Program N0312A200014: Balkan, Eurasian and Central European Studies - Russian and Eurasian Studies

Academic year 2019/2020

Balkan, Eurasian and Central European Studies (BECES) is a two-year English-language Master’s degree programme. It addresses the English speaking audience with a deep and versatile exploration of “the East”, understood as a territory composed of Central Europe, the Balkan peninsula, and the Post Soviet area, including the Caucasus and Central Asia. Primary attention is paid to modern history and politics, as well as to fundamental social, cultural and economic problems. It also offers students the chance to learn or improve their knowledge of the Czech languageor other offered languages.

The core courses provide an overview of crucial segments of the area from an analytical and multidisciplinary perspective, while the electives allow students to create their own specialisation. The aim of the programme is to help students write a Master’s thesis of sufficient quality. Through the university’s network of exchange programmes, talented students may also be offered the opportunity to make a brief research visit to another country in the area via Erasmus or other types of the academic exchange. By developing the student’s knowledge of the Czech milieu and language, the programme may also serve as an access-point to some of our Ph.D. programmes. The programme is deliberately structured to take an advantage of the multidisciplinary nature of the Faculty, and students will be encouraged to make connections between different fields of study, learning to combine a global perspective with attention to detail and local interests. It is an excellent stepping stone in developing an academic career, as well as a valuable source of analytical skills and practical background knowledge that can be applied in professional life. For detailed information see ExternĂ odkaz BECES website.

Academic supervisor: Mail

Balkan, Eurasian and Central European Studies: course structure

Compulsory (common) courses	60 ECTS
Specialized tracks
Central Europe and the Balkans track	24 ECTS
Russia and the Post Soviet Area track	24 ECTS
Language	12 ECTS
Electives	12 ECTS
Optional (out of the list)	12 ECTS
M.A. Thesis defence
Total	120 ECTS

ExternĂ odkaz (Optional courses see article 4 para 10 of Consolidated University Code of Study and Examination of Charles University in Prague)

Compulsory courses - common

(J#0530)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM044	Academic Writing	Cotte	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JTM045	Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences	Weiss Young Nisbet	WS	0/2	Course credit	6
JTM046	Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences	Nigrin Petrúšek	SS	0/2	Examination	6
JTM047	Area Studies: Theory and Methodology	Vykoukal Kozák	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JTM048	Comparative and Conceptual History	Brisku Nigrin	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JTM049	MA Thesis Seminar I for BECES	Nigrin Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	15
JTM050	MA Thesis Seminar II for BECES	Nigrin Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	15

Total number of ECTS: 60

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM049	MA Thesis Seminar I for BECES	JTM044 JTM045 JTM046 JTM047 JTM048 JTM051 JTM055
JTM050	MA Thesis Seminar II for BECES	JTM049

Compulsory courses - track: Russia and the Post Soviet Area

(J#0533)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM019	Problems of the post-Soviet Space	Šír	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM055	Introduction to History, Politics and Society of Russia and Eastern Europe	Kolenovská	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM056	Concepts and Interpretations of Russian History	Kolenovská	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM057	Nationalism and Historiography in Central Eurasia	Horák	WS	1/1	Examination	6
J#0531	group "BECES (NP) - Language courses" (title available in Czech only)

Total number of ECTS: 24

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM019	Problems of the post-Soviet Space				JMMZ053
JTM057	Nationalism and Historiography in Central Eurasia				JMM702

Language Courses (J#0531)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JLB100	Czech as a Foreign Language I	Frantesová Mazúrková	WS/SS	0/6	Examination	6
JLB101	Czech as a Foreign Language II	Frantesová Mazúrková	WS/SS	0/6	Examination	6
JLB102	Czech as a Foreign Language III	Frantesová Mazúrková	WS/SS	0/6	Examination	6
JLB103	Czech as a Foreign Language IV	Frantesová Mazúrková	WS/SS	0/6	Examination	6
JTB158	Russian Language I	Shvedova	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB159	Russian Language II	Shvedova	SS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB160	Russian Language III	Shvedova	WS	0/3	Examination	6
JTB161	Russian Language IV	Shvedova	SS	0/3	Examination	6

Minimum number of ECTS: 12

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTB159	Russian Language II	JTB158
JTB160	Russian Language III	JTB159
JTB161	Russian Language IV	JTB160

Electives (J#0534)

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JPM711	Russian and Post-Soviet Security	Aslan	WS/SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM015	Economic Transformation in East Central and Southeastern Europe	Jeřábek	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM018	Economic Transformations in the post-Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM206	Internship for BECES	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	3
JTM244	Cold War in Documents 1945-1962	Smetana	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM245	Cold War in Documents 1963-1991	Smetana	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM257	Splendor and Misery of Détente	Fojtek	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JTM265	Central European Cinema	Dan Mircea	WS	0/4	Examination	6
JTM266	Cultural Legacies and Developments in the Balkans: Modern and Traditional Entanglements	Asavei	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM268	Ethnic Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe	Klípa	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM269	Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus	Brisku	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM270	History and Present in South East European Cinema	Dan Mircea	SS	0/4	Examination	6
JTM273	Images and Stereotypes of the Balkans	Šístek	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM274	Oil and Gas in the Post Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM275	Post-Soviet Central Eurasia	Šír Horák	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM279	Russia after 1991	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM280	Russia's Aggression against Ukraine: Implications for European Security	Šír	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM282	Ukraine after 1991	Korablyova	SS	1/1	Course credit	6
JTM285	Cohesion Policy of the EU in Central and East European Countries	Hauser	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM313	Who Controls the Past, Controls the Future?	Emler	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM315	Social Exclusion and the Roma in Central Europe	Klípa	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM316	Doing Business in Central Europe	Kolmhofer	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM317	Russian-Turkish Rivalry over the Balkan and Caucasus Areas	Brisku	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM320	Putin´s Russia	Marian	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM321	Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe	Vykoukal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM322	Israel: Politics and Society	Kalhousová	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM323	Legal Framework of the European Union	Šlosarčík	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM325	Small States in the EU	Weiss	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM331	Cultural History of Communist Europe	Klípa	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM335	Central Europe: Ideologies and Politics (1700's - present)	Robbins Janíčková	WS/SS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM336	Theorizing Memory: Social and Cultural Remembering	Asavei	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM404	The Foreign Policy of Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia Towards Israel	Kalhousová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM410	U.S.-Czechoslovak Economic and Cultural Relations in the Cold War	Doležalová Albrecht	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM414	Central Europe Academy - European and National Revolutions 1989-2019	Kunštát Nekula	SS	0/2	Course credit	4

Minimum 12 ECTS, maximum (needed) 24 ECTS.

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JPM711	Russian and Post-Soviet Security				JMM065
JTM206	Internship for BECES				JMMZ190
JTM244	Cold War in Documents 1945-1962				JMM384
JTM257	Splendor and Misery of Détente				JMM283
JTM266	Cultural Legacies and Developments in the Balkans: Modern and Traditional Entanglements				JMB057
JTM267	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe				JMM143
JTM269	Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus				JMM130
JTM273	Images and Stereotypes of the Balkans				JMM034
JTM275	Post-Soviet Central Eurasia				JMM361 JMM703
JTM279	Russia after 1991				JMM302
JTM285	Cohesion Policy of the EU in Central and East European Countries				JMMZ042
JTM313	Who Controls the Past, Controls the Future?				JMM642
JTM320	Putin´s Russia				JMM025
JTM323	Legal Framework of the European Union				JMM047 JMM251

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