The Serbs under the Habsburg monarchy from the beginning of the 16th-end of the 18th century

Pre-requisites: Regular class attendance and fulfillment of academic responsibilities

Course objectives: Deepening one's previous knowledge on poorly researched questions in the history of the Serbs during Habsburg rule.

Course description: Theoretical component is composed of lectures addressing major issues, frequently under-researched, in the history of the Serbs under habsburg rule. With this goal in mind, the main emphasis of the course will be on austrian population politics, analyzing questions in integrating the serbian people into a western feudal society, economic and agricultural opportunities and relations, demographic changs in particular territories, forms of acculturation, the creation of a serbian elite, national and social institutions and development and life of urban settlements in Srem, Banat and Backa in which Serbs where the ethnic majority or significant minority, as well as examining the role of important individuals in history. The practical component will leave room for freedom within each students particular scientific focus, including discussions on sources, the span of available literature and possible fields of research and opportunities, as well as presenting results, first through oral presentation and/or written research paper

Learning Outcomes: Students will gain a long-term base of knowledge for critically assessing questions in the history of the Serbs and the Habsburg Monarchy and be prepared for independent work in the field and writing short scientific papers.

Literature/Reading:

• Slavko Gavrilović, Studije iz privredne i društvene istorije Vojvodine i Slavonije od kraja XVII do sredine XIX veka, N. Sad 2006.
• Karl Kaser, Popis Like i Krbave 1712, Zagreb 2003.
• Akoš Koroknai, Problemi zadruge u Podunavskoj i Potiskoj granici (1686-1723), Istraživanja 3, 1974, 41-143.
• Vojin S. Dabić, Vojna krajina. Karlovački generalat (1530-1746), Beograd 2000, 9-140, 258-264.
• Vojin S. Dabić, Banska krajina (1688-1751), Beograd-Zagreb 1984, 9-61, 149-175.
• Slavko Gavrilović, Ivan Jakšić, Izvori o Srbima u Ugarskoj s kraja XVII i početkom XVIII veka, I, Beograd 1987.
• Slavko Gavrilović, Izvori o Srbima u Ugarskoj s kraja XVII i početkom XVIII veka, II-III, Beograd 1990-2008.
• Dušan Popović i Milica Bogdanović, Građa za istoriju Beograda od 1717. do 1739, Beograd 1958.
• Ive Mažuran, Stanovništvo i vlastelinstva u Slavoniji 1736. godine, Osijek 1993.
• Napomena: dopunska literatura se određuje za svakog studenta pojedinačno prema njegovim interesovanjima i potrebama nastave