Czechoslovakia, 1918-48

About the lecture

In this module, we think about the history of Czechoslovakia, from the founding of the First Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 to the rise to power of the Czechoslovak Communist party in 1948. In particular, we consider the demographic constitution of the Czechoslovak Republic between the wars, the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis in 1939 and the growing significance of the Czechoslovak Communist party after World War II.

About the lecturer

Kevin McDermott is a Professor of Modern East European History at Sheffield Hallam University. He specialises in communist Czechoslovakia and Soviet Stalinism. His specific research interests lie in state-society relations, popular opinion, resistance and conformity. His most recent publications include Communist Czechoslovakia, 1945-89: a political and social history (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) and, with Matthew Stibbe, Eastern Europe in 1968: responses to the Prague Spring and Warsaw Pact Invasion (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)