Basic modules. History (“materia”: International Relations and International Law”).

-Provides minimal background for other modules.

-Offers the student a different point view from the Political Science, Law, Sociology and Economics ones, which are dominant in the degree.

Diplomats, international consultants, and the other careers pointed out in the degree report.

The module intends to offer an introduction to Modern History and to the evolution of the modern international system, from its inception until the First World War outbreak in 1914. The module will provide some Modern History foundations and will cover, among other topics, the origins of the modern international system, liberal revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars, the Concert of Europe, globalization, warfare and the military, imperialism and colonialism, the Bismarckian systems and the origins of the First World War.

Practice classes will consist in seminars where we will analyse historical sources related to the module’s contents. Students are expected to have read and reflected on seminar materials beforehand, and actively participate in the discussion.

CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CG1

CE2, CE3, CE4, CE5, CE6, CE13, CE17, CE18, CE19, CE20

• BAYLIS, John et al. (2016) (eds.): The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• BEST, Anthony et al. (2014): International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond. London-New York: Routledge.
• BUZAN, Barry and George LAWSON (2015): The Global Transformation. History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• CLARK, Christopher (2014): Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914. New York: Harper.
• KISSINGER, Henry (1994): Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• MALCHOW, Howard L. (2015): History and International Relations: From the Ancient World to the 21st Century. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
• MARTEL, Gordon (2007) (ed.): A Companion to International History, 1900-2001. Malden: Blackwell.
• MAZOWER, Mark (2012): Governing the World: The History of an Idea. London: Penguin.
• MCNEILL, J. R. and William H. MCNEILL (2003): The Human Web: A Bird’s-Eye View of World History. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
• OLSTEIN, Diego (2021): A Brief History of Now: The Past and Present of Global Power. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
• OSTERHAMMEL, Jürgen and Niels P. PETERSSSON (2009): Globalization. A Short History. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• WATSON, Adam (1992): The Evolution of the International Society. A Comparative Historical Analysis. London-New York: Routledge.

Grades will be delivered according to the Spanish system: 0-10; 5 or more = pass

Formal and content issues will be considered. Synthesis and analysis skills will be valued, as well as clarity, concision, correction and effective structure. Students will find more detailed criteria, adjusted to the different assessment instruments, in the module site at Studium

Final examination (70%)

Practice test (30%)

Attend all your contact hours and use the tutorials if necessary.

Use the bibliography; the lectures are intended to explain only the essentials.

Read and study all your compulsory materials. They are as important as the lectures’ contents.

Review all the module units for the final examination.

Attend the review of marks session.

The standards and requirements for both rounds are the same. The practical assignment will not be repeated for the second round.