Deepen knowledge of the Contemporary Political History of Portugal, from Vintismo to the end of the Estado Novo regime I

Code:

PEUS128

Acronym:

HPPCVEN

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S (of 15-10-2024 to 06-02-2025)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Higher Education Studies for Older People

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PEUS	19	Study Plan	1	-		20	20

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Deepen knowledge of the Contemporary Political History of Portugal, from Vintismo to the end of the Estado Novo regime:
- Acquire the fundamental concepts underlying the subject of the course, as well as some biographical paths of its main actors;
- Understand the Portuguese historical context and its evolution over a century and a half, in an international comparative perspective;
- Promote interest in self-employment among trainees.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Learn and apply basic concepts related to the subject of the course
- Knowing institutions, agents and facts related to the historical and political context of contemporary Portugal;
- Use and evaluate research resources that enhance historical research.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Political, economic and social structures at the end of the “Antigo Régime”;
- French invasions and transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil;
- Liberal Revolution of 1820 and the independence of Brazil;
- The difficult implantation of Liberalism.From Miguelism to the civil war (1834/1851);
- Regeneration and Promotion;
- Economic and social structures; market, population and emigration;
- New doctrines and systems: socialism, Iberianism, republicanism.

Mandatory literature

MATTOSO, José (Dir.) ; História de Portugal, 5.º volume, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1993
RAMOS, Rui (Coord) ; História de Portugal, Lisboa, A Esfera dos Livros, 2010
MALTEZ, José Adelino ; Tradição e Revolução – Uma biografia do Portugal Político do século XIX ao XXI, Lisboa, Tribuna da História, 2005
BRITO, J. M. Brandão de; ROSAS, Fernando (Coords.) ; Dicionário do Estado Novo, Lisboa: Bertrand, 1996
ROSAS, Fernando ; Salazar e o Poder. A Arte de Saber Durar, Lisboa, Tintas da China, Lda., 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

- With an expository part, most sessions will take place in the form of theoretical-practical classes, which aim to familiarize trainees with the essential notions related to each of the themes of the program, favoring the discussion of the themes presented.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	20,00
Total:	20,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

N/A