European History
Code
9920
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Maria Paula Pires dos Santos Diogo
Weekly hours
3
Total hours
21
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
This course aims at giving our students a general knowledge concerning the European economic, political and social scene during the 19th and the 20th centuries. It is our belief that students engaged in a research concerning scientific and technological practices should have a contextualized approach of this topics, thus becoming important a more general historical training.
Prerequisites
No requirements.
Subject matter
- The classical heritage. The idea of Europe and the classic paradigm of civilization: law, freedom and citizenship / universalism and pluralism.
- Medieval Europe. Networks of knowledge: the role of the Christian Church; the city as political and commercial center; the role played by universities; science and craftsmanship as pillars of an emerging Europe.
- Crossing boundaries: the overseas expansion. New spaces, construction and diffusion / dispersion of the European model.
- Modernity, Renaissance and Humanism. Cultural and scientific revolutions.
- The enlightenment and the triumph of reason.
- Revolutions and new economic, political and social ideologies.
- Industrial Society: Revolution. Technology. Capitalism. Liberalism.
- Marxism and internationalism
- Nationalism and nation building. International organization of contemporary Europe
- Wars and crises: the Wilsonian moment and the rise of anticolonial nationalisms
- From Europe in the world to the globalization of Europe
Bibliography
Aldcroft, Derek H. & Ville, S. P. (Ed.), The European Economy, 1750-1914: A Thematic Approach, 1994.
Aldcroft, Derek H., Historia de la Economia Europea (1914-1990), "NuevosInstrumentos Universitarios", Barcelona, Crítica,1997.
Hudson, Pat, The Industrial Revolution, Londres, Edward Arnold, 1992.
Iriye, A., Saunier, P-Y. (eds.), The Dictionary of Transnational History, Palgrave Macmillan , 2007
Kenwood, A. G. e Lougheed, A.L., The Growth of the International Economy 1820-2000, London/New York, Routledge, 1971 (4ª ed. 1999).
Léon, Pierre (Dir.), História Económica e Social do Mundo, Vols. V e VI, Lisboa, Sá da Costa Editora, 1981-82.
Vleuten, E., Kaijser, A. (eds.), Networking Europe. Infrastructures and the shaping of Europe, Canton, MA, Science History Publications, 2006.
Specific bibliography will be available for each session.
Teaching method
Presentation of the topics by the lecturer, supported by slides; discussion of texts and films covering the topics outlined in the syllabus. Discussion of some topics by students under staff supervision and avaliation.
Evaluation method
Evaluation:
1) a critical reading of a book selected by the teacher accordingly with the academic profile of the student;
2) one short essays on three of the tours of the Inventing Europe Virtual Exhibit