History of Contemporary Revolutions
Objectives
a) Acquire the scientific updating necessary to understand and problematise the subject of contemporary revolutions;
b) Understand the causes, events and consequences of the main revolutionary moments in contemporary history;
c) To problematise the aspects of political and social modernity inherent/underlying the various contemporary revolutions;
d) Analyse the importance of revolutionary moments in the context of contemporary history.
e) Analyse the processes of memorialisation of contemporary revolutions in the past and present
e) Be able to present an original piece of research orally and in writing
f) Acquire knowledge that will enable further in-depth research into contemporary times
General characterization
Code
01110313
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Joana Vidal de Azevedo Dias Pereira
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
- Arendt, Hannah, On revolution, Viking Press, 1965.
- Desan, Suzanne, Lynn Hunt, e William Max Nelson, eds. The French Revolution in Global Perspective. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2013.
- Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution, Harvard University Press, 2005.
- Fitzpatrick, Sheila, A Revolução Russa, Lisboa, Tinta-da-China, 2017.
- Foran, John, David Lane, e Andreja Zivkovic, eds. Revolution in the Making of the Modern World: Social Identities, Globalization, and Modernity. New York: Routledge, 2008.
- Kurzman, Charles, Democracy denied: 1905-1915, Harvard University Press, 2008.
- Prashad, Vijay. The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World. New York: The New Press, 2008.
- Skocpol, Theda, States and social revolutions: a comparative analysis of France, Russia, and China, Cambridge University Press, 1979.
- Tilly, Charles, European revolutions, 1492-1992, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996.
Teaching method
Classes combine the lecturer's presentation of the subject with discussion of bibliography and sources previously recommended for reading. The presentation of the subject ensures that students acquire the basic contextualising references for the study of each of the historical processes under study. Reading and discussing the bibliography aims to give students a taste for, and the ability to engage critically with, the challenges that contemporary revolutions pose for research. The exploration of sources allows them to develop the ability to analyse and interpret historical events.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - There are two elements to the assessment: the presentation and discussion in class of one of the texts recommended for prior reading and the completion of an individual essay on one of the points on the syllabus. The first element will be worth 30 per cent of the assessment and the second element will be worth 70 per cent of the assessment. (100%)
Subject matter
From the concept of ‘revolution’ to the historiography of revolutions
The first revolutionary wave
- The French Revolution in History and Historiography: the origins, the Terror and the legacy of the French Revolution
- The Haitian Revolution and the ‘Black Jacobins’
Liberal revolutions
- Revolutions in Mediterranean Europe and the 1830 revolution in France
Failed revolutions?
- The revolutions of 1848
- The Paris Commune of 1871
Last wave of the 19th century or first wave of the 20th century?
- The Russian Revolution of 1905
- The Young Turks Revolution of 1908
- The Chinese Republican Revolution of 1911
A new kind of revolution for the 20th century
- The Russian October Revolution of 1917 in the History and Memory of the 20th Century
- The Chinese Revolution of 1949: from the Long March to entry into the World Trade Organisation
The Long Sixties
- The Cuban Revolution and Latin America
- The African Anti-colonial Revolutions
- May 68
- 25 April 1974