Programme 6702T International Masters in Economy, State and Society
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The programme is a Czech part of the ERASMUS MUNDUS two year M.A.programme International Masters in Economy, State and Society aka IMESS. IMESS, a double-degree programme accredited by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic, is based on cooperation of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London), which is the main coordinator of the programme, and seven other universities: University of Belgrade (Serbia), Charles University (Czech Republic), Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), Helsinki University (Finland), Higher School of Economics (Russia), Jagiellonian University (Poland), University of Tartu (Estonia).
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The programme, with the first year spent at School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College of London) and the second year at one of the five mentioned universities, concentrates on the area of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Eurasia. IMESS is divided into three tracks: Economy & Business, Politics & Security, Nation, History & Society. Each track focuses on language training, research methods and on selected and important issues of the area according to teaching and scholar orientation of the each of the mentioned universities. Successful graduates will be given a double degree (UCL and one selected university) and a diploma supplement issued by the IMESS consortium.
Academic supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc.
Economy & Business Track: course structure
Compulsory courses
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48 ECTS
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Research methods module
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12 ECTS
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Language module
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12 - 24 ECTS
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E & B electives
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36 - 48 ECTS
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Total
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120 ECTS
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Oral defence of M.A. dissertation
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(Electives see article 4 para 10 of Consolidated University Code of Study and Examination of Charles University in Prague)
Economy & Business Track - compulsory courses J#0114
Total number of ECTS: 48
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ020
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M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)
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JMMZ019
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Economy & Business Track - research method module J#0156
Maximum: 12 ECTS
Economy & Business Track - language module J#0127
Language options:
1. Students take all three language courses (JMM001, JMMZ012 & JMMZ013) worth 18 ECTS
2. Students take just 1st year language course (JMM001) at SSEES and during the 2nd year at Charles University they take two more electives worth 12 ECTS (instead of the 2nd year language courses)
3. Students take just 2nd year language courses (JMMZ0112 & JMMZ013) worth 12 ECTS at Charles University and during their 1st year they take selected course from the list of SSEES courses worth 6 ECTS.
4. Other than Czech language courses must be approved by tutors from SSEES and Charles University.
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ013
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Czech for IMESS Students II
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JMMZ012
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JMMZ142
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Russian Language II
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JMMZ141
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JMMZ143
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Russian Language III
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JMMZ142
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JMMZ144
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Russian Language IV
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JMMZ143
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Economy & Business Track - electives J#0115
Total number of ECTS: 36 - 48
Electives: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS in credits can be taken from the IMESS Optional Electives list, subject to the approval of the Track Tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the UK FSV, subject to the approval of the Track Tutor and timetabling capacities. Maximum 48 ECTS can be taken from the single list of E & B track electives.
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ023
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Economic Integration of the European Union
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JEM015 JPM313
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JMMZ041
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Theory of Regulation and Regulation of Industries
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JEM015
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Politics & Security Track: course structure
Compulsory courses
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48 ECTS
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Research methods module
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12 ECTS
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Language module
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12 - 24 ECTS
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P & S electives
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36 - 48 ECTS
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Total
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120 ECTS
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Oral defence of dissertation
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(Electives see article 4 para 10 of Consolidated University Code of Study and Examination of Charles University in Prague)
Politics & Security Track - compulsory courses J#0121
Total number of ECTS: 48 ECTS
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ020
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M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)
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JMMZ019
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Politics & Security Track - research methods module J#0123
Maximum: 12 ECTS
Politics & Security Track - language module J#0127
Language options:
1. Students take all three language courses (JMM001, JMMZ012 & JMMZ013) worth 18 ECTS
2. Students take just 1st year language course (JMM001) at SSEES and during the 2nd year at Charles University they take two more electives worth 12 ECTS (instead of the 2nd year language courses)
3. Students take just 2nd year language courses (JMMZ0112 & JMMZ013) worth 12 ECTS at Charles University and during their 1st year they take selected course from the list of SSEES courses worth 6 ECTS.
4. Other than Czech language courses must be approved by tutors from SSEES and Charles University.
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ013
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Czech for IMESS Students II
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JMMZ012
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JMMZ142
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Russian Language II
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JMMZ141
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JMMZ143
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Russian Language III
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JMMZ142
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JMMZ144
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Russian Language IV
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JMMZ143
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Politics & Security Track - electives J#0122
Total number of ECTS: 36 - 48
Electives: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS in credits can be taken from the IMESS Optional Electives list, subject to the approval of the Track Tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the UK FSV, subject to the approval of the Track Tutor and timetabling capacities. Maximum 48 ECTS can be taken from the single list of P & S track electives.
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ058
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Geostrategic Importance of Central Europe
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JMB198
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JMM385
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Legal Framework of the European Union
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JMM251
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History, Nation & Society Track: course structure
Compulsory courses
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36 ECTS
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Research methods module
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24 ECTS
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Language module
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12 - 24 ECTS
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N, H & S electives
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36 - 48 ECTS
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Total
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120 ECTS
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Oral defence of dissertation
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(Electives see article 4 para 10 of Consolidated University Code of Study and Examination of Charles University in Prague)
History, Nation & Society Track - compulsory courses J#0124
Total number of ECTS: 36 ECTS
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ020
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M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)
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JMMZ019
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History, Nation & Society - research methods module J#0157
Maximum: 24 ECTS, selection of courses must always include either JMMZ018 Theories of Social and Political Research (12 ECTS) or JMMZ088 Historical Methods and Approaches (12 ECTS).
