Daily Life in Urban Environment at the Turn of the 20th Century

or how we lived, what we ate, and how we spent our free time

Taught by: Mgr. Lenka Vargová, PhD.

Form of teaching: seminar

ECST: 3

Language: Slovak, possible in English

Aim of the course:

Students will learn about different areas of everyday life during the 19th and early 20th centuries in our territory, primarily in an urban environment.

Brief outline:

Europe in the 19th and first half of the 20th century
architecture and housing
clothing
eating habits
travel
leisure time
hygiene and health
family and home life

Course requirements:

active participation in classes, max 2 absences
presentation during the last class
seminar paper

Recommended literature:

LENDEROVÁ, Milena – DOUŠOVÁ, Hana – JIRÁNEK, Tomáš. Dějiny každodennosti "dlouhého" 19. století. 1. díl: Dějiny hmotné kultury. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2001.
LENDEROVÁ, Milena - JIRÁNEK, Tomáš – MACKOVÁ, Marie. Z dějin české každodennosti. Karolinum, 2009.
OBUCHOVÁ, Viera – JANOVÍČKOVÁ, Marta. Každodenný život a bývanie v Bratislave v 19. a 20. storočí. Bratislava, 2011.
SZALAY, Peter a kol. Moderná Bratislava. Bratislava, 2015.
ŠEBO, Juraj. Krízové 30. roky. Bratislava, 2015.