The Serbs under the Habsburg monarchy from the beginning of the 16th-end of the 18th century

Pre-requisites: Regular class attendance and fulfillment of academic responsibilities

Course objectives: An introduction to the most important issues and opportunities facing the Serbs under austrian rule; addressing the issue of serbian involvement in the habsburg military, social and religious organization and the past austrian Kingdom of Serbia(1718-1739).

Course description: Theoretical component:lecture on major issues and developments in the history of the Serbian people under the Habsburg Monarchy. The course will focus on migrations, social structure and acculturation, demography, national and social institutions, agrarian relations and the influence of the austro-hungarian wars on serbian territories. Practical component has two parts - consultations in small groups to address papers and topics, and, the second part - presenting one's work before the class, and debating. The goal is for students to be able to conduct independent work, scientific argumentation and critical assessment of sources and literature, as well as present their findings in written and oral form.

Learning Outcomes: Mastering course materials, historical methods and arguments in historiography, students will be provided a long-term base of knowledge for critically assessing questions in the history of the Serbs during the Habsburg Monarchy.

Literature/Reading:

• Istorija srpskog naroda, III-IV, Beograd 1993.
• Dejan Mikavica, Vladan Gavrilović i Goran Vasin, Znamenita dokumenta za istoriju srpskog naroda (1538-1918), Novi Sad 2007, 9-139.
• Vojin S. Dabić, Vojna krajina. Karlovački generalat (1530-1746), Beograd 2000, 9-140, 258-264.
• Vojin S. Dabić, Banska krajina (1688-1751), Beograd-Zagreb 1984, 9-61, 149-175.
• Seobe Srba u Hrvatsku i Slavoniju od kraja XVI do početka XVIII veka /u zborniku:/ Catena Mundi, I, Beograd - Kraljevo 1991, 265-281.
• Slavko Gavrilović, Isaija Đaković, arhimanddrit grgeteški, episkop jenopoljski i mitropolit krušedolski, Zbornik MS za istoriju, 74, 2006, 7-34.
• Slavko Gavrilović, Studije iz privredne i društvene istorije Vojvodine i Slavonije od kraja XVII do sredine XIX veka, N. Sad 2006.
• Karl Kaser, Slobodan seljak i vojnik, II, Zagreb, 1997.
• Akoš Koroknai, Problemi zadruge u Podunavskoj i Potiskoj granici (1686-1723), Istraživanja 3, 1974, 41-143.
• Napomena: dopunska literatura se određuje za svakog studenta pojedinačno prema njegovim interesovanjima i potrebama nastave