Contemporary History of Portugal

Code:

ARQU033

Acronym:

HCP

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ARQU	24	ARQU - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- To access a diversified version about Portuguese history in the 19th and 20th centuries; - To contact diversified sources about the historical knowledge of this period; - To encourage research and individual work; - To provide complementary bibliography matching professional and individual interests; - To foster oral participation, by the share of individual interests or by providing texts for discussion;

Learning outcomes and competences

- To understand the supporting sources of production of scientific knowledge in Portuguese contemporary history

- To master the contents that allows a contextual hermeneutics of sources, according to the historical periods

- To distinguish the most appropriate methodologies and didactics according to the different periods of Portuguese contemporary history

- To allow synchronic analysis with the European and world history

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

 

- Mastering of structural knowledge of the former time periods – medieval and modern.

- Perception of what is happening in contemporary times in Europe and the World

 

Program

1. FROM THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONARY ENVIRONMENT TO THE 1820 REVOLUTION;
2. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIBERALISM IN PORTUGAL;
3. THE REGENERATION PERIOD;
4. THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY: MONARCHY AND REPUBLICANISM;
5. THE REPUBLIC: GENEROSITY, UTOPIA AND REALITY;
6. THE “ESTADO NOVO”;
7. THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT DURING “ESTADO NOVO”;
8. FROM THE COLONIAL WAR TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MARCELLO CAETANO;
9. REVOLUTION AND RENOVATION: RESTRICTIONS AND REFORMS.

Mandatory literature

BRITO, J.M. Brandão; ROSAS, Fernando ; Dicionário de História do Estado Novo, Bertrand, 1996. ISBN: ISBN: 972-42-1404-4; 1456-7
MATTOSO, José (dir);;; História de Portugal, Circulo de Leitores, 1993-1994. ISBN: 972-42-0752-8
SERRÃO, Joel (dir.);; Dicionário de História de Portugal, Iniciativas Editoriais, 1975. ISBN: Não tem
BARRETO, António; MÓNICA, Maria Filomena (coord.);; Dicionário de História de Portugal, Figueirinhas, 1999-2000. ISBN: 972-661-160-1; 159-8; 165-2; 167-9
MARQUES, A.H. Oliveira (coord.);; Nova História de Portugal, Presença, 1992-2002. ISBN: 972-23-2922-7
SERRÃO, Joel (dir.);; Dicionário de História de Portugal, Iniciativas Editoriais, 1975. ISBN: Não tem
António Reis (dir); Portugal Contemporâneo , Alfa, 1990. ISBN: Não tem

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lessons, as well as tutorial supervision, including expositions about several themes; participation in debates; analysis of works; free conferences; documentaries watching.

Software

Power Point

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > History > Contemporary History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de campo	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam with two groups of questions without consultation. [10+10 values]= 70%
Write work (30%).

Classification improvement - exam (100%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

 

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to Assessment Regulations.

Classification improvement

Classification improvement - exam (100%)