Programme

The course aims to introduce language students to the main historical and analytical approaches to the history of international relations between the 19th and 21st centuries. More specifically, the course will review the main historical and theoretical debates about the evolution of the international system from the crisis of the Concert of Europe in the late 19th century until the formation, evolution, and crisis of the World Concert at the dawn of the 21st century.

Core Documentation

Anthony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze (eds), Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali (Torino: UTET, 2014)

J.W. Young and J. Kent, International Relations Since 1945: A Global History (OUP 2015, seconda edizione)

Type of evaluation

Online oral exams; video conference on Microsoft Teams.