History of the University of Coimbra

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Classroom discussion forums (25%)
Tests (40%)
Critical analysis of the course’s bibliography and contents (35%)

Learning Outcomes

- Frame the history of the UC within the context of Portuguese society and culture;

- Grasp the fundamental role of the UC in the Portuguese cultural and scientific development;

- Demonstrate the projection of the UC on a global scale;

- Understand the role of the UC in the education of the overseas elites and thekingdom’selites;

- Reflect on the creation and development of a specific student culture;

- Propose a scientifically founded pedagogical intervention on the specific themes developed in the context of the curricular unit.

 

Students who finish this course will be qualified to:

- Have a critical knowledge of the broad lines of the history of the UC in its relation with society, culture and power;

- Identify the contributions of university education towards the development of culture and science in the different ages of the History of Portugal;

- Acquire skills to be able to conduct a deeper critical evaluation of the history of the UC.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. – The itinerancy period (1290-1537)

1.1. – Education before the UC

1.2. – The University: global contextualization

1.3. – The city and the study

1.4. – Financial support

1.5. – Students’ daily lives and life experiences

2. – Between Reforms (1537-1772)

2.1. – An institution that consolidates itself

2.2. – Humanism and the College of Arts

2.3. – A growing demand for degrees

2.4. – University careers and other careers

2.5. – A tumultuous 18^th century

2.5.1. – The cultural debate

2.5.2. – The Reform of the Marquis of Pombal

3. – Persistency and Protest (1772-1926)

3.1. – Contemporary trajectories

3.2. – Brazil at the horizon: philosophical journey and independence

3.3. – The creation of alternate education models

3.4. – Student sociability

3.5. – Women at the UC: the pioneers

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Classroom discussion forums : 25.0%
Critical analysis of the course’s bibliography and contents : 35.0%
Tests : 40.0%

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.

COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz - "Coimbra Trecentista - A Cidade e o Estudo", in A Universidade de Coimbra no seu 7º Centenário, Lisboa 1993, p. 71-100.

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

GOMES, Joaquim Ferreira, A mulher na Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 1987.

­História da Universidade em Portugal, vol. 1, t. 1 (1290-1536), t. 2 (1537-1771), dir. de Luís A. de O. Ramos, Joel Serrão e António de Oliveira, Coimbra, 1997.

VELOSO, Maria Teresa Nobre, “Financiamento do Estudo Geral: da gratuitidade ao pagamento obrigatório de propinas. Algumas reflexões”, Revista do CHSC, 6, 2006, p. 91-1004.