Balkan Sites of Memory

general courses

Proficiency in reading in English is required; basic language skills in one of the languages of the Mediterranean-Balkan region will be appreciated.

Sites of memory in the Balkans are presented in the broader context of problems of memory, tradition, development of national canons in cultures rebuilding their identity and “leaving” the Ottoman Empire at different times in the 19th and early 20th century and leaving Yugoslavia in the late 20th century.

Problems of Balkan specificity are presented by the teacher (and invited guests) in special lectures on Balkan sites of memory, the memory of earlier and contemporary history, tradition and national canons developing in the Balkans from the 19th century. The course supplements the course of lectures on the HISTORY OF BALKAN AND GREEK CULTURE.

The seminar presents sites of memory in the Balkans in the broader context of the problems of memory, tradition, development of national canons in cultures rebuilding their identity and “leaving” the Ottoman Empire at different times, starting from the early 19th century, through the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, to the end of the 20th century.

Problems of Balkan specificity are presented by the teacher in the form of three special lectures on Balkan sites of memory, the memory of earlier and contemporary history, tradition and national canons developing in the Balkans from the 19th century.

In the lectures, the Balkans are presented through the unique features of a developing territory, the dominating religions, and finally ideologies that led to changes. At the same time, the lectures are a summary and an exemplification of problems discussed with the students earlier, and include issues such as the differences between Serbian and Albanian memory, between the developing canons of Macedonian, Bulgarian and Greek tradition, as well as showing examples of multicultural and multi-denominational sites/cities like Thessaloniki or Istanbul where different national traditions coexist.

The fundamental aim of the course is to present Balkan issues in the context of the discussion on memory and national canons, a wider and understandable background being provided by Polish disputes over memory and the form of the national canon.

Lektury obowiązkowe:

1. E. C. Tolman, Cognitive maps in rates and man, Psychological Review 55, 1948, pp. 189-208.

2. J.Szacki, Tradycja. Zarys problematyki, Warszawa 1971.

3..A. Szpociński, Kanon historyczny, „Studia Socjologiczne” 4, (91) 1983, s. 129-146.

4..P. Nora, Realms of Memory: Rethinking the French Past., New York: Columbia University Press.

5.M. Kula, Nośniki pamięci historycznej, Warszawa 2002.

6.J. Assman, Pamięc zbiorowa i tożsamość kulturowa (przekład S. Dyroff, R. Żytyniec), „Borussia 29 (2003).

7.M. Kula, Wybór tradycji, Warszawa 2003.

8.A. Szpociński, Miejsca pamięci, „Borussia” 29, Olsztyn 2003, s.17-23.

9.A.D.Smith, The Antiquity of Nations, Cambridge 2004.

9.Jan Pomorski, Punkt widzenia we współczesnej historiografii, Punkt widzenia w języku i kulturze, Lublin 2004, s. 11 – 32.

11.J. Bartmiński, Językowe podstawy obrazu świata, Lublin 2006.

12. R. Grzegorczykowa, Pojęcie językowego obrazu świata w: Językowy obraz świata, pod. Red J. Barmińskiego, Lublin 2004, s. 39-46.

12.12.A.Szpociński, P. Kwiatkowski, Przeszłość jako przedmiot przekazu, Warszawa 2006.

13.J.Sujecka, Bałkańskie miejsca pamięci. Pojęcie Macedonii w bułgarskiej i macedońskiej czasoprzestrzeni kulturowej, „Borussia” 37, 2006 s. 76 – 88.

15.P. Ricoeur, Pamięć, historia, zapominanie, Kraków 2006.

16.G. Didi-Huberman, Obrazy mimo wszystko, Kraków2008.

17.Pamięć zbiorowa jako czynnik integracji i źródło konfliktów, pod red. A. Szpocińskiego, Warszawa 2009.

18. L. Wolff, Inventing Eastern Europe. The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment, Stanford University Press 1994.

Knowledge:

- knowing the basic terminology of the humanities and social sciences K_W02

- knowing and understanding the main methods of analysing and interpreting products of culture in conjunction with tradition K_W07

Skills:

- basic skills in using interdisciplinary research methods and tools to analyse phenomena of contemporary culture K_U05

- analysing written and oral academic texts in Polish and in one of the “congress” languages K_U11

- preparing written and oral presentations accounting for the level and needs of the audience K_U13

Competences:

- taking responsibility for protecting the cultural heritage of the region, the country and Europe K_K06

- understanding the principles of tolerance and cultural differences K_K07

- understanding the importance of Europe’s cultural diversity and heritage K_K08

The student is evaluated for the presentation of the theoretical reading (the reading list), participate in discussions and two colloquia, which take place after the lecture leading copyright or invited guest. Lectures are scheduled after several readings, presented by the students and discussed in class and are Balkan illustration of the issues discussed. The final grade is the result of participation in the discussion,

successful completion of two tests, and one (or more) presentations.