Contemporary History
Code: 100006 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500240 Musicology | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2500240 Musicology | OT | 4 | 0 |
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 3 | 1 |
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 4 | 0 |
Errata
Basic Skills
B01 Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- RA065 Identifying the specific methods of History and its relationship with the analysis of particular facts.
- RA066 Identifying the context of the historical processes.
B02 Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- RA067 Using the specific interpretational and technical vocabulary of the discipline.
G02 Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- RA218 Using specialized knowledge acquired in an interdisciplinary context when debating.
E03 Contextualizing and analysing historical processes.
- E03.01 Mastering the diachronic structure of the past.
- E03.16 Interpreting material sources and the archaeological record.
- E03.17 Interpreting and analysing documentary sources.
- E03.21 Using proper working methods for the Late Modern History.
- E03.22 Identifying the social, economic and political structures of the contemporary world.
- E03.23 Recognising the historical processes that led to the contemporary society.
Contact
- Name:
- Ivan Bordetas Jimenez
- Email:
- Ivan.Bordetas@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Teachers
- Just Casas Soriano
- Miguel Angel del Rio Morillas
Prerequisites
Basis of Modern and Contemporary History does not require previous specific knowledge or requirements. However, it is advisable the knowledge of foreign languages and read general books about Modern and Contemporary History
Objectives and Contextualisation
The History Degree, where is contextualized Basis of Modern and Contemporary History, will allow access a basic knowledge of the main events and processes of change and continuity of Humanity in a diachronic perspective, from Prehistory to nowadays. The dimension of historical knowledge should be as wide as possible because contributes to develop the capacity to understand historical and cultural diversity. The History Degree will provide some first notions about the different thematic approaches of Historical science (social, political, economic, gender, ideological, cultural), as well as theory and methodology of History (debates and historiographical perspectives). This knowledge will be enhanced, obviously, in others courses.
In this framework, Basis of Modern and the Contemporary History means the last part, chronologically, of the History Degree. For this reason, the course shows a specific treatment of the themes and periods about Modern and Contemporary History.
Competences
- Musicology
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Communicating in your mother tongue or other language both in oral and written form by using specific terminology and techniques of Historiography.
- Contextualise historical processes and analyse them.
- Critically analyse the past, the nature of historical discourse and the social function of historical criteria.
- Developing historical analysis and synthesis skills.
- Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
- Identifying the context of the historical processes.
- Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
- Identifying the specific methods of history and their relationship with the analysis of particular facts.
- Interpret the plurality and heterogeneity of the cultural development of humanity.
- Organising and planning the search of historical information.
- Solving problems autonomously.
- Using the characteristic computing resources of the field of History.
- Working in teams respecting the other's points of view.
Content
1- Political change: from the French Revolution and its heirs to the creation of new states
2- Economic change: from the Industrial Revolution to the crack of 1929
3- Social change: from utopian socialism to the legacy of the Russian Revolution
4- Non-European world: imperialism and aftermaths
5- World in conflict: from fascism to the Cold War
6- Nowadays and future: Third World and Globalization
Methodology
-Theoretical classes: master classes with TAC support and debate.
-Tutorial: Concerted sessions about doubts and specific contents of the subject, problems and seminars.
-Guided learning exercises.
-Personal study: Integration of the knowledge. Realization of schemes, conceptual maps, summaries.
-Reading texts and audiovisual materials. Writing works. Bibliographic information search: Comprehensive texts reading. Reviews, summaries and analytical comments. Audiovisual materials analysis. Search strategies information. Selection of different materials.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lecture, presentation and explanation by the teacher, encouragement to participate in classrooms debates. Theoretical or practical works. | 60 | 2.4 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials. Personal interview with the student and orientation about practical works. | 15 | 0.6 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal works about bibliography | 75 | 3 |
Assessment
The evaluation of this course consists of these parts:
- Written work and written work or oral presentation, each of them with a value of 25% of the final grade of the course. The content of both may be recovered if the arithmetic mean of the three evaluation parts of the course is not 5 or more points. These will be retrieved in a final exam with all contents of the course.
- Written exam. The content will be explained the first day of the course and its value is 50% of the final grade of the course. The content of written exam may be recovered if the arithmetic mean of the three evaluation parts of the course is not 5 or more points. Written exam will be retrieved in a final exam with all contents of the course.
It will be "Not evaluable" if a student had delivered a percentage of evidence lower than 75% of the evaluation and if the arithmetic mean of the final grade of the course is lower 2 points.
The copy or plagiarism of written sources (internet, books, works, etc.) supposes a zero in the qualification of the exercise. If this dynamic is repetitive, the student will lose the subject.
The lack of attendance at classroom will have a negative impact on the arithmetic mean of the course, which will be established according to the teacher's criterion.
The review of written work, written work or oral presentation, and written exam, will take in the schedule and office established.
The retrieval consists in a final exam with all the contents of the course, if the arithmetic mean of the three evaluation activities of the course is not 5 or more. The student must present a percentage of evidence of learning not less to 75% and the arithmetic average of the final grade of the course must be equal or greater than 2 points. It only allows approve and, therefore, the note will be 5 points.
