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Contemporary Political History

Code 15451
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area História
Entry requirements It doesn´t have.
Learning outcomes 1. Know the main lines of force of political evolution in the 19th and 20th centuries.
2. Master essential concepts and notions.
3. Sharpen cognitive abilities.
4. Stimulate academic debate, contact with sources of different types, as well as individual and collective research of specialized bibliography on the topics under analysis.
Syllabus Introduction

The “Long” Nineteenth Century: a glance
1. Revolutions.
2. Liberalism, Democracy and Socialism.
3. The nationalities emergency and the nationalisms clashes.
4. Colonization and Imperialism.

The “Brief” Twentieth Century
1. World War I and the weakening of Europe.
2. Communism and the Soviet Union.
3. The liberal democracies crisis.
4. The fascisms.
5. 1939-1945: the weight of an “even more total war”.
6. Cold War and the Soviet Bloc collapse.
7. Decolonization.
8. The awakening of Asia.
9. European construction.


Main Bibliography BERSTEIN, Serge; MILZA, Pierre — História da Europa. Do Século XIX ao Início do Século XXI, Lisboa, Plátano Editora, 2007.
DROZ, Bernard; ROWLEY, Anthony — História do Século XX, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 1988-93, 4 vols.
GILBERT, Martin — História do Século XX, 2.ª ed., Alfragide, D. Quixote, 2011.
GRENVILLE, J. A. S. — A History of the World in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994.
HEFFER, Jean; SERMAN, William — O Século XIX, 1815-1914, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 1999.
HOBSBAWM, E. — A Era dos Extremos. História Breve do Século XX, 1914-1991, 4.ª ed., Barcarena, Presença, 2008.
JUDT, Tony — Pós-Guerra. História da Europa desde 1945, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2011.
RÉMOND, René — Introdução à História do Nosso Tempo. Do Antigo Regime aos Nossos Dias, 4.ª ed., Lisboa, Gradiva, 2011.
VARELA, Raquel — Breve História da Europa (da Grande Guerra aos Nossos Dias), Lisboa, Bertrand Editora, 2018.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria Teaching methods: lectures; research works; oral and written reflections, based on texts provided or indicated by the teacher about the programmatic topics covered; use of audiovisual resources; using the Moodle platform.

Written test: 75%. Group work: 20% = written version 15% + presentation 5%. Participation in class: 5%. Attendance: 50% of classes. Access to exam period: at least 6 points. Special evaluation (TE): according to the ongoing legislation.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-03-04

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