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(in Polish) Vilnius/Wilno. One City and many Histories

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Course ID: 3620-VWOC-H-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.9 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0319) Social and behavioural sciences, not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: (unknown)
Name in Polish: Vilnius/Wilno. One City and many Histories
Organizational unit: Studies in Eastern Europe
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty 4EU+ (z oferty jednostek dydaktycznych)
(in Polish) Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie Studium Europy Wschodniej
Courses in foreign languages
General university courses
General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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Language: English
Type of course:

general courses
Short description:

Vilnius (in Lithuanian) and Wilno (in Polish), being one city, got different histories according to who, when and in what context is or was making an attempt to told its past and present. The divisions and differences in the histories of Vilnius/Wilno are due to many factors: national, social, religious, ideological and strictly personal. The aim of this course is to trace many histories of one City since the Early Modern Times up to the Present, 21st century. The analysis includes all aspects of City’s past: economy and population, self-governance, religious life, arts and crafts, politics education.
Full description:

Vilnius (in Lithuanian) and Wilno (in Polish), being one city, got different histories according to who, when and in what context is or was making an attempt to told its past and present. The divisions and differences in the histories of Vilnius/Wilno are due to many factors: national, social, religious, ideological and strictly personal. The aim of this course is to trace many histories of one City since the Early Modern Times up to the Present, 21st century. The analysis includes all aspects of City’s past: economy and population, self-governance, religious life, arts and crafts, politics education.

1. Giedyminas and Iron Wolf : Legendary beginnings

2. Early Mediaeval Past

3. Ruthenian or Lithuanian? Gothic age in the City

4. Early Modern Times : Ecclesiastical City

5. Under Russian rule : Accomodation and Revolt

6. Between the Wars : under Polish rule

7. II WW and its aftermath

8. Soviet Lithuania

9. Independent Lithuania

10. Jerusalem of the North

11. Belarusan Craddle

12. Polish Legend

13. Catholics and non-Catholics

14. Legacy of Orthodoxy

15. Modernization and Legacy of the Past
Bibliography:

Tomas Venclova, Vilnius. Vilnius. R. Paknio leidykla, 2001

Tomas Venclova, Vilnius. A Personal History. The Sheep Meadow Press, 2009

David Frick, Kith, Kin, and Neighbors. Communities and Confessions in Seventeenth-Century Wilno , Cornell University Press, 2013
Learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

1. Student has an advanced knowledge about Vilnius/Wilno history and its different ways of telling according to who and when is talking/writing about

2. Student has a knowledge about City histories and City memories

Skills:

1. Student can recognize differences between histories of Vilnius/Wilno and is prepared to explain them

Competences:

1. Student is aware of the fact that along with ‘histories’ of the City of Vilnius/Wilno the portrait of the City is made of personal an collective memories

2. When histories and memories concerning Vilnius/Wilno are in conflict student is competent to solve it through analyze and debate
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Evaluation of Student’s activity in class

Attendance, activity in class, oral exam

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours, 35 places more information
Coordinators: Hubert Łaszkiewicz
Group instructors: Hubert Łaszkiewicz
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours, 35 places more information
Coordinators: Hubert Łaszkiewicz
Group instructors: Hubert Łaszkiewicz
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
Course dedicated to a programme:

4EU+Courses
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