|
|
|
Code:
YBLS020 |
Lecturer:
Seidlová,V. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
mon 11:30 - 12:50, room YT102 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
First, theory can be difficult to grasp, but the aim of this course is to make it accessible because theory helps people understand and transform the world. Anthropology might be said to be characterized by a ‘toss and turn’ dynamic - it has taken a number of intellectual turns. A recent turn, for example, is ontological. It succeeds postmodern reflexive, interpretive, cultural materialist, structural-functional, historical particularist, and unilinear evolutionary turns. These turns reveal vibrant debates among anthropologists and the passion to understand the world. For a detailed preliminary syllabus, see the pdf attachment (the time of the class and the weekly dates change accordingly to the actual schedule of the academic year! Please refer to the actual schedule published in SIS).Important notice for the students of the 1st year of the Liberal Arts and Humanities Programme: THIS COURSE DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE THE COMPULSORY INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY. It is designed mostly for the 2nd year students as it can help them with the preparation for the CESS exam.Course Assignments: 70% Attendance at the weekly seminars. All the readings are uploaded on the course page in MOODLE. You are expected to read all the assigned readings on the day they are listed on the syllabus, and send “talking points” (a brief synthesis of the main points from the day’s readings and a “discussion question[s]” based on those readings, altogether min. 1 PAGE per title. Your talking points and questions must be sent to the Moodle page of this course at least two hours BEFORE each class. Two annotations can be missed without an apology. In total, you have to submit 10 annotations. Till the end of the examination period, you will also turn in a short essay [approx. 5-7 pages] summarizing and comparing arguments of two titles of your choice from the list of required readings, including a section with your own thought and reactions. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLS031 |
Lecturer:
Abu Ghosh,Y. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
tue 13:00 - 14:20, room YT003 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
This course seeks to help to understand and address anti-GRT (Gypsies, Roma, Travellers) racism, shifting away from viewing it merely as an issue affecting these communities toward recognizing it as a fundamental structural problem that influences European society as a whole. The persistent and extreme marginalization of GRT people—representing one of Europe's most challenging yet underexamined social issues—arises from this widespread anti-GRT racism that permeates institutions and communities. Institutional approaches to addressing anti-GRT racism have concentrated mainly on mitigating its consequences rather than adequately examining the underlying mechanisms of how, why, and where it emerges and endures. Academic research that could illuminate these fundamental processes has been divided across disciplinary silos and national contexts. During the course, experts who have studied various historical, regional and social instances of violence against GRT will attempt to bridge these shortcoming by will present their reflections on "how has anti-GRT racism been possible" and how it happens. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLP013 |
Lecturer:
Hanyš,M. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
fri 10:00 - 11:20, room YT121 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
This course traces the trajectory of Czech intellectual life from the 19th-century National Revival to the post-1989 democratic transition. While Tomáš G. Masaryk and Václav Havel serve as key reference points, the course highlights a wider circle of thinkers — from Palacký, Rádl, and Weltsch to Patočka, Kundera, and Kosík — who shaped debates about nation, democracy, ideology, and dissent. Students will read and interpret primary texts and situate them within the broader European intellectual landscape. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLH008 |
Lecturer:
De Pablo Aguilar,D. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
thu 18:00 - 19:20, room YT131 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
Cultural history offers a rich and multifaceted approach to understanding the past, examining the beliefs, practices, and expressions of individuals and societies across time. This course provides a comprehensive exploration of cultural history, tracing its origins, examining key historiographical schools such as the Annales and microhistory, and analyzing the significant contributions of scholars including Peter Burke, Clifford Geertz, Robert Darnton, Sarah Maza, and others. Through a combination of readings, discussions, and research projects, students will engage with a variety of topics and methodologies within cultural history, linking these approaches with broader discussions in the humanities and social sciences.This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of cultural history, equipping them with the analytical tools and theoretical frameworks needed to engage critically with primary sources and scholarly literature. By exploring the diverse perspectives and methodologies within cultural history, students will gain a deeper understanding of human societies and their cultural expressions, while also recognizing the broader implications of cultural historical research for interdisciplinary scholarship and social science. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLS023 |
Lecturer:
Zakreski,E. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
fri 11:30 - 12:50, room YT112 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
The students will learn about the biopsychosocial model of health and illness. We will explore the social and psychological determinants of good physical and mental health. Through experience the students will learn about the promotion of health behavior.At the seminar the students will have to journal their own health behavior in a selected topic. Through discussions the students will formulate hypotheses about the difficulties people face when maintaining health behavior. The students will have to write an essay of 3-5 pages long in their own selected topic. The students will form groups and plan an awareness day or an intervention program in the selected topic and present to the participants of the seminar. The planned activities on this seminar will be lecturing, reading, writing, discussing key topics of health behavior, and student presentations. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLH007 |
Lecturer:
Vondráček,J. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
thu 11:30 - 12:50, room YT002 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
