DESCRIPTION OF COURSE UNIT

1. Course unit title Code LLL14B000462

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST EUROPE (1683-TO THE PRESENT)

2. Name of lecturer(s) Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Vladislav Sotirovi

Department(s) Institute of Political Sciences Faculty of Politics and Management Mykolas Romeris University

3. Cycle of course unit First 4. Mode of delivery Class room 5. Prerequisites: Study requirements Co-requisites: Year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered Autumn/Spring Language of instruction English Level of course unit Bachelor Type of course unit Free optional

Introductory knowleadge of European history No co-requisites 6. Recommended optional programme components No recommended optional programme components 7. Number of ECTS Students workload Contact work hours Independent work credits allocated hours 6 ECTS 162 hrs 48 hrs 114 hrs 8. Purpose of the course unit: programme competences to be developed The purpose and guiding idea of the course is to focus on a comparison of historical, cultural, political, social and economic developments of two distinctive but closely related regions of Europe conventionally defined as the Central and the Southeast. The subject covers the period of the last three centuries in the context of the Central-Southeast European civilization, from the time of the Great Viennese War (16831699) up to the present time. It will help to search for the understanding of historical development of the nations at the borderlands of the multiethnic empires (especially the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire). This situation affected the social-economic, political and cultural structures of the nations at the borderlands where center-periphery dimensions were juxtaposed, adopted or resisted by the local population. Historical phenomenon of the regions is that regardless on the changeable borders through the centuries, Central and Southeast Europe had always multinational character. Methodological technique of comparison is directed to present, discuss and compare the major problems of the Central-Southeast European cultural, political, economic and social developments in the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The tensions between the westerners or externalism and the nativists or internalism, between the conflicting metaphors of orientalism and nationalism, the national awakening in the 18th century, the rise of national states, first in the Southeast Europe in the 19th century, then in the Central Europe in the 20th century, cultural dimension in the historical

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experience of the Central-Southeast European nations in the period of the formation of national identity, national state and national ideology, increases the complexity of comparisons. The course is divided into two parts and each devoted to a different time period. Chronologically, the first part deals with the period from 1683 (the beginning of the Great Viennese War) to 1878 (the San Stefano Peace Treaty), while the second part deals with the period from 1878 (the Berlin Congress) to the present day. Regular attendance at all class meetings is essential. Students are expected to take an active part in discussion and to have one seminar presentation. Teaching and learning methods Assessment methods

Learning outcomes of the programme Students will be able to receive knowledge within a common education framework of humanitarian and social sciences Students will be able to analyze and try to solve problems in contemporary Central and Southeast European politics Students will be able to disseminate their received knowledge and trained skills

Learning outcomes of the course unit To be able to understand the process of creation of the Central and Southeast European nations and states and characteristics of the regional ethnic conflicts To be able to present and discuss scientific research results, historical sources and documents upon the studies on Central and Southeast European history of the modern time By analyzing the policy and process of the atempts to create independent national states at Central and Southest Europe in modern time to be able to explain how this process was historically going on and what are the results with the future perspectives To be able to analyze a case study by individual or group work To be able to choose an adequate research strategy and methods

Problem learning

Control work

Case studies

Written exam

Learning and organization of the work by electronic means (moodle)

Group or individual presentation

To be able to do case study and scientific

Co-operative learning method

Group or individual presentation

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problem analyze To be able to criticize an opponents view within a framework of tolerance and competence

9. Course contents Contact work hours and planned learning activities Training exercises Laboratory work Independent work hours and tasks

Consultations

Topics Lectures

All contact work hours Independent work hours

1. Introductory lecture: the Central and Southeast Europe: Geographic, national, linguistic, political and economic characteristics of the regions Where are the borders of the Central and Southeast Europe? What are historical and cultural aspects of the Central and Southeast Europe? The ethnolinguistic structure of the Central and Southeast Europe. The characteristics of historical development of the Central and Southeast European states and nations and the regional geopolitics. 2. Borderlands and history of the Central and Southeast Europe The main characteristics of the borderlands history of the Central and Southeast Europe from 1683 to the present time. The Central and Southeast Europe between Germany and Russia. 3. The Central and Southeast European nations and societies The main characteristics of the national and social developments of the Central and Southeast European societies from 1683 to the present. Habsburg, Prussian/German, Venetian/Italian, Russian and Ottoman/Islamic impacts on the societies from both regions. 4. The Central Europe: Birthplace of the Modern World?

Internship

Seminars

Tasks

16

Reading scientific literature and historical sources

10

18

Reading scientific literature and historical sources

16

Reading scientific literature and historical sources

Watching archival video material

16

Reading scientific literature and historical sources

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The Phenomena of Vienna 18481938. Vienna, Prague and Budapest and the cultural identity of the Central Europe in modern time. The Central European cultural and intellectual innovation and Modern World. 5. The Ottoman society and state organization in the Southeast Europe The main characteristics and development of the Ottoman type of the society, state structure and economy in the region of the Southeast Europe. The Ottoman cultural inheritance in the region. 4 3 7 16 Reading scientific literature and historical sources Watching archival video material

6. Comparative political history of the Central and Southeast Europe from 1683 to 1914 The Great Vienna War of 16831699, Poland-Lithuania between Prussia, Habsburg Monarchy and Russia. Three divisions of the Republic of Two Nations (PolandLithuania) between Prussia, Habsburg Monarchy and Russia. Habsburg and Russian wars against the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century. Creation of national states in the Southeast Europe in the 19th century. Two Balkan Wars of 19121913 against the Ottoman Empire.

