Phenomena of National and Ethnic Injustice in Modern History

Students will be informed about the phenomenon of ethnic and national injustices in modern history as a possible result of the exercise of power and political ambitions in selected countries.

Subject content: 1. General introduction to the course. Introducing the concept, familiarity with basic terminology. 2. National and ethnic injustice as yet unrecognized phenomenon. 3. Armenian genocide, its causes and consequences. 4. Jews, the Holocaust and the State of Israel. Zionism as a specific form of response to the injustices of the past. 5. The history and fate of the Baltic nations in the Soviet Union and contemporary look at past injustices. 6. Decolonization, its course and consequences. Different ways of dealing with ethnic and national grievances. 7. Scandinavian nations and their fight against “possible future injustices”. 8. Karelians: balancing between injustice, identity preservation and extinction. 9. The view across the ocean: America’s indigenous peoples and its coming to terms with the past and present. 10. Africa: a completely different understanding of injustices, oppression and new hope. 11. Balkans and dealing with grievances and ethnic – ethnic conflicts. 12. Final summary of the course, colloquium.