Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

History of Portugal and German Relations

Code

722101020

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Alemães

Credits

10

Teacher in charge

Fernando Ribeiro

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

• To acquire historical-cultural knowledge on the relations of Portugal and Germany as an introduction to the study of their bilateral relations from the 19th century to the present.
• To acknowledge travel accounts of German diplomats on Portugal (19th century);
• To observe critically these reports in national, European and bilateral historical-political contexts.
• To comment on recent studies on bilateral relations after 1974.

Prerequisites

Subject matter

1.Comprehending historical-diplomatic occurrences during German Portugese Relations between 1842-1975 with the help of Oliveira Marques’, Strase & Gândara’s ,R.Daehnhardt’s, A.Pimenta’s, F.Rosas’, Reis Torgal’s, A.M.Fonseca’s references.
2.Comprehending diplomatic assumptions within bilateral relationship: 1800-1842 by detaching them along with critical reading of diplomat-traveler’s reports (Link-Lichnowsky).
3. Comprehending diplomatic assumptions within bilateral relationship: 1890-1900 -by detaching them along with critical reading of L.Vieira de Castro’s texts.
4. Comprehending diplomatic assumptions within bilateral relationship: 1918-1945 by detaching them along with critical reading of A.F-Sampaio’s, A.Pimenta’s texts and Salazar’s/Caetano’s speeches.
5.Historical-political contextualization aiming understanding given data and historical-political scenarios referred to previous periods of both nations History.

Bibliography

AAVV.(2004).Nova História de Portugal.Lisb.:Presença.
AAVV.(2002).Deutsche Geschichte.Stuttg.:Metzler.
AAVV (2003).Portugal-Alemanha-Brasil.Brag.:Uni-Minho: C EH.
AAVV (1996).Portugal, Alemanha, África: do Imperialismo Colonial ao Imperialismo Político.Lisb.:Colibri.
Fonseca,A.(2007).A Força das Armas: o Apoio da R.FA. ao Estado Novo (1958-1968), Lisb.:ID.
- (2006).As Relações entre Portugal e a Alemanha em torno da África : Finais do século XIX e Inícios do século XX.Lisb.:ID
Ninhos,C. (2012 ), «“Com luvas de veludo”. A estratégia Cultural Alemã em Portugal (1933-1945),Relações Internacionais,35,2012,103-118.
Ribeiro,F.(2009),«Portugal.visto.1842.Lichnowsky.com.»inAAVV(2009).Letras e Ciências as Duas Culturas de F.Furtado.Lisb.:Caleidoscópio,365-79.
Ribeiro,F.(2013),«Alemanha por Portugal.Aspectos:nexos e conexos –(XVII.XIX)XX,XXI»inAAVV(2013),Alemanha:Portugal.Aspectos em Revista, V.N.F.:Húmus,85-117.
Strasen.

Teaching method

Exposition and axial text explanation; comment on complementary text; synthesis and historical-cultural contextualization.
Synthesis lecture and subsequent comment upon capital facts emphasized on axial and complementary texts.
Active participation in discussion is expected.

Evaluation method

Assessment:open-book test (50%); two oral presentations (5%+5%) and a written work of 16 pages/20 ll./page (40%).

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