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Curriculum / Summer 2004
The Central European Studies Summer Program of
Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis consists of four courses in politics,
history, civilization and language.
Modern Czech
Film
The course provides a deeper insight into issues of modern Czechoslovak
history and socio-cultural developments as documented by both
major feature films and documentaries. Viewed against the general
backdrop of key historical events, the participants will gain
more intimate knowledge and understanding of the unique modern
Central European experience as interpreted by famous film makers
many of which helped to create the phenomenon of the Czech New
Wave (Academy Award Laureates Milos Forman and Jirí Menzel among
them). Film screenings will include films covering World War II,
the Stalinist Fifties, the period of political and cultural thaw
of the Sixties, the most significant works of the post-1968 Soviet
invasion years as well as post-1989 Velvet Revolution trends and
controversies of the Czech film art.
Instructor:
Ivana Dolezalova
Challenges
to European Politics
The course explores processes of transition from authoritarian
rule to democracy in Europe and the aftermath of such a transition.
The course is comparative by its na-ture and presents general
issues on case studies from Western, Central and Easter Europe.
The material is presented in two perspectives: perspective of
a political sci-entist and perspective of a leading protago-nist
of the transition process in the Central and Eastern Europe.
The course starts from with a discussion of Europe as a geopolitical
entity and identi-fies its main divisions. It characterizes European
non-democratic regimes of the past and turns towards dissident
activities of Central and Eastern Europe, deals with theories
of transition as well as specific instances of such a transition.
Fundamental challenges to democratization - nationalism, legacy
of the past - are discussed in conclusion of the course.
Instructor:
Vladimíra Dvorakova
Milestones
of the Czech History and Civilization
The course provides an introduction to cultural aspects of Czech
and in broader sense Central European environment. It concentrates
on major historical events and processes that have shaped future
developments in the area and contributed to various aspects of
the Czech national identity. Cultural awareness is initiated through
readings and lectures followed by discussions. Visits to historically
important sites in Prague and the Czech Republic are an integral
part of the course. Participants are expected to gain background
knowledge of the region's history and civilization, to understand
and examine issues of social changes and their effects on and
interaction with social fabric of the nation. The course is complemented
with reading and analysis of important fiction of respective epoques.
Instructor:
Petr Bilek, Pavel Sladek
Elementary
Czech
The course is designed to give stu-dents the ability to handle
everyday situations in Czech by focusing on listening and reading
com-prehension, speaking and beginning writing skills, introduction
to Czech grammar. It is a full-fledged university language course.
Instructors:
Jitka Kauerova
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