conducted in the form of discussions on assigned readings or material presented by the instructor in the form of a presentation. Substantive participation in the discussion means substantive participation in the discussion during at least 50% of the classes.
A written paper (3-6 s.) or a presentation on a topic assigned by the instructor is also planned. The final deadline for submitting the written paper is the date set by the instructor during the first or second class. Persons absent from these classes are obliged to seek information from the instructor.
The oral exam will cover knowledge from the material discussed in class during the semester and will include two randomly selected questions from the material discussed in class. The final grade consists of:
Substantive participation in classes (20%).
Written work or presentation on a topic assigned by the instructor (20%).
Oral exam (60%).
(exhaustive answer to the question = 30%, partial = 15%)
Grading scale:
0%-49% - 2
50%-60% - 3
61%-70% - 3+
71%-80% - 4
81%-90% - 4+
91%-100% - 5
Additional knowledge - 5+
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