Sumários
Reforming the Empire?
6 Outubro 2026, 11:00 • Gonçalo Rocha Gonçalves
Topics: From the struggles for independence in Southeast Asia in the late 1940s to Portuguese decolonization in the mid-1970s: global resistance against European imperial rule. Was the end of Europeans empires an inevitability? Was it just nationalist opposition to imperialism? How did European Elites and governments conceive of their Empires? How did colonial subjects and anticolonial movements adjusted to the end of the IIWW and the beginning of Cold War? Text: Bayly, C. A. “Peripheral Conflicts and the end of Old Regimes, c.1945-1955”, in C. A. Bayly, Remaking the Modern World 1900-2015: Global connections and comparisons. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, pp.118-138. Film: “The Battle of Algiers” (Gillo Pontecorvo,1966) (La Batalla de Argel - Sub Esp Eng - The Battle of Algiers - 1966 - HD)
Reforming the Empire?
6 Outubro 2026, 09:30 • Gonçalo Rocha Gonçalves
Topics: From the struggles for independence in Southeast Asia in the late 1940s to Portuguese decolonization in the mid-1970s: global resistance against European imperial rule. Was the end of Europeans empires an inevitability? Was it just nationalist opposition to imperialism? How did European Elites and governments conceive of their Empires? How did colonial subjects and anticolonial movements adjusted to the end of the IIWW and the beginning of Cold War? Text: Bayly, C. A. “Peripheral Conflicts and the end of Old Regimes, c.1945-1955”, in C. A. Bayly, Remaking the Modern World 1900-2015: Global connections and comparisons. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, pp.118-138. Film: “The Battle of Algiers” (Gillo Pontecorvo,1966) (La Batalla de Argel - Sub Esp Eng - The Battle of Algiers - 1966 - HD)
A Divided Europe
29 Setembro 2026, 11:00 • Gonçalo Rocha Gonçalves
The formation of a new type of confrontation in Europe: between Communism and capitalism; between the USA and the URSS. The status of Communism in Western Europe. The Sovietization of Eastern Europe. The Question of Germany. Bipolarization of multilateral defence alliances. Cold War and the reconstruction of Europe.
A Divided Europe
29 Setembro 2026, 09:30 • Gonçalo Rocha Gonçalves
The formation of a new type of confrontation in Europe: between Communism and capitalism; between the USA and the URSS. The status of Communism in Western Europe. The Sovietization of Eastern Europe. The Question of Germany. Bipolarization of multilateral defence alliances. Cold War and the reconstruction of Europe.
War’s Legacy and the Reconstruction
22 Setembro 2026, 11:00 • Gonçalo Rocha Gonçalves
Europe in the aftermath of Second World War: material and human destruction, shattered political legitimacy. War trauma and its consequences. The question of displaced persons: ethnic cleansing and population transfers. The redrawing of Europe’s political map. The emergence of the state: social and economic planning. European reconstruction as a collective project.