Contemporary European Cultural History












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            * Contemporary European cultural history
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            Form of study: full-time or combined

            Standard study period: 4 years
            Joint study with the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the 






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            * Description of the Field of Study

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            The aim of the doctoral programme Contemporary European Cultural History is the scientific
            experts for thematically broad-based research on history and cultural history, including c

            and traditions in the period from 1918 to the (shifting) most up-to-date present.
            The spatially field thematizes the area of Europe, including the Czech Republic, respectiv
            predecessor Czechoslovakia. The approach to the researched/discussed topics is supra-regio

            interdisciplinary, preferably comparative.

            The study programme is defined in the paradigm of traditional and "new" cultural history, 

            cultural aspects of the whole social reality, respectively struggles for cultural sovereig
            conversely, autonomy in the public sphere.


            The basis of teaching doctoral students is an intensive familiarization with modern trends
            (including comparative studies). Following the topic and methodology of their dissertation
            methodological courses will be electives focused on (a) archival research, (b) methods and

            oral history, (c) qualitative and quantitative social science methods, respectively second
            of social science data. Other 1-2 elective courses will aim at a deeper study of specific 
            contemporary cultural history (a) popular culture, (b) political culture, (c) religion and

            the history of everyday life. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinarity, complementarity o
            order to obtain the most comprehensive and plastic picture of the past.)


            The study programme Contemporary European Cultural History is so far the only historical f
            Czech Republic that explicitly thematizes cultural contemporary history, moreover at the E
            The cultural component is now perceived as an essential aspect of a number of areas of his

            There is talk not only of "new cultural histories", but also, for example, of "new politic
            i.e. questions of politically connotated struggles for cultural domination or, conversely,
            etc. However, in order to be able to research and interpret these aspects of the historica

            candidate must acquire a reliable methodological background, factual support and, if possi
            experience verified by student projects and workshops.




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            * Tuition
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            Tuition fee for the program is 700 € per year.






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            * Links and Contacts

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            Vice-dean of PhD Study Programmes: Ing. Jana Jeníčková, Ph.D. [ MAIL "jana.jenickova(zavin
            Guarantor of the Study Programme: prof. PhDr. Jiří Pešek, CSc. [ MAIL " Jiri.Pesek(zavinac


            • Basic study information valid from 2023/2024 [ URL "FHSDSEN-86-
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            • Basic study information valid until of 2022/2023 [ URL "FHSDSEN-86-
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            • List of Supervisors [ URL "FHSDSEN-98.html "]

            • Docs and Forms [ URL "FHSDSEN-22.html "]
            • Specifics of Ph.D. Studies [ URL "FHSDSEN-25.html "]
            • Application Procedures [ URL "FHSDSEN-51.html "]

            [ URL "FHSDSEN-1.html#null"]

            Application available for full-time study  [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/prijimack

            do=detail_obor&id_obor=29221"] and  combined study [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/p
            index.php?do=detail_obor&id_obor=29222"] .