Political History of the Modern and Contemporary Period

Code:

HISTO050

Acronym:

HPEC

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

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	91	Study Plan - Hist. w/ Minor in Geography	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - History	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	3	Study Plan - Minor in History	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

By the end of the semester students should be able to:
- Interpret main guidelines of political developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;
- Relate events, timelines and circumstances;
- Interpret and contextualize authors and texts;
- Discuss historiographical interpretations in this area.

Program

1. Politics, political history and contemporaneity.
2. Time of revolutions: the American Revolution, the French Revolution,… Western Revolution? Historical frames and directions of a long historiographical controversy.
3. Legitimism, nations and nationalisms. The European diplomatic balance and extra-European cases.
4. Liberalism as a political and social system.
5. The European expansionism and colonialism: rivalries and confrontations. The anti-colonialism.
6. The labor movement.
7. The ideological alternative: the socialism.
8. The social doctrine of the Catholic Church and its political role.
9. The First World War: the beginning of the "total wars".
10. The crisis of liberalism and ideological clashes: democracies and totalitarian regimes. Conservatism and fascism. The Russian Revolution, the USSR and the role of Sovietism.
11. World War II.
12. The "cold war" and the bipolar world. Democracies and the postwar welfare state.
13. The anti-colonialism and decolonization. The Third World. Local conflicts.
14. The construction of Europe. The implosion of the Soviet bloc.
15. Globalization. Present questions.

Mandatory literature

ARTOLA, Miguel; Constitucionalismo en la historia, Barcelona, Crítica, Barcelona, 2005
BAIROCH, Paul,; Victoires et dèboires, Paris, Gallimard, 1997
BAYCROFT, Timothy; O Nacionalismo na Europa 1789/1945, Lisboa, Temas e Debates, 2000
BAYLY, C.A. ; The Birth of the Modern Worl, 1780-1914, Oxford, Blackwell, 2004
BRUNET, J.P. e LAUNAY, M.,; Entre as duas Guerras- 1914/1945, , Lisboa, D. Quixote, , 1999.
JUDT, Tony;; Pós-Guerra. História da Europa desde 1945, , Edições 70,, 2010.
JUDT, Tony;; Um Tratado Sobre os Nossos Actuais Descontentamentos, Edições 70, 2010
RÉMOND, René;; Introdução à História do Nosso Tempo, , Gradiva,, 2003
Hobsbawm, Eric J., 1917-; A^era dos extremos. ISBN: 972-23-2020-3
Hobsbawm, Eric J., 1917-; A^era das revoluções. ISBN: 972-23-1559-5
Hobsbawm, Eric J., 1917-; A^era do Império. ISBN: 972-23-1284-7
Duroselle, J. B.; A^Europa de 1815 aos nossos dias
Droz, Bernard; História do século XX
Godechot, Jacques; Les institutions de la France sous la révolution et l.empire
Nouschi, Marc; Breve atlas histórico do século XX. ISBN: 972-771-085-9
Nouschi, Marc; O^século XX. ISBN: 972-8329-39-3
Nouschi, André; Luttes pétrolières au proche-orient
Soulier, Gérard; A europa. ISBN: 972-8407-37-8
Waters, Malcolm; Globalização. ISBN: 972-8027-60-5
Judt, Tony; O^século XX esquecido. ISBN: 978-972-44-1542-0
Judt, Tony; Pós-guerra. ISBN: 972-44-1300-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, class discussion, use of moodle, use of audiovisual resources.

Software

moodle

keywords

Humanities > History > Contemporary History

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Examination	Exame	2,00		2013-07-17
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Learning	Estudo autónomo	104	2013-07-17
	Total:	104,00

Eligibility for exams

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Calculation formula of final grade

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.