ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: History
Areas: Contemporary History
Center Faculty of Geography and History
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Planes en Extinción)
O-1 Know the general diachronic structure of contemporary history, although with emphasis on the European continent
O-2 Know the processes of continuity and change of the last two centuries: political, economic, social and cultural.
O-3 Understand critically the factors / agents that were shaping contemporary society, and with them the main explanatory keys of the past.
O-4 Know the different perspectives and main historiographical debates according to the periods and contexts, in order to develop a critical attitude and to become aware that historical knowledge is a discipline in permanent construction.
O-5 Knowing how to analyze the present in a critical way through its historical perspective. The characteristics of today's society have roots in the recent past; the dominant (capitalist) economic system was configured in its current form throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the doctrines and fundamental political worldviews come from the nineteenth century (socialism, liberalism, nationalism ...).
1. The end of the Old Regime: society, politics and economy
2. Atlantic-Western Revolutions and the Napoleonic Empire (1775-1814 / 15)
3. Industrial revolution and bourgeois civilization. Consolidation of capitalism and workers movement
4. Restoration and the Liberal Revolution (1814 / 15-1848)
5. Nationalist movements: unifications of Italy and Germany
6. International Relations and Imperialism: the Armed Peace (1871-1914)
7. First world war and Russian revolution
8. The interwar period: crisis of democracy and irruption of fascism
9. World War II
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:
-ARTOLA, M., PÉREZ LEDESMA, M. (2005), Contemporánea: la historia desde 1776, Madrid, Alianza.
- HEFFER, J., SERMAN, W. (1989), De las revoluciones a los imperialismos, Madrid, Akal.
- MIRALLES, R., (1996), Equilibrio, hegemonía y reparto. Las relaciones internacionales entre 1870 y 1945, Madrid, Síntesis.
- PAREDES ALONSO, F.J. (ed., 2004), Historia Universal Contemporánea, Madrid, Ariel.
- VILLARES, R., BAHAMONDE, A. (2001), El mundo contemporáneo. Siglos XIX y XX, Madrid, Taurus.
-ZAMAGNI, V. (2001), Historia económica de la Europa Contemporánea, Barcelona, Crítica.
COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Topic 1
-Palmer, P. P., (1989): The Age of Democratic Revolution: A political history of Europe and America: 1760-1800, Princeton University Press, Princeton [1.ª ed. 1959].
-Rudé, G. (1985, 5.ª ed.): Europa en el s. XVIII: La aristocracia y el desafío burgués, Alianza, Madrid.
Topic 2
-McPhee, P., (2003), La revolución francesa, una nueva historia, 1789-1799, Barcelona, Crítica.
-Todd, A. (2000), Las revoluciones, 1789-1917, Madrid, Alianza.
Topic 3
-Baldó i Lacomba, M. (1993), La revolución industrial, Madrid, Síntesis, 1993.
-Hobsbawm, E.J. (1989), La era del capitalismo, 1848-1875, Barcelona, Labor.
-Zamagni, V. (2001), Historia económica de la Europa contemporánea, Barcelona, Crítica.
Topic 4
-Cabeza Sánchez-Albornoz. (1988), Los movimientos revolucionarios de 1820, 1830 y 1848 en sus documentos, Barcelona, Ariel.
-Páez F. y Llorente, P. (1984), Los movimientos sociales (hasta 1914), Akal, Madrid.
-Rudé, G. (1982), Europa desde las guerras napoleónicas a la revolución de 1848, Madrid, Cátedra
Topic 5
-Hobsbawm, E.J. (1999), Naciones y nacionalismo desde 1789, Barcelona, Crítica.
-Núñez Seixas, X.M. (1999), Los movimientos nacionalistas en Europa, Madrid, Síntesis.
-Smith, A. (1999), Nacionalismo y modernidad, Madrid, Itsmo.
Topic 6
-Abendroth, W. (1983, 8ª ed.), Historia social del movimiento obrero europeo, Barcelona, Laia.
