International Relations History I

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The academic organization of time in theoretical and practical classes presupposes the existence of active participation by students. In expository class, the discussions are focused on specific issues previously prepared by the teacher. Some classes will have more time focused on the analysis of historical texts and articles selected and provided by the teacher, always seeking individual and group debate in the classroom. The paper is preceded by a project tutorial-oriented, with given bibliography and research methods are provided (both inside and outside of classes) by the teacher.

 

Evaluation: General regime (final exam – 100%) or mixed evaluation (individual assignment (25%), final exam (75%) - 100%).

Learning Outcomes

Overall objectives:

Understand and analyze the main themes and issues that marked the development of international relations in historical perspective, from the seventeenth century and World War I.

 Specific objectives:

-Identify the major historical events and how these events influenced international relations;

-Know the main events that marked the history of international relations to World War I;

-List the most relevant historical facts with the balance / imbalance of power in international relations.

 Generic competencies:

-Ability to understand, analysis and synthesis of historical phenomena that influenced international relations in the studied period.

 Specific Skills:

-Ability to understand and relate the most relevant historical facts to international relations;

-Ability to analyze and synthesize the knowledge acquired;

-Ability to make a diachronic and synchronic reading of the studied period.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction: The History of International Relations: theoretical perspectives, concepts, issues and main paradigms. 2. The diplomatic reality of the ancien regime in Europe. The Congress of Westphalia: a new understanding of foreign relations?; The end of the Ancien Regime: the American independence and the French Revolution. 3. From Empire to the Napoleonic Congress of Vienna: the European agreement (1804-1820), The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 and their international impact, Nationalism and International Relations: the unity of Italy and Germany and the end of the European agreement (1848-1871). 4. The New American states in the contemporary international system; The search for a new international stability and Bismarckian diplomacy (1871-1890); The colonial expansion of European imperialism; The rivalry of European imperialism and the emergence of new powers: the United States and Japan, European Alliances and armed peace (1890-1914), The First World War.

Head Lecturer(s)

João Pedro Amaral Cabouco Rodrigues

Assessment Methods

Regime geral
Exam: 100.0%

Mixed evaluation
individual assignment : 25.0%
Final exam : 75.0%

Bibliography

KENNEDY, Paul M., Ascensão e Queda das Grandes Potências, 2.ª Ed. Mem Martins, Publicações Europa América, 1997;

MILZA, Pierre, As Relações Internacionais de 1871 a 1914: a Europa de Bismarck, o advento da política mundial, os imperialismos europeus, as crises balcânicas, a caminho da guerra, Lisboa, Ed. 70, 2002;

PELLISTRANDI, Benoît, As Relações Internacionais de 1800 a 1871, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2000.

PEREIRA, Juan Carlos (coord.), História de las relaciones internacionales contemporâneas, 2.ª ed. Actualizada, Barcelona, Editorial Ariel, 2009;

RENOUVIN, Pierre; Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales (siglos XIX y XX), Ed. Akal, 1998.

RENOUVIN, Pierre; Jean-Baptiste Duroselle, Introduction à l’histoire des relations internationales, Paris, Armand Colin, 1995.

RODRIGUES, Luís Nuno; Fernando Martins (ed.), História e Relações Internacionais: temas e debates, Lisboa, Edições Colibri, 2004.

SOUSA, Fernando, Dicionário de Relações Internacionais, Porto, Afrontamento, 2005.