History of Contemporary Europe

Code:

HISTO023

Acronym:

HECONT

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HISTO	88	Study Plan - History	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LA	74	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	2	-	6	52	162
LRI	80	Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in History	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in French Studies	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

In the end of the semester, the students must be capable of:
- Know and understand the connection of the events that occurred between 1914 and 1945, the so-called Civil European war, that ended with European supremacy and the ascension of the two super-powers; the United States and the Soviet Union;
- Understand the concept of Cold war and understand how almost 45 years the world lived under the sign of polarity and the terror of an atomic war;
- Understands how the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as the implosion of the Soviet Union modified European policy, allowing the enlargement of the states, until then, in the sphere of the Soviet Union and the adhesion to NATO and the European Union;
- Reflect about the crises and the present challenges.

Program

1. Introduction. Brief reflection about European contemporaneity.
2. The European Civil War (1914-194)
2.1. The World War I
2.1.1. The Soviet Revolution
2.2. The Period between the two Great Wars
2.2.1. The rise of Fascism and Nazism
2.2.2. The Spanish Civil War
2.3. The Second World War and the loosing of European supremacy
3. A bipolar world (1945-1989)
3.1. Europe divided. The formation of the two blocks of power
3.2. The “Cold War” or the “Conditioned Peace”
3.3. The construction of Communitarian Europe
3.4. Central and Eastern Europe
4. The “Fall of the Berlin Wall”
4.1. The end of “The Cold War”
4.2. The end of “Communism”
5. Crisis and Challenges in Europe at the of 20th century and beginning of 21st century

Mandatory literature

BROWN, Archie; Ascensão e Queda do Comunismo, Punlicações D. Quixote, 2010. ISBN: 978-972-20-4363-2
LOFF, Manuel; "O nosso século é fascista!" O mundo visto por Salazar e Franco (1936-1945), Campo de Letras, 2008. ISBN: 978-989-625-256-4
COMELLAS, José Luis; La guerra civil europea (1914-1945), Ediciones RIALP, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-321-3822-5
NOLTE, Ernst; La guerra civil europea, 1917-1945. Nacionalsocialismo y bolchevismo, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2011. ISBN: 978-968-16-6276-9
PAYNE, Stanley G.; Civil war in Europe, 1905-1949, Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-107-6485-9
GADDIS, John Lewis; A Guerra Fria, Edições 70, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-44-1340-2
KENEZ, Peter; História da União Soviética, Edições 70, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-44-1361-7
JUDT, Tony; Pós-Guerra. História da Europa desde 1945, Edições 70, 20211. ISBN: 978-972-44-1300-6
RÉMOND, René; Introdução à História do Nosso Tempo. Do Antigo Regime aos nossos dias, Gradiva, 1994. ISBN: 972-662-375-8
HOBSBAWN, Eric; Era dos Extremos. História breve do séc. XX (1914-1991), Presença, 1996. ISBN: 972-23-2020-3
HOBSBAWN, Eric; A Era do Império (1875-1914), Presença, 1990. ISBN: 972-23-1284-7

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.
Tutorials: critical analysis of the topics of the subject, 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) done during the students' independent work. The books can be chosen by the students, as long as the teacher doesn't object to them.
The book review to be presented must, however, be chosen from one of the works belonging to a list given by the teacher.

Software

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keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	53,00
	Trabalho escrito	65,00		2012-12-15
	Trabalho escrito	35,00		2012-12-15
	Exame	2,00		2013-02-09
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Frequência das aulas	7	2012-12-15
	Total:	7,00

Eligibility for exams

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force

Calculation formula of final grade

Written test = 80% + Book review = 20% Total= 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

The process for improving grades must comply with the types of assessment planned for the course unit. Students may redo or repeat the tests in which they have failed to achieve a satisfactory grade

Observations

Lectures will always be in Portuguese. However tutorials may be instructed in English, French, Spanish or Italian for foreign sudents whose mother-tongue is not Portuguese, and have obvious poor comprehension akills.