This course, which includes an excursion, provides an overview of the history of Moravia - a geographical region in the southeastern part of the contemporary Czech Republic - from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The course presents Moravia as a case study of a Central European territory marked by numerous political vicissitudes and upheavals, both during the imperial regime and in the era of the nation-state.

The recitation explores the history of the Bohemian Lands in the 19th and 20th centuries, spanning from the 1848 Spring of Nations to the aftermath of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. It focuses on political, social, and cultural developments, with particular emphasis on the interactions between local Czechs, Germans, and Jews.