Portugal and Trans-Atlantic Relations

Objectives

1. Consolidate knowledge of the historical and geographical framework of Portuguese Atlanticism.

2. Discussing the force lines of historical multisecular dynamics: Portugal Mainland and Portugal overseas.

3. Provide a historical perspective of Sino-American relations in the "long NINETEENTH century" (1776-1918), with particular attention to the role that the islands of the Azores has played in this context.

4. Shaping the evolution of the international systems and changing power relations in the Atlantic in the first half of the 20th century.

5. Characterize the strategic importance of the islands of the Azores as the border between the American and European hemispheres.

Program

1. The history and geography

1.1. Portugal as European Finistère

1.2. The Mediterranean and the Atlantic

1.3. The Portuguese overseas Dynamics: the "Phoenicia of Europe"

1.4. The Atlantic road and Imperial cycles

2. Portugal and the United States of America

2.1. Luso-americanas relations in the "long NINETEENTH century"

2.2. The Azorean emigration to the USA (1890-1910)

2.3. The Republican affinities in the second decade of the 20th century

2.4. World War I and the American naval base of Ponta Delgada

3. Atlantic borders of the "Western Hemisphere"

3.1. Naval power to air power

3.2. The progress of aviation and transatlantic relations

3.3. The Portuguese archipelagos as American Atlantic border

3.4. The bases and airports in the Azores as the American power projection

Teaching Methodologies

The sessions of the seminar will combine always theoretical and practical aspects, that is, opening interventions for teaching historical and conceptual framework of themes and critical debate, versed among the teacher and students of texts, documents and distributed and/or recommended bibliography on the topics under discussion. The space for the monitoring of students will be dedicated to the definition and orientation of the subjects of final reports that will be submitted in the framework of the seminar.

Bibliography

DOBSON, Alan. FDR and Civil Aviation. Flying Strong, Flying Free. New York, 2011

FERREIRA, José Medeiros. Os Açores na Política Internacional. Lisboa, 2011

KENNAN, George. American Diplomacy. Chicago: Chicago University Press, (60th edition), 2012

MAGALHÃES, José Calvet. “An Historical outline of Portuguese-American Relations”. Lisbon: Institute for Strategic and International Studies: 15-50

MESQUITA, Mário (coord. de). Potências Emergentes e Relações Transatlânticas. Lisboa, 2012

RODRIGUES, Luis Nuno et al (coord. de). Portugal e o Atlântico. 60 anos dos Acordos dos Açores. Lisboa: ISCTE-Centro de Estudos de História Contemporânea Portuguesa, 2005

RODRIGUES, Luis Nuno (coord. de). Franklin Roosevelt e os Açores nas duas Guerras Mundiais. Lisboa, 2008

SEXTON, Jay. The Monroe Doctrine. Empire and Nation in nineteenth-century America. New York: Farrar, 2011

TELO, António José. Os Açores e o domínio do Atlântico (1898-1948). Porto, 1993