Social History - Europe and the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries

Pre-requisites: regular class attendance

Course objectives: The goal of this course is for students to gain elementary knowledge of the social history of the relationship of Europe and the Balkans in the 19th and 20th century.

Course description: Comparative analysis of certain aspects of the social history of Europe and the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Review of the history of political ideas regarding state and national concepts of elitism of the Yugoslavian people before and after the creation of a Yugoslavian country in the context of European events and influences; social and national structures in society; population; economy; education, language; culture; press; propaganda.

Learning Outcomes: The ability to detect the interdependence of pan-european occurrences and their reflection in regional events.

Literature/Reading:

• Čedomir Popov, 2010. Građanska Evropa (1770–1914). Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike. Tom I: 275–279, 323–362; Tom II: 36–53, 55–71, 200–211; Tom III: 13–14, 35–46
• Stevan Pavlović, 2001. Istorija Balkana, Beograd: Klio. 36–107
• Mari-Žanin Čalić, 2004. Socijalna istorija Srbije (1804–1941). Beograd: Klio. 35–48, 108–112, 147–165
• Erik Hobsbaum, 1987. Doba revolucije. Evropa 1789–1848. Zagreb: Školska knjiga : Stvarnost. 62–79
• Erik Hobsbaum, 1989. Doba kapitala. 1848–1875. Zagreb: Školska knjiga : Stvarnost. 15–27, 31–44
• Erik Hobsbaum, 2002. Doba ekstrema. Istorija Kratkog dvadesetog veka 1914–1991. Beograd: Dereta. 69–78, 126–131
• Andrej Mitrović, 1974. Vreme netrpeljivih. Politička istorija velikih država Evrope 1919–1939. Beograd: Srpska književna zadruga. 35–42, 213–221, 257–263, 280–290
• Mari-Žanin Čalić, 2013. Istorija Jugoslavije u 20. veku. Beograd: Klio. 65–80, 94–99, 144–161, 179–181, 183–191, 205–209, 216–221
• Olivera Milosavljević, 2006. Potisnuta istina. Kolaboracija u Srbiji 1941–1944. Beograd: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji. 15–19, 33–35