16

Reading scientific literature and historical sources

7. Comparative political history of the Central and Southeast Europe from 1914 to the present The First World War, 19141918. The Interwar years, 19181939. The Second World War, 19391945. The Cold War, 19481989. The post-Cold War history up to the present.

16

Reading scientific literature and historical sources Watching archival video material

Overall 10. Assessment strategy

28

20

48

114

Weighting percentage 40%

Written exam (integral test to check theoretical and practical knowledge)

Period or date of assessment Session period

Assessment criteria

The test consists of open and closed questions (varying difficulties, from understanding to evaluation), each question is worth one point. Assessment: 5: Excellent knowledge and skills. 45-50% of correct answers. 4: Good knowledge and skills; may be minor errors. 35-44% of correct answers. 3: Average knowledge and skills; there are errors.

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Class room work during the seminars

40%

Semester period

Individual self-work during the semester period

20%

Semester period

25-34% of correct answers. 2: Knowledge and skills are below average; there are (basic) errors. 15-24% of correct answers. 1: Knowledge and skills to satisfy the minimum requirements; lots of errors. 5-14% of correct answers. 0: Does not meet minimum requirements. 0-4% of correct answers. Assessment: The structure of presentation (evaluation criteria: clear and consistent layout (introduction, body and conclusion)) up to 1 point; Conceptualism of presentation (evaluation criteria: complete and reasonable disclosure of the chosen topic) up to 2 points; Failure to deliver presentation - 0 points. 20% - to actively and constructively participate in discussions, to answer questions, to formulate problems and issues, to provide critical comments; 10% - to participate in the debate, to answer to frequently asked questions; 0% - almost does not participate in the discussion or spent more than 1/3 of the seminars.

11. Required reading 1. 2. 3. 4. Daskalov R., Mishkova D., Entangled Histories of the Balkans: Transfers of Political Ideologies and Institutions. Balkan Studies Libraries, Brill Academic Publishing, 2013. Haupt H. G., Kocka J. (eds.), Comparative and Transnational History: Central European Approaches and New Perspectives. New York Oxford: Berghan Books, 2012. Sotirovi B. V., From the Balkan History of Diplomacy and Politics. Vilnius: Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences Press, 2013. Snyder T., Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. New York, Basic Books, 2012.

Recommended reading Banac I. (ed.), Eastern Europe in Revolution. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992. Banac I., The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1984. Berend I. T., History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the Long Nineteenth Century. 2005. Bidelaux R., Jeffries I., A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change. LondonNew York: Routledge, 1998. Chirot D. (ed.), The Origins of Backwardness in Eastern Europe: Economics & Politics from the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Hagen W. W., German History in Modern Times: Four Lives of the Nation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Hall R. C., (ed.), War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from The Fall of The Ottoman Empire to The Breakup of Yugoslavia. 2014. Hogarth D. G., The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania and Turkey. 2013. Janos C. A., East Central Europe in the Modern World: The Politics of the Borderlands from Pre- to

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PostCommunism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000.

Jelavich B., History of the Balkans. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Jelavich B., History of the Balkans. Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Johnson R. L., Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends. New YorkOxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Kaplan R. D., Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History. New York: Picador, 2005. Lewis P. G., Central Europe Since 1945. New YorkLondon: Routledge, 2013. MacMillan M., The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914. New York: Random House, 2013. Mazower M., The Balkans: A Short History. New York: Random House, 2002. Merdjanova I., Rediscovering the Umma: Muslims in the Balkans Between Nationalism and Transnationalism. New YorkOxford, Oxford University Press, 2013. Palmer A., The Lands Between. A History of East-Central Europe since the Congress of Vienna. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970.

Ramet S. P. (ed.), Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Rupnik J., The Other Europe. London, 1989. Rothschild J., Wing N. M., Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II. 2007.

Simms B., Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy From 1453 To The Present. New York: Basic Books, 2013.

Sotirovi B. V., Emigration, Refugees and Ethnic Cleansing: The Death of Yugoslavia, 19911999. Saarbrcken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013.

Sotirovi B. V., Creation of the First Yugoslavia: How the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was Established in 1918, Saarbrcken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012.

Sotirovi B. V., Balcanica, Serbica, Yugoslavica. Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 2007. Stink P. (ed.), Mitteleuropa: History and Prospects. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1994. Glenny M., The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War. London 1992. Glenny M., The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and The Great Powers, 18042012. Kindle Edition, 2012. Kann A. R., A History of the Habsburg Empire 1526-1918. Los AngelesLondon: University of California Press, 1977.

Kontler L., A History of Hungary. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Lewis P., Central Europe since 1945. London: Longman, 1994. Teichova A., Central Europe in the Twentieth century: An Economic History Perspective. Hants:

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Aldershot, 1997. Wachtel A. B., The Balkans in World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Wandycz P., The Price of Freedom: A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present. London: Routledge, 1992.

Wolchik Sh. L., Curry J. L., Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy. 2010.

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