History from Liberty to Liberation
How do revolutionary ideas form and leaders emerge? What strategies have people used to achieve change and how did they overcome backlash? All in all: what makes a revolution successful?
This course delves into the dynamic and complex landscape of resistance, spanning the period from the French Revolution to the contemporary Israel-Hamas conflict, including women’s rights and decolonisation movements.
Through engaging with first-hand accounts and other historical documents, discussions, and simulations we will learn more about the evolution of resistance strategies, the impact of global events, and the ongoing challenges faced by those striving for liberty and liberation. We will also examine the historical, political, and social contexts that have shaped these struggles.
Students will learn to analyse documents, distinguish facts from judgements, forge their own opinions, formulate and defend arguments, and use imagination academically. No prior knowledge is required and everyone is welcome.
This course is for everyone who is passionate about history (modern and contemporary), keen to learn how change happens and at what cost, but also to explore events and perspectives that rarely make it into schools‘ history manuals!
Emma Nabi-Bourgois
Session D
Art Against the Mainstream
Štěpán Folget
Biological Psychiatry
Aleksa Petković
Contagion: infectious disease and society
Jana Lohrova
Cross-cultural studies 101
Mwika Kiarie
Defending Human Rights
Mirek Crha
History from Liberty to Liberation
Emma Nabi-Bourgois
Law and Morality
Eva Hamašová
Medicine
Soňa Feciskaninová
Neuronal Biophysics
Sara Banovska
Positive psychology
Laura Opletalová
Sound, music, and science
Sol Johansen
Sustainable Cities of the Future
Tereza Zoumpalova
Sustainable design
Mariana Ochodková
Theory of General Relativity
Bohdan Glisevic