Introduction to Central European and Balkan Studies

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Central European and Balkan Studies

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Course aims:

- transfer of knowledge on the importance of cultural and literary research in Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula,

- transfer knowledge on the essence of intercultural and transdisciplinary research,

- transfer of fundamental knowledge for the CE&BS in the field of intercultural dialogue,

- teaching students to work in an international group respecting culture, customs, religion, etc.

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Lecture with a multimedia presentation, problem-based lecture, discussions, case study work, task - solving learningn, workshop method, group work.

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Course learning content:

- place and importance of cultural and literary research of Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula in the modern world,

- introduction to transdisciplinary research,

- intercultural dialogue,

- work in an international group.

Reading list:

White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue.

https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/intercultural/whitepaper_EN.asp#TopOfPage

Case Studies in Intercultural Dialogue, Nazan Haydari, PRU HOLMES, 2015.

Oakland J.S., Total Quality Management and Operational Excellence – text with cases, London New York 2014.

N. Duarte, slide:ology. The art and science of creating great presentation, Cambridge 2008.

On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:

- knows the importance of cultural and literary research in Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula,

- knows what are the characteristics of transdisciplinary intercultural research and knows how to use them in practice,

- knows what intercultural dialogue is and what its meaning is in the modern world,

- knows how to work in an international group, using the basic knowledge in the field of intercultural dialogue.

Assessment criteria:

very good (bdb; 5,0): very good familiarity with the problems discussed in the lecture; very good understanding and ability to interpret the facts.

good plus (+db; 4,5): as above, except for minor deficiencies and inaccuracies.

good (db; 4,0): good familiarity with the problems discussed in the lecture; understanding and ability to interpret the facts.

satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): satisfactory familiarity with the problems discussed in the lecture; average understanding and ability to interpret the facts.

satisfactory (dst; 3,0): basic familiarity with the problems discussed in the lecture; shallow understanding and ability to interpret the facts.

unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): unsatisfactory familiarity with the problems discussed in the lecture; no understanding or ability to interpret the facts.