Course Title and Purpose	1. Course Title BALKAN HISTORY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
	2. Aims of the Course: :: to develop knowledge about and be able to understand the main aspects of the political, social and cultural history of the Balkan countries (Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Turkey) and their relations after the First World War and during the 20th century :: to develop critical and multiperspective approach to the collection and interpretation of data, to the analysis of texts and to the literature of the subject
Course Delivery	3. Contents: Political, social and cultural history of the Balkan countries (Yugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Albania) and their relations after the First World War and during the 20th Century.
	4. Indicative Reading: Jelavich, Barbara, History of the Balkans. Vol. 2 (Cambridge University Press, 1983) Seton-Watson, Hugh, Eastern Europe between the Wars 1918-1941 (Cambridge University Press, 1945) Todorova, Maria, Imagining the Balkans (Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press, 1997) Wolf, Robert Lee, The Balkans in our time (Harvard University Press - W.W.Norton&Company Inc. 1967) Woodward, Susan L., Balkan tragedy: chaos and dissolution after the Cold War (Washington: The Brookings Institution, 1995)
	5. Learning and Teaching Methods: Total Contact Hours: 36 (2+1=3 per week, 24+12=36 during one semester) Range of Modes of Contact: Lectures and seminars (small group workshops and individual presentations). Range of other Learning Methods: Independent reading and analysis of the recommended literature. Total Study Hours:    150
Course Assessment	6. Course Learning Outcomes: :: ability to identify, describe and explain the most important events and developments in the history of the Balkans during 20th century (after the First World War) :: relate events, processes and developments in the history of the Balkan countries and their relations  to the wider political, social, ideological and economical context of the European history :: ability to present findings and analysis clearly and in scholarly form
	7. Assessment Methods: During the semester students work will be permanentely and carefully assessed. At the end of the course students should produce the written paper (up to 10.000 words). Number, Type and Weighting of Elements: 1. attendance and short oral presentations based on recomended literature during the course 2. written paper at the end of the course.
Course Management	8. Credit Points and Duration: Credit points: 8 Duration: one academic semester
	9. Contact Person: Dr Biljana Simunović-Bešlin E-mail: simunovic@unsff.ns.ac.yu