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Rudolf Daniel: The Violin and the Horse. Historical analysis of the manuscript with regard to social acitivities of the author in the post-war Romani ethno-emancipatory movement in Czechoslovakia
Závodská, Milada ; Červenka, Jan (advisor) ; Mann, Arne (referee) ; Spurný, Matěj (referee)
This thesis focuses on the manuscript entitled The Violin and the Horse, and pursues two approaches: one is based on the Romani studies, the other on the methods of the history science. Its aim is to verify historical facts contained in the manuscript. The main presumption of the thesis is the attribution of the text to Rudolf Daniel - the thesis verifies autobiographical data and its cultural and social context. The paper systematically concentrates on the figure of Rudolf Daniel (born 1911 in Oslavany - died in 1978 in Brno) and his biography (entirely unknown so far). The context of the manuscript The Violin and the Horse is framed by the post-war Roma ethno-emancipatory movement, and Rudolf Daniel is a newly discovered figure of its history. Keywords: the Roma, horse trade, the Holocaust, ethno-emancipatory movement, history of the Roma
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The Practice of Violence during the Armenian Genocide
Jandák, Marek ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Frankl, Michal (referee)
This master thesis is devoted to an analysis of causes and development of the Armenian Genocide (1915 - 1916) on a central and also on a provincial level. A first part of this thesis examines the phenomenon generally from perspective of political and social history. The key element of used interpretation is emergence of a conflict environment in a process modernization that made the genocide possible. In this context my thesis emphasise role of making of modern political parties, switching from dynastic concept of legitimacy of power to ethno-democratic based conception, and brutalization of public space caused by international conflicts. After the analysis of decision making process the text also presents the general developments of the "Great Disaster" with emphasis on actions taken by the central government in Istanbul. The second part of the work is dealing with ways in which the genocidal policy was introduced into praxis in provincial towns Mezreh and Harpoot. This section is largely build up on the primary sources left by local community of missionaries and American consul. The process of extermination and deportation in a significant way enhanced by a collapse of mutual thrust between the Armenian and the Muslim communities in the towns after searching for arms and arrests of Armenian...
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The Massacre of Aussig in Sudeten German memory culture
Mareš, Jan ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Spurný, Matěj (referee)
(in English): Bachelor Thesis "The Massacre of Aussig in Sudeten German memory culture" describes the role the so called "Massacre of Aussig" had in the memory culture of the Sudeten Germans from Ústí region, organized arround the Aussiger Hilfsverein This developement is delimitated by the years 1945 - 1973. In this time period, the major forms of rememberance used until this day had established themselves. This description of developement of memory culture, especially the graudal of communicative memory into collective and cultural memory as well as methods of instrumentalisation and actualization of these events is based on theoretical works of Aleida Assmann, Jörn Rüsen and others.
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Identity of Carpathian Germans in the Era of Interwar Czechoslovakia
Stachová, Monika ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Michela, Miroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis Identity of Carpathian Germans in the Era of Interwar Czechoslovakia addresses the identification issue of Carpathian Germans in Slovakia. Furthermore on the background of broader social, cultural and economical context, it attempts to express to what extent German population identified itself with the construct of the Carpathian-German identity, respectively with other identities, e.g. local identities. Apart from that, it focuses on the genesis of this term as such, as well as on alterations of its content. The thesis deals with inter alia the relations among other minorities and loyalty to the interwar Czechoslovakian state. Moreover, it examines, whether the collective identity of entire German population living in Slovakia was created or not. In connection to that, it outlines a question, which role the Germans coming from the Czech lands and other features played in the process of forming the Carpathian-German identity. Key words: identity, alterity, nationalism, loyalty, minority policy, the Carpathian German Party (KdP), the Zipser German Party (ZdP), memory, local patriotism
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Monopoly of truth. The Postwar History revision in Czech Republic and Israel.