History, Nation & Society - language module J#0127
Language options:
1. Students take all three language courses (JMM001, JMMZ012 & JMMZ013) worth 18 ECTS
2. Students take just 1st year language course (JMM001) at SSEES and during the 2nd year at Charles University they take two more electives worth 12 ECTS (instead of the 2nd year language courses)
3. Students take just 2nd year language courses (JMMZ0112 & JMMZ013) worth 12 ECTS at Charles University and during their 1st year they take selected course from the list of SSEES courses worth 6 ECTS.
4. Other than Czech language courses must be approved by tutors from SSEES and Charles University.
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ013
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Czech for IMESS Students II
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JMMZ012
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JMMZ142
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Russian Language II
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JMMZ141
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JMMZ143
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Russian Language III
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JMMZ142
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JMMZ144
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Russian Language IV
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JMMZ143
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History, Nation & Society Track - electives J#0125
Code
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Course title
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Course leader
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Semester
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Hours per week
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Course assessment
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ECTS credit points
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JJM108
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Popular Television
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Baslarová
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JJM110
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Media and Society: An Introduction
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Jirák
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JJM134
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Media and Culture Reading Seminar
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Reifová
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SS
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0/2
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Course credit
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3
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JMMZ043
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Social Exclusion and the Roma in Central Europe
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Klípa
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ044
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Ethnic Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Klípa
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ048
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Politics of Transition and Integration in Central and Eastern Europe.,
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Hanley
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SS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ049
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Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research.
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Hanley
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SS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ058
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Geostrategic Importance of Central Europe
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Pick
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SS
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2/0
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macc
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3
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JMMZ063
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Class, Citizenship and Migration in the Wider Europe
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Kolankiewicz
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SS
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0/6
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Examination
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8
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JMMZ081
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Conceptions and Interpretations of Russian History
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Kolenovská
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ082
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Concepts and Interpretations of Central European History
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Vykoukal
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ089
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Cultural Anthropology of South-Eastern Europe
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Duijzings
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WS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ090
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Ethnopolitical Conflict in Central & Eastern Europe
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Mole
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SS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ091
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Politics of South-Eastern Europe since 1990
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Gordy
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ093
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Gender and Sexuality in Modern Russian Culture
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Graham
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SS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ178
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Islam in Central Eurasia
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Aslan Horák
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ180
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Modernizing the Balkans
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Šístek
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ181
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Cities in Eastern Europe.
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Duijzings
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SS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ189
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The Make and Break of Late Ottoman and Russian Empires
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Brisku
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ192
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Polish Cultural History 1730-1834
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Butterwick
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ193
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Metropolis: History of Berlin
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Klautke
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ194
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Self and the World
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Bracewell
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ195
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Russian Thought
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Aizlewood
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SS
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2/2
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Examination
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12
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JMMZ196
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Empires, Nationalism and Communism.
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Gordy
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ197
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Exile, Prison & Hard Labour in Russian Literature.
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Young
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SS
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2/2
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Examination
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12
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JMMZ198
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Religion in South-Eastern Europe
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Aleksov
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ199
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Little Hitlers? Right Radicalism in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Haynes
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ200
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Soviet Project: Remaking "Man" in Revolutionary Russia.
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Morrissey
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ201
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The Soviet Cultural Experiment I, 1917-1945.
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Roth-Ey
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ202
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The Crisis Zone: Central Europe. 1900-1990.
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Rady
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WS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ203
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IMESS Internship
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Vykoukal
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WS/SS
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0/5
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Course credit
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6
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JMMZ204
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Imperial Nations and Subject Peoples: Czech nation in the Austrian Empire and After (17th – 21st centuries)
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Vykoukal Janíčková Robbins
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WS/SS
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2/2
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ207
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Health Policy
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Háva Vykoukal
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMMZ216
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All Quiet on the Eastern Front: Culture, Politics and Everyday Life in Central and Eastern Europe from Stalin to Present.
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Vykoukal
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM025
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Putin´s Russia
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Vorlová
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM026
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On Life History: Memory, Testimony and Fiction
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Králová Kubátová Kocián
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM035
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Citizen or/and Peasant?
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Pellar
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM096
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Ethno-Nationalist History-Making in the Post-Communist World
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Aslan
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM121
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Central European Cinema
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Dan Mircea
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SS
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0/4
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Course credit
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3
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JMM126
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Central European, Balkan and Eurasian Diplomatic Seminar
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Horák
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SS
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1/1
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Course credit
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3
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JMM130
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Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus
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Aslan
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM283
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Splendor and Misery of Détente
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Fojtek
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WS
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2/0
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Examination
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6
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JMM384
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Cold War in Documents 1945-1962
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Smetana
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM422
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Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe
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Vykoukal
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JMM596
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Cold War in Documents 1963-1991
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Smetana
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JPM218
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Refugee in International Law
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Levrincová
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JPM550
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History, Politics and Culture of Central European Jewry
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Kubátová
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SS
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1/1
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Examination
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6
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JSM437
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CIVIL SOCIETY IN CENTRAL EUROPE
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Frič
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SS
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2/0
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Examination
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6
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JSM628
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European policies and practice towards ethnic minorities
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Bernard Thompson Mikes
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WS
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1/1
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Examination
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9
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Total number of ECTS: 36 - 48
Electives: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS in credits can be taken from the IMESS Optional Electives list, subject to the approval of the Track Tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the UK FSV, subject to the approval of the Track Tutor and timetabling capacities. Maximum 48 ECTS can be taken from the single list of N, H & S track electives.
Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses
Code
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Course title
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Pre-requisite
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Co-requisite
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Interchangeability
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Incompatibility
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JMMZ058
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Geostrategic Importance of Central Europe
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JMB198
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