CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE (20th century)
| Title | ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΝΟΤΙΟΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΗΣ (20ος αιώνας) / CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE (20th century) |
| Code | ΙΧΑ357 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600023630 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Istorías kai Archaiologías 2020-2021
Registered students: 7
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600247896
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600247896
- At the Website of the School:
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
-critical approach of the historical issues
-identify similarities and diferrencies in their ideological background, in their political and social life
-understand the different interpretations of the historical past by the different balkan nations
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The main aim of the course is to investigate the causal effects in transnational alliances and conflict relations, as well as the various stages in the transformation of the map of the Balkans for the better part of the 20th century. These stages fall within the chronological and thematic framework of the said period, which begins with the process of integrating the different regions into the newly declared independent states and the changes to the national borders to the detriment of the Ottoman Empire. That is to say, the period when the state was perceived as one of national borders and 'unredeemed brethren', which defined Balkan expansionism (the Great Idea), and determined the ideological content of inter-Balkan conflict. Chronologically, thus, starting in 1912, emphasis is placed on the Balkan wars that marked the efforts of the countries involved to resolve any outstanding territorial issues in their favour, which was in contrast to the diplomacy of the Great Powers. The legacy of the inter-Balkan conflict, i.e., the internal developments and the factors that influenced the formulation of foreign policy for each of the Balkan states in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars are examined concurrently. In this way interpretative models are produced that will enable a better understanding of the positions and perceptions held by each Balkan nations during the two world wars that resulted in the ‘re-alignment’ of their boundaries for the decades that followed. The end of World War II does not only mark the new borders, but also the ideological consolidation at the onset of the Cold War, and the assimilation of different political and socio-economic organizational and developmental models. In this respect, the Greek Civil War is considered as the first training ground for the two large coalition powers. Where, on the one hand, western democracies, and on the other, the socialist regimes were involved directly or indirectly, in the stakes that established the cornerstones of the bipolar world.
Keywords
East Europe, Balkan, 20th century, World War's, Cold War
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
The course is taught mainly through lectures. Visual aids (maps) are used, while extracts from historical documentaries aim to recreate, to a certain extent, the atmosphere of the period. Literary texts from the period are also used for the same purpose.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 60 | 2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Written assigments | 78 | 2.6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 177 | 5.9 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written Examination
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Σφέτας Σπυρίδων, Εισαγωγή στη Βαλκανική Ιστορία: Από τον Μεσοπόλεμο στη λήξη του Ψυχρού Πολέμου (1919-1989), τόμ. 2, Βάνιας, Θεσσαλονίκη 2011.
Additional bibliography for study
Σταυριανός Λ.Σ., Τα Βαλκάνια από το 1453 και μετά, μετάφρ. Ελένη Δελιβάνη, Εκδόσεις Βάνιας, Θεσσαλονίκη 2007.
Last Update
25-01-2024