Studený, Luboš ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Blaive, Muriel (referee)
The paper deals with comparison of trajectories of the post-war history revision in Czechoslovakia and Israel where the comparison with the Czech case should serve as a referential framework for introducing the disputes in Israeli historiography into the Czech environment. After the theoretical introduction, the second part analyses the development in Israeli historiography using a generation model and mainly the "new historiography" and the discussion that this group provoked. The following comparative part compares the debate on the post-war "resettlement" of Germans with the debate on the causes of the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem.
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Search of identity of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (1945 - 1962). Nationwide and Local Perspective.
Beneš, Ladislav ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to analyze the process of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren finding its own identity between 1945 and 1962. During this period of time the church had to respond to many types of political pressure. The author will examine various historical sources in one of the church's congregations, ECCB in Pardubice, searching for competing identities and loyalties of the local Christians, including reactions of the church to legal and political regulations of the state. In particular, the author will focus on the local pastor and later professor at the Faculty of Theology, Josef Smolík, who personified both the "common Christians" and the "elites" of ECCB. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The transformation of Czech society in the 1930s
Baloun, Pavel ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Rákosník, Jakub (referee)
The so-called Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938-1939) is used to be portrayed as the dark age, when obscure, fascist elements came to lights. This period is ussually put in opposition to the previous First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938). In this thesis the main argument consist of questioning the continuity between these two allegedly contradictory historical times through the analysis of special legislation - state of exception -, which was adopted in purpose to deal with defending the democracy in Czechoslovakia between 1933 and 1938. The State Protection Act (1936) implemented into legal discourse special term for potential - in the case of war - enemies of the state: "state unreliable persons". This category of "reliability" was understood as nationality and part of far more complex national consensus by all contemporary agents, which legitimizes the state intervention primarily into the economic sphere. In the centre of national consensus stood transformed labour: collective duty for the nation. Until 1938, among contemporary agents, exists strong notion that realization the state of exception in the case of war and therefore national consensus cannot be fully realized because of international minority laws. But during the Second Republic (1938-1939) different agents used language of...
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Aš area 1938-1948
Židov, Petr ; Velek, Luboš (advisor) ; Spurný, Matěj (referee)
In the 20th century Czech border came through changes which influenced it in a very short time just as never in past centuries. During the formation of the First Czechoslovakia Republic was the big part of peripheral area inhabited by people of German nationality even since the Middle Ages. In the second half of thirties devolved this area to Hitlers Third Reich. After the end of Second World War was the big part of original population changed for new population. The object of this bachelor thesis is to describe historical events of town Aš and its neighborhood which leads to political and social changes in this region and changed them for tens of years. Main sources of this work are memoirs of two groups of people: Germans who could stay and Czechs who moved in from inland.
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Society in the Hlučín region between the two World Wars (National identity forming exemplified by the educational system)
Němcová, Veronika ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee)
The bachelor thesis Society in the Hlučín region between the two World Wars / National identity forming exemplified by the educational system deals with the theme of national identity of this specific region whose history was very different from that of the rest of the newly formed Czechoslovak Republic. It attempts to illustrate the development of local ethno- national tensions from 1920 to 1938 while demonstrating that these conflicts were driven more by general national and strategic interests than on real interests of the local population. From the broader perspective of the specific situation of the Hlučín region in the economic, political and religious sphere the thesis highlights the educational system as a key area of conflict, linked to the efforts to achieve linguistic hegemony. It describes the conditions and context that exercised a profound influence on national identity forming in the Hlučín region.
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Alternative political thought in Czechoslovakia between 1969 and 1977: acteurs, social networks, ideologies
Jansa, Marek ; Spurný, Matěj (advisor) ; Kopeček, Michal (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with political thought of Czechoslovakian opposition between the years 1969 and 1977. Through the analysis of oppositional documents it shows its intellectual and social context, its conceptions and political aims. The first part of this thesis describes institutional development of opposition and its relationship to the state power at the begining of the period of so called normalisation. Second part analyses oppositional political programmes. It focuses on differences between oppositional groups and their conceptions of political, social and economical life. It also tries to reveal social and intellectual context of these programmes. Last part deals with topics common to all oppositional groups. Particular attention is paid to the problem of oppositional relationship to socialism and development of legitimacy of the opposition.
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