Ana Paula Ribeiro Ferreira Menino Avelar

Orientalism
Empire
Colonial Studies
Culture

-Perception of epistemological concepts used by colonial studies and orientalism;
- Analysis of the evolution of the european empires as multi-colonial approches (16th-19th centuries);
- Question the cultural dialogues as imperial strategies;
- Research orientalism through the centuries; 
-Summarize the evolution of the Portuguese empire and expressions of orientalism in Portugal.

This curricular unit approaches 5 topics:
- colonial studies and the concept of Orientalism; 
- evolution of European empires as multi-colonial approaches (16th-19th centuries);
- cultural dialogues as imperial strategies;
- orientalism through the centuries; 
- evolution of the Portuguese empire and expressions of orientalism in Portugal.

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Avelar, Ana Paula, Representações de um Mundo Novo no Portugal de Quinhentos, Chamusca, Cosmos, 2011.
Bethencourt, Francisco e Diogo Ramada Curto(dir.), A Expansão Marítima Portuguesa, Lisboa ; Edições 70, 2010.
Bethencourt, Francisco e Kirti Chaudhuri, História da Expansão Portuguesa, vol 1, Lisboa, Círculo dos Leitores, 1998.
Gruzinski, Serge, L’Aigle et le Dragon-Démesure européenne et Mondalisation au XVIe siècle, Paris, Fayard, 2012.
Macfie, A.L. Orientalism-A reader, Edinburg, Edinburg University Press, 2000.
Parker, Charles H, Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age, 1400-1800, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Said, Edward W. , Orientalism, Pantheon Books, 1978.
Said, Edward W., Culture and Imperialism, Chatto and Windus, 1993.

E-learning

Evaluation is made on individual basis and it involves the coexistence of two modes: continuous assessment (60%) and final evaluation (40%). Further information is detailed in the Learning Agreement of the course unit.