Program N0312A200010: International Masters in Economy, State and Society (NP_IMESS) - specialism History and Society

Academic year 2019/2020

• International Masters in Economy, State and Society aka IMESS is a double-degree programme 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).

• 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 seven mentioned universities, concentrates on the area of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Eurasia. IMESS is divided into four specialisms: Economy & Business; Politics & International Economy with an emphasis on Economics or Politics; Politics & Security; History & Society. Each specialism 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:  

History & Society specialism: course structure

Compulsory courses	30 ECTS
Research methods module	24 ECTS
Language module	12 - 24 ECTS
N, H & S electives	42 - 54 ECTS
Optional courses	0 - 12 ECTS
Total	120 ECTS
Master´s thesis defence

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

History & Society specialism - compulsory courses J#0561

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM108	M.A. Thesis Seminar I (IMESS)	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	15
JTM109	M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/2	Course credit	15

Total number of ECTS: 30 ECTS

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM109	M.A. Thesis Seminar II (IMESS)	JTM108

History & Society specialism - research methods module J#0562

Kód	Název předmětu	Garant předmětu	Semestr	Rozsah výuky	Kontrola studia	Kredity
JTM110	Quantitative Methods	Bruno	ZS	2/2	Zk	6
JTM111	Advanced Quantitative Methods	Makarova	LS	0/6	Zk	6
JTM112	Qualitative methods	Gordy	LS	1/1	Zk	6
JTM113	Understanding and Analysing Data	Noble	ZS	0/2	Zk	6
JTM115	Theories of Social and Political Research	Mole	LS	2/2	Zk	12
JTM116	Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research	Hanley	LS	2/2	Zk	6
JTM119	Historical Methods and Approaches: Stories of Central and Eastern Europe	Bracewell	LS	2/2	Zk	12
JTM120	Contemporary Cultural Studies: between post-communism and post-modernism	Milutinovic	LS	2/2	Zk	12
JTM121	Literary and Cultural Theory	Milutinovic	LS	2/2	Zk	12
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis	D.M.Abrams	ZS	1/1	Zk	6
JTM362	Political Sociology	ciuta	LS	1/1	Zk	6

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).

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis				JMM171

History & Society specialism - language module J#0564

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JLB100	Czech as a Foreign Language I	Frantesová  Mazúrková  Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB101	Czech as a Foreign Language II	Frantesová  Mazúrková  Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB102	Czech as a Foreign Language III	Frantesová  Mazúrková  Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
JLB103	Czech as a Foreign Language IV	Frantesová  Mazúrková  Pellarová	WS/SS	0/4	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
JTM090	Language Course	Wiseman	SS	0/2	Examination	12
JTM415	International Masters: Foundation in Russian	Ponomareva	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM537	MA Low Intermediate: Russian	Ponomareva	WS	0/4	Examination	12

12 - 24 ECTS

Language options:

1. Students take all three Czech language courses (JTM090 and JLB100&JLB101 or JLB102&JLB103) worth 24 ECTS

2. Students take just 1st year language course (JTM090) 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. During their 2nd year at Charles University students take either Czech Language courses (JLB100&JMLB101 or JLB102&JLB103) worth 12 ECTS or Russian Language courses (JTB158&JTB159 or JTB160&JTB161) worth 12 ECTS while during their 1st year taking selected course from the list of SSEES courses worth 6 ECTS.

4. Other than Czech or Russian language courses must be approved by tutors from SSEES and Charles University.

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

History & Society specialism - electives J#0125

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JTM017	Society and Culture in Central Eurasia	Horák  Brisku	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM051	Introduction to History, Politics and Society of East-Central and South Eastern Europe	Vykoukal	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JTM052	Concepts and Interpretations of Central European History	Vykoukal	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM053	Concepts and Interpretations of Balkan History	Králová	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
JTM116	Comparative Analysis in Social and Political Research	Hanley	SS	2/2	Examination	6
JTM120	Contemporary Cultural Studies: between post-communism and post-modernism	Milutinovic	SS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM205	IMESS Internship	Vykoukal	WS/SS	0/4	Examination	6
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
JTM265	Central European Cinema	Dan Mircea	WS	0/4	Examination	6
JTM266	Cultural Legacies and Developments in the Balkans: Modern and Traditional Entanglements	Asavei	SS	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	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM291	Modernizing the Balkans	Šístek	SS	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
JTM317	Russian-Turkish Rivalry over the Balkan and Caucasus Areas	Brisku	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM321	Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe	Vykoukal	WS	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	2/2	Examination	6
JTM336	Theorizing Memory: Social and Cultural Remembering	Asavei	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM339	Balkan Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts	Žíla	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM341	Baltic Politics and Society	Sikk	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM355	Interdisciplinary Area Studies	Mole	WS	0/2	Course credit	6
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis	D.M.Abrams	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM358	Languages in Contact along the Danube: Intercultural Frictions and Flows	Vykoukal	WS	2/2	Examination	12
JTM360	Metropolis: History of Berlin	Klautke	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM361	Migration in the European Union	White	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM374	The Crisis Zone: Central Europe, 1900-1990	Lorman	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM378	Understanding "Transitional Justice": Crime, Punishment and Process	Gordy	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM384	Cultural Memory and Identity in the Balkans	Asavei	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM410	U.S.-Czechoslovak Economic and Cultural Relations in the Cold War	Doležalová  Albrecht	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JTM505	The City in Modern Central Europe	Piskačová	WS	1/1	Examination	6

Total number of ECTS: 42 - 54

Optional courses: during the first year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the IMESS Optional courses, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities, during the second year maximum of 6 ECTS can be taken from the optional courses at the FSV UK, subject to the approval of the programme tutor and timetabling capacities.

Prerequisites, corequisites, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JTM017	Society and Culture in Central Eurasia				JMMZ178
JTM051	Introduction to History, Politics and Society of East-Central and South Eastern Europe				JMMZ094
JTM057	Nationalism and Historiography in Central Eurasia				JMM702
JTM205	IMESS Internship				JMMZ257
JTM244	Cold War in Documents 1945-1962				JMM384
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
JTM313	Who Controls the Past, Controls the Future?				JMM642
JTM357	Introduction to Discourse Analysis				JMM171
JTM378	Understanding "Transitional Justice": Crime, Punishment and Process				JMM172

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Code of the study plan:

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