Calendar: Date will be establish by the Faculty. It is the responsibility of the teachers and students to knowledge of the date.
The teacher must schedule the final exam at least one week before the date of retrieval. Students must have had enough time to review the last evaluation before retrieval.
It is not allowed recovery exam to increase the grade of the course. The retrieval only allows approved (5) or fail.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Exams | 70% of the final grade of the course | 0 | 0 | 3, 11, 1, 2, 4, 7 |
| Written works | 30% | 0 | 0 | 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 7, 9, 10, 5, 13, 12 |
Bibliography
BASIC TEXTBOOKS
-BAYLY, C.A., El nacimiento del mundo moderno 1780-1914, Siglo XXI, Madrid, 2010.
-BRIGGS, A. i CLAVIN, P., Historia contemporánea de Europa 1789-1989, Crítica, Barcelona, 2000.
-FONTANA, J., El siglo de la revolución. Una historia del mundo desde 1914, Crítica, Barcelona, 2017.
-JUDT, T., Pensar el siglo XX, Taurus, Madrid, 2012.
-NASH, Mary, Mujeres en el mundo. Historia, retos y movimientos, Alianza, Madrid, 2004.
-VEIGA, F., El desequilibrio como orden. Una historia de la posguerra fría, 1990-2008, Alianza, Madrid, 2009.
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
-ARÓSTEGUI, J., BUCHRUCKER, C. i SABORIDO, J. (dir.), El mundo contemporáneo: Historia y problemas, Crítica, Barcelona, 2001.
-BADE, K. J., Europa en movimiento. Las migraciones desde finales del siglo XVIII hasta nuestros días, Crítica, Barcelona, 2003.
-BETHELL, L. (ed.), Historia de América Latina, Crítica, Barcelona, 1992.
-BOURKE, J., La Segona Guerra Mundial. Història de les víctimes, Empúries, Barcelona, 2003.
-BUSQUETS, A. (coord.), Claus per a entendre la Xina del segle XXI, UOC, 2009.
-CORM, G., La fractura imaginaria. Las falsas raíces del enfrentamiento entre Oriente y Occidente, Tusquets, Barcelona, 2008.
-DDAA, Estudios postcoloniales: ensayos fundamentales, Proyecto Editorial Traficantes de Sueños, 2008.
-EVANS, R. J., El III Reich en el poder, 1933-1939, Península, Barcelona, 2005.
-FRIEDEN, J. A., Capitalismo global. El trasfondo económico de la historia del siglo XX, Crítica, Barcelona, 2006.
-FONTANA, J., Por el bien del imperio. Una historia del mundo desde 1945, Pasado & Presente, Barcelona, 2011.
-GONZÁLEZ CALLEJA, Socialismos y comunismos. Claves históricas de dos movimientos políticos, Paraninfo, Madrid, 2017.
-GRIMAL, H., Historia de las descolonizaciones del siglo XX, Iepala, Madrid, 1989.
-HOBSBAWM, E., La Era del Imperio, Crítica, Barcelona, 1990.
-HOBSBAWM, E., Historia del Siglo XX, Crítica, Barcelona, 1995.
-JUDT, T., Postguerra. Una historia de Europa desde 1945, Taurus, Madrid, 2006.
-KRUGMAN, P., El internacionalismo "moderno". La economía internacional y las mentiras de la competitividad, Crítica, Barcelona, 1997.
-LEFFLER, M. P., La guerra después de la guerra. Estados Unidos, la Unión Soviética y la Guerra Fría, Crítica, Barcelona, 2008.
-MAHBUBANI, K., ¿Pueden pensar los asiáticos?, Siglo XXI, Madrid, 2006.
-MARTÍNEZ CARRERAS, J. U., Historia de la descolonización, 1919-1986: las independencias de Asia y África, Istmo, Madrid, 1987.
-MEYER, J., Rusia y sus imperios (1894-2005), Tusquets, Barcelona, 2007.
-OVERY, R., El camino hacia la guerra. La crisis de 1919-1939 y el inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Espasa, Madrid, 2009.
-PAXTON, R. O., Anatomía del fascismo, Península, Barcelona, 2004.
-PROCACCI, G., Historia general del siglo XX, Crítica, Barcelona, 2001.
-VAN DER WEE, H.; Prosperidad y crisis. Reconstrucción, crecimiento y cambio, 1945-1980, Crítica, Barcelona, 1986.
-VEIGA, F., DA CAL, E. U. i DUARTE, A., La paz simulada. Una historia de la Guerra Fría, 1941-1991, Alianza, Madrid, 1997.
-VIORST, M., Tormenta en Oriente Próximo. El choque entre el oriente musulmán y el occidente cristiano, Debate, Barcelona, 2006.
-ZAMORA RODRÍGUEZ, A., Ensayo sobre el subdesarrollo. Latinoamérica, 200 años después, Foca, Madrid, 2008.