The history of the “Third Reich” is still an ever expanding field of research with hundreds of books being published every year. However, we will analyze three key aspects of the history of Nazi Germany: domination, society, and mass murder. We will focus on the building of the Nazi state from 1933 until the end of the war. In this context we will take a look at different theories which try to explain the stability of Nazi domination until its military defeat. The Nazi vision of a racial pure and hierarchically organized “Volksgemeinschaft” as a specific form of German society is the second field we will analyze. Various inclusion and exclusion mechanisms will be considered as well as different historical approaches. The Holocaust and the mass murder of gypsy and other ethnic groups as well as the terror against political enemies of the Reich, materialized in the system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, will be the last field of research we will deal with. The seminar will be strongly text based. You will be asked to read one or two texts and be asked to answer guiding questions for each session. vondracek@mua.cas.cz |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLH006 |
Lecturer:
Marková,A. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
mon 11:30 - 12:50, room YT121 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
The course deals with the phenomenon of Soviet jokes (anecdotes) which were very popular during the existence of the Soviet Bloc. Jokes covered every aspect of daily life under socialism – the shortages, leisure, sport, propaganda of the media, ideology and many other aspects. They were told in each Soviet Bloc state as a Poland, Czechoslovakia, and others because they shared the same culture and live conditions of that period. The term “Communist jokes” could be more precisely described as anti-Communist or anti-Soviet jokes because this term better captures the sense of shared culture. There are many reason why Communist political jokes were very special. They had a unique homogeneity: the absolute monopoly of state power meant that any joke about any aspect of politics, the economy or media was a joke about Communism. Communism regime was inherently “funny” because of a unique combination of factors. The ineffectiveness of its theories, the mendacity of its propaganda and the ubiquity of censorship were all important. The cruelty of its methods interacted with the sense of humor of the people on whom it was imposed.The aim of the course is to introduce students to the reality of everyday life under the Soviet rule in the countries of the Soviet Bloc through Communist Jokes. |
|
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLS021 |
Lecturer:
Zakreski,E. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
fri 10:00 - 11:20, room YT033 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
The course will provide a step-by-step introduction to fundamentals of quantitative research methodology and data analysis. It will introduce you to statistical thinking, interpreting and reporting results from statistical analyses, and will provide hands-on learning activities using a free easy-to-use statistics software (JASP). The course will be especially beneficial to students who are interested in psychology and sociology. |
|
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLH010 |
Lecturer:
Suchý,M. + Vondráček,J. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
thu 14:30 - 15:50, room YT112 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
Upon completion of the course students will have an overview of European history from antiquity through the Middle Ages to modern history. Students will learn the importance of basic historical terms, such as the Reformation, the Lenten System, the Papal Schism and many others. The course will consist of thematic-oriented lectures and will be finished by a written test concentrated on important historical concepts. Completition of said course will help students with their preparation for following mandatory examination from European History. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLS022 |
Lecturer:
Hanson,E. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
tue 10:00 - 11:20, room YT032 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
The Seminar in Social psychology aims to familiarize students with core texts in the field, develop academic skills and foster critical thinking of students in themes associated to social psychology. The Seminar will be organized around reading core academic texts in social psychology, watching related audiovisual materials, discussions and written assessments. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLS025 |
Lecturer:
Çakir,A. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
fri 13:00 - 14:20, room YT113 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
Social Movements have been one of the main engines of social change worldwide, gaining even more relevance in the first quarter of the 21st century as we observe countless protests and movements in each part of the world. Therefore, the study of the phenomena that is social movements is imperative to our understanding of society and history. This course aims to provide an introduction to the theories of social movements, linking theory to various historical and contemporary cases to better understand how social movements emerge and in which dynamics they operate. These dynamics include social, political, and cultural aspects as the nature of any given social movement is highly dependent on these aspects, while also transforming the dynamics they operate in. The course addresses topics such as collective action, repertoires and cycles of contention, individuals and networks, mobilization patterns, inclusion and exclusion mechanisms, etc by linking them to broader sociological theory. With the help of such topics, the course aims to discuss the contemporary theoretical debates revolving around the complex phenomena of social movements. |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLP008 |
Lecturer:
Marek,J. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
thu 16:00 - 17:20, room YT211 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
The course is intended as an introduction to the German variety of existential philosophy (Existenzphilosophie). We will be discussing the philosophical work of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Heidegger, and Patočka. Our goal is to understand the basic scope, topics, and bearings of this particular variety of philosophy. The course is open to all interested students and requires no significant prior philosophical knowledge.Weekly Schedule:1. Introduction: Existence and existentia2. Kierkegaard I: Stages of Existence3. Kierkegaard II: The Synthesis of Existence4. Nietzsche I: Metaphorical Existence5. Nietzsche II.: A Genealogy of the (also)Human6. Kierkegaardian Renesance: German Philosophy in the interbellum period7. Jaspers: World-Views and Limit Situations8. Heidegger: Existence and Dasein9. Heidegger contra Jaspers - The Role of Philosophy10. Patočka I: Existence and the Natural World (Lebenswelt)11. Patočka II: Movements of Life12. Is Philosophy of Existence Still Viable Today?13. Conclusion |
|
|
|
|
Code:
YBLH009 |
Lecturer:
Suchý,M. |
|
Semester:
Winter
|
Language:
English
|
|
ECTS credits:
4
|
|
Schedule:
tue 16:00 - 17:20, room YT112 (Faculty of Humanities, Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8 - Libeň)
|
|
The course provides students with insights into different aspects of medieval travelling. Source criticism to contemporary sources (chronicles, travel accounts, itineraries, books of travels, charters, etc.) within major topics (such as war campaigns, pilgrimage, university peregrination, diplomacy, trade and crafts) constitutes an important feature of the course. |
|
