Central European Comparative Studies (CECS) - full-time study programme

The two-year master’s programme in Central European Comparative Studies (CECS) concentrates on the areas of Germany, Austria and the Visegrad Countries (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary) with an overlap onto neighbouring regions and offers a thorough comparative and multidisciplinary understanding of the issues involved. The programme is offered either in the form of normal everyday study or as combined study (which is geared for working people and entails attendance on every Friday afternoon of the semester).

The programme focuses on comparative analysis in the following areas: political systems in the 20^th century, political development since 1990, the economy, European integration, culture, and the history of society in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. In addition to academic subjects, the programme offers intensive schooling in at least two languages (such as Czech, Polish, and Russian). Passing some subjects in German is obligatory.

Academic Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Ota Konrád, Ph.D.

Academic Coordinator: PhDr. Tomáš Nigrin, Ph.D. Mail

Course Structure

Compulsory Courses	66 ECTS
Languages (Czech + Language of the Region B)	36 ECTS
Optional Courses	minimum 6, maximum 18 ECTS
Electives	minimum 0, maximum 12 ECTS
Defence of M. A. Thesis

Compulsory Courses J#13915

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ105	Master´s Thesis Seminar I.	Nigrin	WS/SS	0/2	macc	3
JMMZ106	Master´s Thesis Seminar II.	Nigrin	WS/SS	0/2	macc	3
JMMZ107	Methodology and Academic Writing Seminar	Šmidrkal	SS	1/1	macc	3
JMMZ108	Political Geography	Bauer	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ109	Comparison of Central European Political Systems	Kubát	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ111	Modern Central European History Compared	Šmidrkal	WS	2/2	Examination	9
JMMZ113	Central European Culture History I.	Emler	WS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ114	Central European Culture History II.	Šafařík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMMZ115	Konversatorium	Nigrin	SS	0/2	macc	6
JMMZ116	Constitutional Transformation of the Central and East European Countries	Šlosarčík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMM422	Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe	Vykoukal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JPM550	History, Politics and Culture of Central European Jewry	Kubátová	SS	1/1	Examination	6

Prerequisities, corequisities, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JMM422	Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe			JMMZ110

Laguages

A. Czech Language J#013615

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

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B. Regional Language J#14115

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ136	Language of the Region B I.	Nigrin	WS	0/2	Examination	6
JMMZ140	Language of the Region B II.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	Examination	6

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Optional Courses - Electives J#13715

Code	Course title	Course leader	Semester	Hours per week	Course assessment	ECTS credit points
JMMZ023	Economic Integration of the European Union	Dědek Vykoukal	WS	2/2	Examination	6
JMMZ042	Cohesion Policy of the EU in Central and East European Countries.	Kasáková	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ044	Ethnic Conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe.	Klípa	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ082	Concepts and Interpretations of Central European History	Vykoukal	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ121	Konversatorium II.	Nigrin	SS	0/2	macc	6
JMMZ193	Metropolis: History of Berlin	Klautke	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ196	Empires, Nationalism and Communism.	Gordy	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ204	Imperial Nations and Subject Peoples: Czech nation in the Austrian Empire and After (17th – 21st centuries)	Robbins Janíčková Vykoukal	WS/SS	2/2	Examination	6
JMMZ212	The Return of the "Kidnapped" West: Central Europe Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall	Králová Fiřtová Vykoukal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ229	Theorizing Memory: Social and Cultural Remembering	Asavei	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMMZ231	EU Foreign Policy and the Role of the European External Action Service (EEAS)	Kordová	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM121	Central European Cinema	Dan Mircea	SS	0/4	macc	6
JMM143	Economy and Politics in the 20th Century Eastern Europe	Svoboda	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM188	Economic transformations in the post-Soviet area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM189	Economic transformation in East Central and Southeastern Europe	Trejbal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM358	The Transformation of the Communist Successor Parties in Central Europe and Influence of the West European Leftists	Handl Mejstřík	SS	2/0	Examination	6
JMM422	Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe	Vykoukal	WS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM460	Oil and Gas in the Post Soviet Area	Svoboda	SS	1/1	Examination	6
JMM642	Who Controls the Past, Controls the Future?	Emler	SS	1/1	Examination	4
JMM651	Economic and Social History of divided Germany 1945-1989	Lorenz	SS	0/2	macc	4
JMM659	Germany and "the East" (19th and 20th Century). Between Colonialism and Partnership	Lorenz	SS	0/2	macc	4
JSM437	Civil Society in Europe	Frič	SS	2/0	Examination	8

Minimum 6, maximum 18 ECTS

Prerequisities, corequisities, alternative and incompatible courses

Code	Course title	Pre-requisite	Co-requisite	Interchangeability	Incompatibility
JMMZ023	Economic Integration of the European Union				JEM015 JPM313
JMM422	Ethnic Issues and Territories in Eastern, East Central and Southeastern Europe			JMMZ110

Gastdozenten: (J#030)

Kód	Název předmětu	Garant předmětu	Semestr	Rozsah výuky	Kontrola studia	Kredity
JMM657	Das Bild des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung - Filme und öffentliche Kontroversen	Nonn	ZS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM658	Deutschland unter Besatzungsherrschaft. Krise und Aufbruch in der "Zusammenbruchgesellschaft" 1945-1949	Lorenz	ZS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM659	Germany and "the East" (19th and 20th Century). Between Colonialism and Partnership	Lorenz	LS	0/2	KZ	4
JMM660	Der deutsche Sozialstaat von 1949 bis in die Gegenwart	Lorenz	LS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM661	Migration(en) in Mitteleuropa. Literatur, Geschichte, Politik und Gedächtnis	Konrád Weinberg	ZS	2/0	Zk	5
JMM729	Eine ungeliebte Minderheit. Sinti und Roma in Deutschland, Tschechien und der Slowakei in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart	Zimmermann	LS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM730	Russland, Deutschland, Europa. Konflikt, Kooperation, Konkurrenz	Weichsel Sapper	LS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM733	Geschichte der Globalisierung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert	Barth	ZS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM734	NS-Propaganda-Filme. Riefenstahl - Goebbels – Harlan	Wollstein	ZS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM740	Der Krieg in der Ukraine und Deutschlands Rolle in Europa	Sapper Weichsel	LS	1/1	Zk	5
JMM741	Vielfältige Nachbarschaften. Ausländer und ethnische Minderheiten in Deutschland in Geschichte und Gegenwart	Zimmermann	LS	1/1	Zk	5

Kód plánu:

J15CECS744