Unit information: Introduction to Czech History in 2011/12

Unit name	Introduction to Czech History
Unit code	RUSS10024
Credit points	10
Level of study	C/4
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director	Dr. Chitnis
Open unit status	Open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	Available only for Joint Honours and Single Honours Russian students taking RUSS10015
School/department	Department of Russian
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit offers an introductory exploration of Czech history from the tenth to the twentieth century, concentrating on the following: Charles IV, Jan Hus and the Hussites, the National Revival, the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic, the German occupation and the Communist period. No knowledge of Czech language is required for this unit.

Reading and References

Recommended Reading (based on Bristol University Library holdings):

1. General Sources:

• Betts, R. R., Essays in Czech History, London: Athlone Press, 1969.

• Hermann, A.H., A History of the Czechs, London: Allen Lane 1975

• Pynsent, Robert B., Questions of Identity: Czech and Slovak Ideas of Nationality and Personality, Budapest, London: CentralEuropeanUniversity Press, 1994.

• Sayer, Derek, The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, Princeton, N.J.: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1998.

• Seton-Watson, R. W., A History of the Czechs and Slovaks, London: Hutchinson, 1943.

• Tampke, Jürgen, Czech-German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe: From Bohemiato the EU, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

• Thomson, S. Harrison, Czechoslovakiain European History, Princeton, N.J.: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1953.

• Wallace, William V., Czechoslovakia, London: E. Benn, 1977.