(in Polish) Memory policy in Central Europe 490-ERS-1MPO

Number of hours of classes divided into forms of conducting classes - 30 hours of lectures (24 in stationary mode and 6 online) plus 10 hours of consultations.
Teaching methods - conversational lecture, problem-based method. Lecture in the amount of 24 hours in stationary mode - lecture, 6 hours online – University of Bialystok educational platform.
ECTS points - 4
Student workload balance - participation in classes 24 hours, 6 hours online,
preparation for classes, consultations and crediting 30 hours,
Total: 60 hours, which corresponds to 4 ECTS points.
Quantitative indicators
- student workload related to classes requiring direct participation of the teacher and online classes 30 hours, which corresponds to 1,5 ECTS points
In addition, students are offered the opportunity to participate in consultations in the amount of 10 hours per semester
- student workload that does not require direct teacher participation 30 hours, which corresponds to 2,5 ECTS points.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

(in Polish) w sali

Prerequisites (description)

The subject concerns the modern history and contemporary times of two selected Eastern European countries (Belarus and Ukraine), in the context of the historical policy pursued in these countries. The influence of the eastern neighbor of both countries, the Russian Federation, is also taken into account, especially in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Course coordinators

Wojciech Śleszyński

Learning outcomes

The student knows/can:
- (KP6_WG2) geographical, political, socio-economic, legal conditions of international relations
- (KP6_WG4) at an advanced level the history of international relations and the history of diplomacy
- (KP6_UW1) perceive problems at the international level and their historical context
- (KP6_UW2) look for cause-and-effect relationships between international events
- (KP6_UU1) independently acquire and consolidate knowledge in an orderly and systematic manner using modern techniques of transmitting, classifying and analysing information
- (KP6_KK3) (principles) of systematic observation of the international situation and updating the acquired knowledge

Assessment criteria

Written exam after the semester.
Descriptive answer to 2 questions (each for 5 points) and 5 test questions, closed (each for 1 point) from the content provided during the lecture.
8-9 points - grade 3
10 points - grade 3+
11-12 points - grade 4
13 points - grade 4+
14-15 points - grade 5

Bibliography

Fentress James, Wickham Chris, Social Memory, Cambridge 1992.
Gedi Noa, Elam Yigal, Collective memory – what is it?, „History and Memory” 1996,
vol. 8.
Jedlicki Jerzy, Historical memory as a source of conflicts in Eastern Europe, „Communist and Post-Communist Studies” 1999, nr 32.
Marples David Roger,‘Our Glorious Past’. Lukashenka’s Belarus and the Great Patriotic War, Stuttgart 2014.
Marples David, Rudling Per, War and memory in Belarus: The annexation of the western borderlands and the myth of the Brest Fortress, 1939–1941, „Białoruskie Zeszyty Historyczne” 2009, nr 32.
Megill Allan, History, memory, identity, „History of the Human Sciences” 1998, nr 11.
Misztal Barbara A., Theories of Social Remembering, Philadelphia 2003.
Snyder Timothy, The Reconstruction of Nations Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569–1999, New Haven – London 2003.
Śleszyński Wojciech, The war in Ukraine and the idea of the Russian Order, Bialystok 2022.

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