The course is based on a multidisciplinary approach. It combines elements of History of International Relations and national history. The objective is to provide students with the understanding of the origins of the interaction between national and global dynamics in Spain, Greece, Portugal, the former Yugoslavia and Turkey during and after the Cold War. In order to reach this goal, we will start analyzing the internal balance of power of these countries along the entire period of the Cold War, in order to understand the origin and the role of the present-day actors in these countries.

By the end of the course students will be able to understand both the origin of the current balance of power in Southern and South-Eastern Europe and the different role played by political actors in this region. Students will be able to make use of the course contents for research and professional purposes. In detail, they will learn how to collect primary sources and how to critically engaged with secondary bibliography relevant to the study of Southern and South-Eastern European dynamics. The course will use a critical approach to the sources and will engage with critical discussion in class. In order to increase their communication skills, students will be asked to contribute to the debate held in class, to present collective works along the entire period of the course and to expose them in class. By doing so, they will learn to be reactive to the challenge posed by the audience.

The course will be divided into two parts. The first one will be focused on the study the history of the major southern european countries such as Spain, Greece and Portugal since the establishment of the authoritarian regimes till their democratization and current role in the international scenario. In the second part South and south-eastern dynamics will be analyzed ......

Articles and books chapters will be provided by the instructors at the beginning of the course

Traditional lectures, team works and book discussions in class and reviews on some specific issues

The students will be evaluated for their teamwork oral presentation in class (35%); written individual essays or document analysis (35%) and oral exam at the end of the course on the entire programme (30%).

The assignment criteria for the thesis is to obtain at least 28 out of 30 as final mark. Participation in the debate held in class will be an added value to show the interest raised by subject.