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ArgumentThe course will discuss the major international issues that exerted a decisive influence on world politics from the second half of the fifties onwards. The year of 1956 serves as milestone, with talks focusing on three main subjects: the Cold War, the Decolonization process and the emerging European project.The programme will cover the following thematic sections: the Suez Crisis and its sequels in the Third World and the anti-colonial movements; the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its worldwide impact; the invasion of Hungary by the Warsaw Pact; the process leading to the birth of the EEC; the repercussions of such events in Portugal and its colonial dominions.The course brings together young researchers and established scholars in their fields and will have as keynote-speakers Martin Evans (University of Sussex) and Robert McNamara (University of Ulster).RegistrationRegistration is open on this link with a fee of 10&#8364;; however, it is free for New University of Lisbon students and IHC researchers.Students only have to register to be accepted. The registration will be open until the room capacity is filled.ProgrammeSee the programme below or download the PDF here.22nd SeptemberI.&#160;The Suez crisis and its effects in the third world and the anti-colonial movementsMorningSession moderated by Bruno Cardoso Reis (ICS)10h00-10h40 Opening Session"France and the Algerian War" - Martin Evans (University of Sussex)10h40-11h10 "The independence of Morocco and Spain&#8217;s last colonial conflict: the Ifni War" - Rui Aballe Vieira (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)11h10-12h40 DebateAfternoonSession moderated by Rui Lopes (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)14h30-15h00 "The Suez crisis and the twilight of empire" - Robert McNamara (University of Ulster)15h00-15h30 "The &#8220;Bandung effect&#8221; and the Western Colonial Powers" - Pedro Aires Oliveira e Lu&#237;s Pais Bernardo (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)15h45-16h15 "Nasser, Pan-Arabism and their reception in Sub-Saharan Africa" - M&#225;rio Machaqueiro (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)16h15-16h45 "Traject&#243;rias dos nacionalismos africanos lus&#243;fonos na d&#233;cada de 1950" - Augusto Nascimento (CH-FLUL)16h45-17h15 Debate23rd SeptemberII.&#160;The XX congress of the SPSU and its impact. The invasion of HungaryMorningSession moderated by&#160;Jos&#233; Manuel Lopes Cordeiro (UM-ICS)10h00-10h30 "O XX Congresso do PCUS" - Jos&#233; Pacheco Pereira10h30-11h00 "A URSS, a Hungria e a Pol&#243;nia" - Carlos Gaspar (IPRI-UNL)11h00-11h30 "O PCP e o XX Congresso do PCUS: repercuss&#245;es na Europa do Sul" - Jo&#227;o Madeira (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)11h30-12h00 DebateAfternoonIII. The process leading to the birth of the eec. The situation in portugalSession moderated by&#160;Maria In&#225;cia Rezola (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)14h00-14h30 "O ano de 1956 em Portugal" - Fernando Rosas (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)14h30-15h00 "A integra&#231;&#227;o europeia" - Ant&#243;nio Goucha Soares (GHES-ISEG)15h00-15h30 "A Democracia-Crist&#227;, a Social-Democracia e o projecto europeu" - Edmundo Alves (IHC-FCSH/NOVA)15h30-16h00 DebateYou may also download the course's poster here.