Natalia Kovalchuk
The Key Issues of the Ukrainian History in the East Central European Context
Draft syllabus
Aim of the course.
To introduce students coming from different national and educational backgrounds to the key issues of the Ukrainian History placed into wider East-Central European context through comparative approach to History studies.
Objectives of the course:
By the end of the course
· students will be familiar with basic facts of Ukrainian and East-Central European History
· they will be able to consider the events of Ukrainian History comparatively, in relation to general frame of the East-Central European History.
· they will be able to discuss the way how certain European trends, ideologies and movements were accepted, modified or rejected in Ukrainian circumstances.
· they will have a chance to learn and critically assess the traditional and modern paradigms of Ukrainian Historiography and acquaint themselves with contemporary Western scholarship on the subject .
Role of the course in the overall degree curriculum
The course will be taught in English to the group of international students of UCU. It will become a part of the curriculum, which combines Ukrainian language instruction with courses on History, Culture and Religious studies. Since the level of participants’ proficiency in Ukrainian varies considerably, all the texts included in a reader are published in English.
Methods used
the course consists of lectures and seminars with the particular emphasis on the latter. The lectures give an introductory overview of the certain topic, while seminars are planned for discussion on the basis of required readings and student's presentations. The oral presentation and a following essay will make 50 % of the final grade, another 50% remaining for a final take home exam.
Course content.
Week 1. Introduction.
Week 2. Ethnic and religious identities in the Ukrainian lands in early -modern period.
Weeks 3-4. The Russian and Habsburg empires: structure, road to hegemony, the incorporation of Ukrainian lands
Weeks 5-6. Ukraine in the discussion on historical divisions of Europe
Weeks 7-8. Nationalism of "small nations" - the Ukrainian example
Weeks 9-10. World War I and the Ukrainian revolution
Weeks 11-12. Ukraine under totalitarian regimes (totalitarian experience)
Weeks 13-14. World War II, status of Ukraine in "Yalta" Europe
Weeks 15-16. Anticommunist resistance and dissident movement.
Weeks 17-18. The challenges of post totalitarian transformation.
Literature:
Armstrong J. Ukrainian Nationalism. -Colorado, 1990
Berkhoff K. Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine under Nazi Rule.- Harvard University Press,
Eley G. Remaping the Nation// Potichnyj, Aster, eds “Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Historical Perspective (Edmonton, CIUS, 1988
von Hagen М. Does Ukraine Have a History? // Slavic Review.- 1995.- Vol. 54.- Р. 658-673 (article and discussion)
von Hagen М. Does Ukraine Have a History? // Slavic Review.- 1995.- Vol. 54.- Р. 658-673
von Hagen М. The Dillemas of Ukrainian Independence and Statehood, 1917-1921 // The Harriman Institute Forum.- 1994.- Vol. 7, N 5.- Р. 7-11
Himka J. P. Western Ukraine between the Wars // Canadian Slavonic Papers.- 1992.- Vol.XXXIV, No 4.- P. 391-412
Kann R. A. A History of the Habsburg Empire 1526-1918.- University of California Press, 1974.
Kozik J. The Ukrainian National Movement in Galicia: 1815-1849.- Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainain Studies, 1986.
Liber G.O. Soviet Nationality Policy, Urban Growth, and Identity Change in the Ukraine SSR,1923-1934.- Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Lieven, D. C. B. Empire :the Russian Empire and its rivals /Dominic Lieven. New Haven, Conn. :Yale University Press,2001. xxiii, 486 p.
Magocsi P. Historical Atlas of East-Central Europe.- University of Washington Press, 1995.
Miller A., Rieber A., Imperial Rule.- CEU Press, 2004.
Miller A. The Ukrainian Question. The Russian Empire and Nationalism in the 19th century.- CEU Press, 2003.
Motyl A. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism, Council on Foreign Relations Press, New York, 1993
Motyl A. The Turn to the Right: The Ideological Origins and Development of Ukrainian Nationalism, 1919-1929.- Boulder: East European Monographs, 1988.
Plokhy S. The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Cambridge University Press, 2006
Rothchild J. East Central Europe between the Two World Wars.- University of Washington Press, 1998.
Seton Watson H. Is there an East Central Europe // Deak, Ludz, eds. Eastern Europe in the 1970s
Wolf L. Inventing Eastern Europe. The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightement.- Stanford University Press, 1998
Velychenko S. Identites, Loyalties and Service in Imperial Russia: Who Administred the Borderlands? // The Russian Review.- Vol.54, No 2:188-205.