-Hobsbawm, E.J. (comp.), Historia del marxismo, Barcelona, Bruguera. 1979-1981.
-Piqueras Arenas, J.A. (1992), El movimiento obrero, Madrid, Anaya.
Topic 7
-Comellas, J.L. (2001), Los grandes imperios coloniales, Madrid: Rialp.
-Ferguson, N. (2003), El imperio británico: cómo Gran Bretaña forjó el mundo, Barcelona, Debate.
-Zorgbibe, Ch. (1997), Historia de las relaciones internacionales, Madrid: Alianza.
-Hobsbawm, E.J., Industria e Imperio, Barcelona, Ariel, 1988, 3ª ed.
Topic 8
-Carr, E.H. (1988), La revolución rusa, de Lenin a Stalin (1917-1929), Madrid, Alianza.
-Figes, O. (2000), Interpretar la revolución rusa: 1891-1924, la tragedia de un pueblo, Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva.
-Howard, M. (2004), La Primera Guerra Mundial, Barcelona, Crítica.
-Morrow, J.H. (2008), La Gran Guerra, Barcelona, Edhasa.
-Neiberg, M. (2006), La Gran Guerra: una historia global (1914-1918), Barcelona, Paidós.
Topic 9
-Cabrera, M. et al. (ed.) (1991), Europa en crisis, Madrid, Siglo XXI.
-Evans, R.J. (2007), El Tercer Reich en el poder (1933-1939), Barcelona, Península.
-Galbraith, J.K. (1989), El crac del 29, Barcelona, Ariel.
-Kindleberger, Ch.P. (1984), La crisis económica 1920-1939, Barcelona Crítica.
-Maier, Ch. (1991), La refundación de la Europa burguesa, Madrid, Ministerio de Trabajo y SS.
-Payne, S. (1995), Historia del fascismo, Barcelona, Planeta.
Topic 10
-Mazower, M., El imperio de Hitler. Ascenso y caída, Barcelona, Crítica, 2008
-Weinberg, G.L. Un mundo en armas. La Segunda Guerra Mundial, una visión de conjunto, Barcelona, Grijalbo, 1995.
-Williamson, M., La guerra que había que ganar, Barcelona, Crítica, 2007.
Specific competences
The student will be able to:
CE-1 Contextualize in historical terms the contemporary political, social, economic and cultural reality and current events and problems.
CE-2 Critically analyze complex social realities past and present in the contemporary world.
CE-3 Explain in historical terms the diversity of the current world, finding the fundamental traces of the contemporary world such as migratory movements, the ecological crisis, economic inequality, the coexistence of different cultures, etc.
CE-4 Compare in historical terms different historical and spatial realities, starting from the complexity and diversity that make up the evolutionary processes.
CE-5 Master the specific conceptual basis of the historical processes referred to the transit and scope of contemporaneity.
Transversal competences
The student will be able to:
CT-1 Locate and select critically the information required at the bibliography and historical sources level, as well as facer an adequate use of the digital resources, screening, ranking and organizing in an appropriate and critical way the available information and materials
CT-2 Autonomous learning.
CT-3 Elaborate in writing and orally present historical contents with the conceptual rigor and presentation formalities of historical science.
CT-4 Reason critically from a reflexive reading, both the events themselves and the available information -sources, monographs, exhibitions, etc.-.
CT-5 Organize and work as a team.
With the aim of facilitating and rationalizing the delivery of the subject, the following techniques will be used:
- Exhibition classes in which the explanation of the theoretical contents will be made. It is a classroom activity.
- Interactive classes in which the activities will be practical (text comments and viewing of historical films / documentaries) and related to the theoretical contents of the subject.
- Field practice (in collaboration with other teachers and students in the areas of Degree in Xeography and Territory Planning).
- Personalized tutorials: in order that the materials worked in the interactive classes are available to students in the predetermined times, they will have access to them through the virtual classroom of the subject (virtual USC).
