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Course: 2025/2026

Contemporary history of Spain
(17696)
Bachelor in History and Politics (Study Plan 2018) (Plan: 394 - Estudio: 352)


Coordinating teacher: RUIZ FRANCO, MARIA DEL ROSARIO

Department assigned to the subject: Humanities: History, Geography and Art Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Learning Outcomes
K1: Identify the key historical processes of history, from Antiquity to globalization, recognizing their political and social implications K2: To know the historical evolution of political institutions, from Antiquity to the present day, identifying their impact on government systems K5: Describe the actors, institutions, and processes that shape international relations, explaining their influence on the global landscape K6: To compare historical economic systems, relating them to their socio-political context from Antiquity to the present day K7: Relate social movements and struggles for civil rights to changes in social structures throughout history and analyze changes in cultural expressions (art, literature, religion) and their link to historical and political processes S1: Build solid historical and political arguments from a rigorous documentary base S2: Apply logical and creative thinking in solving complex historiographical and political problems S3: Experiment with research methodologies, simulating historical or political situations relevant to their analysis S5: Demonstrate academic writing skills by crafting essays and articles based on original research S7: Compose interdisciplinary research projects, integrating economic, sociological and cultural perspectives S8: Creating innovative approaches to address historical and political problems C1: Have critical and analytical skills evaluating historical sources and political texts to interpret their relevance in real contexts C2: Solve complex problems by adapting historical and political knowledge to propose effective solutions in contemporary situations C3: Actively participate in interdisciplinary projects to analyze historical and political phenomena from multiple perspectives C4: Demonstrate the ability to integrate theoretical knowledge into practical scenarios such as public policy analysis or historical-cultural projects C5: Develop skills to convey clear and grounded ideas about history and politics, orally and in writing
Description of contents: programme
PART 1: THE FORMATION OF LIBERAL SPAIN (1808-1874) 1. Crisis of the Old Regime and liberal revolution. 2. Political instability and social change. 3. The slow penetration of capitalism PART 2. THE RESTORATION PERIOD (1875-1931) 4. The Canovas¿ Restoration. General features. 5. Economic, social and cultural outlook of Spain between 1900 and 1930. 6. The war of Cuba and "regenerationism". 7. Political crisis of the Restoration system. The opposition to the system: socialism, anarchism, nationalism. 8. The war in Africa and the military question. 9. The Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1930) PART 3. THE CRISIS OF THE THIRTIES (1931-1939) 10. The arrival of the Second Republic. The reformist biennium (1931-1933). 11. The Radical-CEDA biennium. The center-right in power (1933-1936). 12. The elections of 1936 and the military uprising. 13. The Spanish Civil War: causes, stages and development. 14. Evolution of the sides in conflict. Republican Spain and insurgent Spain. PART 4: FRANCO'S SPAIN (1939-1975) 15. The postwar period and the repression. The first Francoism: from national-syndicalism to national-Catholicism (1939-1959). 16. The dictatorship, from its heyday to its decline (1959-1975). Economic, social and political transformations. The opposition groups. 17. Approach to the figure of Francisco Franco.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Calendar of Continuous assessment


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The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.