Class Contemporary History (Portugal)

Mastery of Portugal's main historical landmarks, political movements, characters and ruptures in contemporary Portuguese history. Create a critical sense of Portuguese history and thought.

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1.    The Ultimatum, the Crisis of the Constitutional Monarchy and the Establishment of the Republic. 2.    The Republicans in power: the big issues. Sidonism. 3.    Portugal and its participation in the Great War. 4.    Crisis and fall of the First Republic. 5.    The coup of 28th May, the rise of Salazar and the institutionalisation of the Estado Novo. 6.    The Second World War and Portugal. 7.    The great crises of the regime. 8.    The Colonial War and its impact. 9.    Marcelism. 10. 25th April 1974 and the transition to democracy. 11. The consolidation of democracy and accession to the European Economic Community

The working sessions will be theoretical and practical. Students will actively participate in the sessions by reading some previously defined and distributed texts. The aim of these readings, which will be commented on in class, lies in the need to use the contexts of each document as a laboratory tool for understanding the changes, scope and implications of each of them in Contemporary Portuguese History. Assessment, in addition to a written test, will involve participation in debates centred on these texts, as well as the preparation of an essay based on one of the texts mentioned.

Pinto, A. C. (coord.) (2004). Portugal Contemporâneo. Lisboa: Dom Quixote. Ramos, R., Sousa, B. V., & Monteiro, N. G. (coord.) (2009). História de Portugal. Lisboa: Esfera dos Livros. Reis, A. (dir.) (1990-1992). (vols. 1-6). Portugal Contemporâneo. Lisboa: Publicações Alfa. Rosas F. (2012). Salazar e o Poder. A Arte de Saber Durar. Lisboa: Tinta da China. Rosas, F. (coord.) (1994). O Estado Novo (1926-1974). In. José Mattoso (dir.) História de Portugal. Vol. VII. Lisboa: Estampa. Rosas, F., Rollo, M. F. (coord.) (2009). História da Primeira República Portuguesa. Lisboa: Tinta da China. Teixeira, N. S., Pinto, A. C. (coord.) (1999). A Primeira República Portuguesa - entre o Liberalismo e o Autoritarismo. Lisboa: Calibri.