The distribution of activities is indicated in the following table:
TYPE OF TEACHING TOTAL HOURS / MATTER:
Expository classes: 32 hours
Interactive classes: 16 hours
Custom tutorials: 2 hours
(see the comments section)
The evaluation will be continuous combined with final tests; It will have three parts:
- Personal and / or group work of mandatory delivery (40% of the final grade). Some or all of the delivery practices may be evaluated without prior notice.
- Written test (60% of the final grade).
- Attendance and participation (minimum 80% attendance to be examined). A field trip is awaited.
For the case of students with dispenses of assistance granted: the evaluation will not count the "participation in the classroom", but the students will have the obligation to develop the compulsory practical exercises and to carry out the official examination of the subject.
CRITERIA according to which the comments / works of the students will be rated:
1.- Level of mastery of the contents.
2.- Level of mastery of the general and specific historical terminology of the subject or period addressed.
3.- Ability to synthesize and prioritize the relevant aspects in the preparation of a topic.
4.- Capacity for critical analysis and interpretative reasoning.
5.- Capacity for relationship and / or comparison, as appropriate, when preparing a topic.
6.- The presentation and organization in general of the exercises.
7.- The level of mastery of the formal presentation techniques of the works.
8.- The uncritical use and without citing of material obtained from the network will be penalized.
Monitoring mechanisms:
- Comments of historical document
- Tutorials
- Participation in the classroom + attendance.
On the second opportunity, the student must attend in any case on the date, time and place set for the exam, although the casuistry can be varied depending on what each person needs to recover:
1. Completion of the theoretical part of the written test to recover 60% of the final grade and keeping the remaining 40% linked to the interactive classrooms and the grade obtained at the first opportunity.
2. Vice versa, completion of the practical part of the written test, trying to recover 40% of the qualification and maintaining for the remaining 60% the grades obtained at the first opportunity.
3. Completion of the total written test, the practical part and the theoretical part, trying to recover the whole grade of the subject (100%).
It depends on a broad set of factors inherent to students (reading ability, interest in the subject, enthusiasm for learning, etc.). Approximate evaluation of the study time:
32 classroom hours of expository classes in full group.
16 contact hours of interactive classes in a small group.
10 hours of preparation of the works and / or development of field practices, if any.
3 hours of mandatory personal tutoring.
4 hours evaluation.
85 hours of personal study.
TOTAL: 150 HOURS
It is essential that the students assimilate the philosophy and requirements of the continuous assessment system established by the new methodology of the EEES:
- Reading of culture magazines.
- Regular query of a historical dictionary.
- Consultation and reading of the recommended works.
- Consultation of cultural internet sites promoted by institutions of proven intellectual solvency.
Achieving the objectives set for this subject will facilitate good results in other later ones of the degree as obviously Contemporary History of Spain, but also others such as Geography of Digality, The European Union, etc.
Comments (course 2020/2021)
Given the lack of knowledge of the immediate future due to the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, classes and face-to-face evaluation could be altered and replaced by online teaching and evaluation combined with face-to-face (scenario 2) or exclusively online (scenario 3 ). In these circumstances, the evaluation system could be redefined depending on the circumstances, always obtaining continuous evaluation where the students will record their theoretical and practical knowledge, and with the possibility of continuing to have final tests. Through the Virtual Classroom of the matter, it will be ensured that the students have access to the documents that are worked on in the classes. All this will always be subject and adapted to the regulations and specific circumstances that occur.
Alfonso Iglesias Amorin
- Department
- History
- Area
- Contemporary History
- alfonso.iglesias [at] usc.es
- Category
- Xunta Post-doctoral Contract
Margarita Barral Martinez
Coordinador/a- Department
- History
- Area
- Contemporary History
- Phone
- 881812575
- margarita.barral [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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| 17:00-19:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 05 |
| 01.20.2021 09:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Library |
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