History of International Relations

Code:

LRI007

Acronym:

HRINT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	International Relations

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages and International Relations

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LRI	104	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Students are required to:

- Understand and grasp the definitions, concepts and issues of International Relations in order to acquire tools that will help them to understand its various aspects from the historical point of view;

 - Recognize the importance that the Congress of Westphalia had in the balance of power and in the international law in the European “Ancien Régime”;

- Understand the impact that the Congress of Vienna had in the relations between the Great European Powers and in the reshaping of the continent’s map;

- Learn how Nationalism and Imperialism of the second half of the 19^th century, ended with the First World War and the consequences of the Versailles’ treaties of peace;

- To perceive how the Second World War and the rise of the United States as well as of the Soviet Union to the status of superpowers changed the post-war course;

- Have an idea of how the world divided between the two superpowers led to a latent conflict known as the fall of the Berlin Wall, symbol of this conflict, led to the collapse of the bipolar order

Learning outcomes and competences

 

With this syllabus we try, during the time we dispose for the classes (1 semester equal to more or less 13 weeks) that the students besides being able to know some of the most important political aspects of the History of International Relations from the 17^th to the 20^th century, under the historical point of view, can acquire theoretical as well as practical skills that will allow them, later on to study themes that such a short time of classes doesn’t allow a more detailed approach. Although the syllabus ends with the collapse of the bipolar order we hope that students will be able acquire skills in order to analyse international relations in the posterior period.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. 
   

   Brief introduction to the problems of the History of International Relations.

   
   


2. 
   

   The Peace of Westphalia (1648). The beginning of the Modern International System? Differences between the before and the after Westphalia

   
   


3. 
   

   The "Ancien Regime": war, equilibrium and international laws

   
   


4. 
   

   The International Relations in the epoch of the American Revolution and of the French Revolution.

   
   

       4.1 The relation between the great European Powers, before and after the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815).

1. 
   

   The relationship between the main powers of the XX^th century: Nationalism, Imperialism and Diplomacy.

   
   


2. 
   

   The new non-European powers (United States and Japan)

   
   


3. 
   

   Causes and consequences of the XX^th century two World Wars.

   
   

        7.1. The end of World War I. The diplomacy of the Paris Conference. The Versailles Peace Treaties (1919) and its consequences.

        7.2. Causes and consequences of the II World War. The end of European hegemony.

1. 
   

   The Cold War (1945-1989). The collapse of the bipolar world.

   
   

Mandatory literature

Malchow, Howard LeRoy; History and international relations : from the ancient world to the 21st century, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4411-0625-4
FERNANDES, José Pedro Teixeira; Teoria das Relações Internacionais. Da abordagem clássica ao debate pós-positivista, Almedina, 2004. ISBN: 972-40-2176-9
SARAIVA, José Flávio Sombra; história das Relações Internacionais Contemporâneas . Da Sociedade internacional do século XIX à era da globalização., Editora Saraiva, 2007. ISBN: 9788502061910
ZAMOYSKI, Adam; Rites of Peace. The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, Harper Perennial, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-06-077519-3
Mark Mazower; Governar o Mundo, Edições 70, 2017. ISBN: 978-972-44-1896-4
KISSINGER, Henry ; A Ordem Mundial. Reflexões sobre o Carácter das Nações e o Curso da História, Edições Dom Quixote, 2014. ISBN: 9789722056236
CLARK, Christopher ; The Sleepwalkers. How Europe went to war 1914, Penguin Books, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-141-0278-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Theoretical-practical classes: lectures as an introduction to the topics of the subject, in order to stimulate class debates on those same topics. Use of graphics, statistics, and cartographic material.

 - There will be a critical analysis of the topics of the Uc's subjects, which will stimulate class debates moderated by the teacher. The teacher will also promote the discussion of the main bibliography, and debates on the reports/papers on books (or parts of books) read by the students' during independent work. 

- The book analysis must be done from one of the books included in a list of books given by the teacher.

Software

datashow

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Policy studies > International relations
Humanities > History > Political history

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	80,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho de investigação	38,00
Trabalho escrito	23,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Final Exam

Students are admitted to exams provided that the conditions laid down in the Assessment Regulations are met.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final exam (closed book) will consist in the evaluation of the theory taught in the classes. - The final exam will assess the mastery of information and the essential theoretical frameworks; critical skills, selection skills and systematization required to answer the exam questions.

The critical analysis of the book chosen by the student. from a list that the teacher will publish at the beginning of the semester. will assess the level of skills acquired during the classes.

The critical analysis will be handed until the last class of the semester.

The exam counts for 80% and the critical analysis for 20%

 Written test: 80%+ Book report:20%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

The process for improving grades must comply with the types of assessment planned for the course unit. Students may repeat the test, if they are not satisfied with the grade, being optional the repetition of the Book report.

Observations

The students of mobility have the obligation to contact with the teacher during the first week of the semester or, if they can duly prove that they arrived after the beginning of the classes, they have a week to do it after their arrival.

Lectures will always be in Portuguese.