History of the Portuguese Empire, Colonialism and Postcolonialism
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2024-2025
01010894
Área Científica do Menor
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
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)
NoSyllabus
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.
Assessment Methods
Assessment continues
Frequency: 50.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%
Final assessment
Exam: 100.0%
Bibliography
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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