Institute of History
Topic
German Cooperative System in Slovakia (1918–1945) / Deutsches Genossenschaftswesen in der Slowakei (1918–1945)
PhD. program
Slovak History
Name of the supervisor
PhDr. Michal Schvarc, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava
Annotation
The aim of the dissertation is to investigate the process of establishment and the mechanism of functioning of German cooperatives, especially money and food cooperatives, in Slovakia (1918–1945). This exploration is viewed as one element contributing to the national identification of the German minority in Slovakia and its support by the German Reich. This phenomenon is not isolated; following its defeat in the First World War, Germany began supporting German minorities in Central Eastern Europe to rebuild a power base weakened by the war. The issue at hand has not been sufficiently explored, and the pioneering work in this field is Bernd Robionek's "Ethnische Ökonomie im politischen Spannungsfeld. Das deutsche Genossenschaftswesen in der Vojvodina (1922–41)," Hamburg 2019, which could serve as a basis for submitting an independent research project focusing on a selected, more narrowly specified sphere of political-economic and social practices. A deeper interest in economic and social history and a preliminary orientation in the topic are assumed.
Requirements: Knowledge of German (min. B2) and Slovak/Czech.
Requirements: Knowledge of German (min. B2) and Slovak/Czech.