History of the University in Portugal

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01010872
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical-practical classes, combining lectures by the teacher with students’ participation in the analysis and discussion of texts and documents

Learning Outcomes

Students will

– learn about the origins and development of higher education in Portugal since the foundation of the Studium Generale until the present, focusing on students’ daily experiences and sociability;

– understand the impact of the diaspora of college graduates throughout the Portuguese empire;

– Have an overall view of the decisive role played by the university in the formation of Portuguese elites and how this influenced Portuguese society.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The medieval Studium Generale

1.1. Foundational charters

1.2. The University: a privileged institution

1.3. University education

1.4. Students’ daily life

2. The University and Humanism

2.1. The College of Arts

2.2. The structure of university degrees

2.3. Careers

2.4. The diaspora of college graduates throughout the Portuguese Empire

3. The Pombaline Reform

4. The University in the modern period

4.1. Brazil on the horizon: philosophical voyage and independence

4.2. Student sociabilities

4.3. University finances

4.4. The University and the City.

Head Lecturer(s)

Isabel Maria Henriques Ferreira da Mota Mónica de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment continues
Mini Tests: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Final assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

ALBUQUERQUE, Luís de, “Universidade”, Dicionário de História de Portugal, dir. Joel Serrão, Lisboa, v. 4, 1971, p. 228-233.

ARAÚJO, Ana Cristina (coord.), O Marquês de Pombal e a Universidade, 2ª ed., Coimbra, 2014.

BRANDÃO, Mário; Almeida, M. Lopes de, A Universidade de Coimbra: esboço da sua história, Coimbra, 1937.

FONSECA, Fernando Taveira da, A Universidade de Coimbra (1700-1771). Estudo Social e Económico, Coimbra, 1995.

Universidade(s): história, memória, perspectivas, Actas do Congresso História da Universidade. 1990, Coimbra, 1991.

VELOSO, Maria Teresa Nobre, “Financiamento do Estudo Geral: da gratuitidade ao pagamento obrigatório de propinas. Algumas reflexões”, Revista do CHSC, 6, 2006, p. 91-104.

Uma História da Universidade na Europa, vol. I. As universidades na Idade Média. Coordenadora da edição Hilde de Ridder-Symoens. Lisboa, Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas/Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1992.