History of the Portuguese Empire, Colonialism and Postcolonialism

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01010894
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 and practical lessons, including lectures, discussions and presentations by students.

Learning Outcomes

Students will acquire and consolidate knowledge about the history of the empire and of the Portuguese colonial past. Students who attend class will be better able to understand the historical process of formation of the Portuguese empire, especially with regard to maritime discoveries and the spatial configurations and characteristics of the empire during the half millennium of its existence. Students will enhance the skills of historical analysis and critique, in terms of understanding the motivations that led the Portuguese expansionist drive and the reasons for its success, as well as trying to understand what distinguished the Portuguese Empire from other empires, especially overseas and European colonies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Empire(s): History and dynamics.

2. Origins, stages and forms of organization of the Portuguese empire.

3. Fifteenth-century expansion into Northern Africa and maritime discoveries.

4. The Portuguese empire in the East.

5. The new Luso-Brazilian Atlantic centrality.

6. From the “Scramble for Africa” to the colapse of the empire.

7. Other imperial powers.

8. The emergence of Portuguese-Speaking African Countries and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP).

9. Overall assessment of the Portuguese Empire.

Head Lecturer(s)

Miguel Bandeira de Carvalho Jerónimo

Assessment Methods

Final assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Assessment continues
Frequency: 50.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

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BETHENCOURT, F., e CHAUDHURI, K. (Dir.), História da Expansão Portuguesa, Lisboa: 1998

BOXER, Ch., O império marítimo português, 1415-1825. Lisboa: Presença, 6ª 2001

DOMINGUES, F. C., Navios e Viagens. A Experiência Portuguesa nos sécs. XV a XVIII. Lisboa: 2008

DISNEY, A. R., História de Portugal e do Império Português, II. Lisboa: 2011

GODINHO, V. M., A Expansão Quatrocentista Portuguesa, Lisboa: 2ª 2008

MARCOCCI, G., A consciência de um império. Portugal e o seu mundo (Sécs. XV-XVII). Coimbra: 2012

PAGDEN, A., Lords of all the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain and France c. 1500-1800. Londres: 1995

SANTOS, J. M. dos, Estudos sobre os Descobrimentos e a Expansão Portuguesa, 2 vls. Coimbra: 1998-2010

SERRÃO, J., MARQUES, A. H. O., e MATOS, A. T., Nova História da Expansão Portuguesa. 6 vls. Lisboa: 1998

WOOD, Russel, Um Mundo em Movimento. Lisboa: 2006