Lithuanians, Poles, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Jews and
many other nations coexisted in the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania. Five hundred years of common statehood was
halted by Russia. National movements that touched almost every nation in the region in the 19th century resulted in nation-stations that formed and thrived through
the 20th century. How is the legacy of the Grand Duchy
of Lithuanian being divided today? How and why is history teaching different in the schools of neighboring
states? Looking from this perspective, what is the context
of contemporary propaganda wars and geopolitics tensions? Where are boundaries between national narratives and critical history, between story and science?
Subject
1. Balts and Lithuanians
2. Emergence of Lithuanian state
3. A Lithuanian becomes King of Poland: Jogaila
4. Absorption of Western culture
5. Jogaila dynasty: tie joining Lithuania and Poland
6. Period of crisis
7. Degradation and destruction of the state
8. National movement
9. Formation of Lithuanian Republic
10. Lithuanian between the Wars
11. Soviet occupation
12. Lithuania since 1990
Grading and evaluating student work in class and/or at the final exam
Midterm #1-25%, Midterm #2-25%, final exam-50%
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