Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: International Relations

HISTÓRIA DAS RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS - 2013/2014

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Fernando Sousa
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Fernando Sousa

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

The discipline of “History of International Relations” has the general objective of studying the key issues and historical events that marked the development of International Relations, throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, in order to understand its evolution and its legacy to the contemporary world.

Specific Aims/Objectives

Basically, each chapter answers to one of the objectives of the curricular unit. The contents of the program are designed to endow students with the specific knowledge in the area of the History of the International Relations. The subjects specified in the program allow students to provide the methods necessary to envisage and explain international phenomena by the historical analysis of the behaviour of the International System actors.

Skills to be acquired

Ability to understand and analyze the reasons behind international conflicts;
Understand the diplomatic and political developments related with international relations;
Integrate teams working in the area of international relations and culture, locally, nationally and internationally.

Teaching Procedures

Since the lessons are both theoretical and practical, it is intended to be interactive, encouraging oral interventions on the programmatic themes, writings, etc.., besides encouraging the use of multimedia. Tutorial orientation sessions intend to individually monitor each student, guiding their study and the development of works and scientific researches.

Programme

Introduction
I Theoretical and conceptual framework
II Congress of Vienna’s Europe
III National movements as a threat to Vienna’s order
IV The end of Vienna’s order and the new instability in the international system
V The preponderance of Germany and the new European balance
VI Colonial imperialism: hegemonic rivalries in the nineteenth century
VII The European imbalance and war preparation
VIII World War I
IX In search of a new equilibrium in the post-war Europe
X The precariousness of the post-Versailles order
XI The growing instability on the eve of World War II
XII World War II and its immediate consequences

Evaluation Type

The evaluation system is carried out according to the rules defined in Lusíada Universities’ “General Regulations for Knowledge Evaluation”. In this sense, is taken into account the continuous assessment, including attendance, participation, achievement of works, mini-tests, among others

Teaching Resources

Overhead Projectors - Acetates
Computer and data show
Maps
Analysis of specific documentation

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

International Relations
History
Politics
Diplomacy

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography