Contemporary History of Portugal

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Composed by theoretical-practical classes it is included the reliance on exposition with a bigger stress on the professor-students and student-student interaction, exploring – in a large or small group – historiographical texts or sources and, simultaneously, doing an orientation of works.
Continuous/periodic assessment takes into account both the individual performance of the students, including their attendance, motivation, participation and critical reflection (20%), or the preparation of documents (40%) to be presented and discussed in class (40%). Aspects such as structure and organization of information, recipients’ adequacy and work goals, language used, quality and correctness of scientific information will be valued. Evaluation by exam (100%) will be made through written and oral test (only if the classification 8 or 9 points).

Develop questioning and problematisation habits towards new situations or the acquired knowledge.
Show understanding for the plurality of points of view, without losing consistency/coherence on personal opinions.
Participate in team or group works, assuming initiatives and stimulating partners’ intervention.
Carry out operations and use specific instruments of the History methodology.
Grow habits on organisation of the intellectual and scientific work.
Develop communication skills.
Recognise History’s specificity in the group of the Social Sciences.
Understand the evolution of the portuguese social formation in the ninteenth and twentieth centuries as a process of persistencies and descontinuities.
Reflect critically over the course of the History of Portugal integrating this reflection in an acting and prospective sense.

1. General considerations about the Contemporary History of Portugal. History and Contemporary History of Portugal. Clarification of introductory concepts in the economic, political and social domains.
2. Construction, consolidation and crisis of the liberal Portugal (1807-1926).
2. 1 From the absolutism crisis to the definite triumph of the liberalism (1807-1890).
2. 2 The monarchy crisis and the republican experience (1890-1926).
3. The Estado Novo: from the genesis and development of an authoritarian state to the failure of the transition to democracy. From the Military Dictatorship to the Estado Novo – a fight for the hegemony. The rise of António de Oliveira Salazar. Consolidations and the crisis of the Estado novo. The Primavera Marcelista.
4. From the revolution of the 25th April to the construction of an european democracy: from the revolutionary crisis or the «ongoing revolutionary process» (1974-1975) to normalisation. From the democratic consolidation to today’s Portugal.

• - Document's presentation and discussion - 40.0%
• - Attendance and Participation - 20.0%
• - Documents elaboration - 40.0%

• - Exam - 100.0%

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Mattoso, J. (Dir.). (2011). História da Vida Privada em Portugal. Temas e Debates/Círculo de Leitores.
Pinto, A. C.; Monteiro, N. G. (Dir.) (2013-2015). História Contemporânea de Portugal. 5 Volumes. Fundação MAPFRE/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Unipessoal, Lda.
Ramos, R., Sousa, B. V., & Monteiro, N. G. (2010). História de Portugal (3ª ed.). Lisboa: Esfera dos Livros.
Rollo, M. F. (2013-2014). Dicionário de História da I República e do Republicanismo. 3 Volumes. Assembleia da República
Rosas, F. (2015). Salazar e o poder. A arte de saber durar. Tinta-da-China.
Rosas, F., Rollo, M. F. (Dir.). (2009). História da Primeira República. Lisboa: Tinta-da-China.
Serrão, J. et al. (Dir.). (1979-2016). Dicionário de História de Portugal. 12 volumes. Figueirinhas.
Torgal, L. R. (2009). Estados Novos, Estado Novo. 2 Volumes. Imprensa da Universidade.