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

HISTÓRIA DAS RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS - 2014/2015

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

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Joana Castro Pereira
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Joana Castro Pereira

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

This course aims to analyze the key issues and historical events that marked international relations between 1800 and the end of the twentieth century. Addressing their impact on world order, it is intended that the students acquire knowledge and skills to understand the contemporary world.

Specific Aims/Objectives

It is intended that students are able to identify the thread of international relations over the period analyzed in classes and to understand the motivations, attitudes and behaviors of the various actors in the international arena, as well as its global consequences, acquiring, thus, the ability to link and explain historical events.

Skills to be acquired

At the end of the course, students should be able to: explain the significance of the French Revolution to the development of European policy in the XIX century; explain the consequences of Italian and German unifications for Europe; recognize the factors that led to two World Wars and their consequences; understand the bipolar international system; justify the importance of the collapse of the Communist bloc; demonstrate capability of research and analysis of historical documents.

Teaching Procedures

Classes will be as interactive as possible. It will be encoureged reflection and debate in the classroom, the executation of writings and the analysis of documents, using audiovisual media whenever possible. In class tutorial the teacher will guide each student, in order to clarify doubts and regulate the development of the academic work.

Programme

Part I
I.1. The role of the French Revolution in the spread of liberal ideals in Europe
I.2. The Congress of Vienna
I.3. Liberalism and Nationalism: threats to the order of Vienna
I.4. The emergence of nationalities
Part II
II.1. The German supremacy
II.2. The European hegemony
II.3. The new conditions of international politics
II.4. The end of the Bismarckian policy
II.5. Imperialism and colonial rivalries among hegemonic powers
II.6. The background of World War I
Part III
III.1. The post-war and the new international order
III.2. The failure of post-Versailles order
III.3. The background of World War II
Part IV
IV.1. Cold War: the bipolar world
IV.2. The implosion of the USSR and the collapse of the bipolar order
IV.3. The new world order in the late twentieth century

Evaluation Type

Continuous assessment includes:
. Two written tests;
. A written work;
. Attendance and participation in class.

Teaching Resources

. Computer and projector for slide shows and multimedia content;
. Articles and other historical documents;
. Maps.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

. International Relations
. History
. Politics
. Diplomacy

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography