In Věstnik Rossijskogo univerzitěta družby narodov / RUDNJOURNALOFSOCIOLOGY / journal the artical of prof. Narbut about the 10th anniversary of the department of Historical Sociology FHS UK was published.
The artical describes the establishment and development of historical sociology in the Czech republic, which is represented by the department of Hisotrical Sociology at Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. Besides the specificities of the branch of historical sociology, the essay also describes important persons joined to our dept., who have international impact on the branch development.
The RUDN Jurnal of Sociology is indexed Web of Sciences.
The artical is available here.
Abstract:
About ten years ago, a new theoretical branch appeared in Czech sociology - historical sociology. The first step and prerequisite for its development was publication of the impressive collective monograph Historical Sociology: Theory of Long-Term Development (edited by J. Šubrt) including works of famous Czech social scientists (P. Machonin, M. Petrusek, J. Musil, M. Hroch and others). The concept of historical sociology curriculum appeared in 2007, its form gradually developed in the discussions of J. Šubrt, J.P. Arnason (La Trobe University), M. Havelka (Charles University) and W. Spohn (University of Wroclaw). In 2008, its accreditation documents were prepared under the guidance of J. Šubrt, and it was included in the academic year 2009/2010 schedule. At the same time, at the Faculty of Humanities of the Charles University the Department of Historical Sociology was founded. Until now, there are Master’s and PhD programs in Historical Sociology in Czech in the form of regular daily and combined (distance) studies. In the academic year 2012/2013, a doctoral studies program was also opened, and both programs - Master’s and PhD’s - started in English. The article considers the decade-long development of historical sociology in the Czech Republic focusing on the research and study programs at the Faculty of Humanities of the Charles University. The author explains how historical sociology is defined and developing in the Czech Republic, emphasizing its research traditions and current interests. The article pays particular attention to the topics and representatives of historical sociology mentioning the importance of its publications - both monographs and the journal established in 2009. To conclude, the author summarizes the results of the current stage of the development of Czech historical sociology, its challenges and risks, hopes and perspectives. Ten years is usually a very short period for any science but for Czech historical sociology they became a period of significant results.
Charles University
Faculty of Humanities
Study Programme Historical Sociology
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182 00 Praha 8 - Libeň
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