20702626 - Contemporary Hystory

The course of Contemporary History is part of the basic educational activities of the historical disciplines of the Degree Course in DAMS. The Degree Course aims to offer a wide humanistic education, accompanied by methodological, critical and professional tools related to the fields of theater, cinema, television, digital media, music, dance and figurative arts. The Degree Course also develops useful skills in the field of organizing cultural events and live entertainment, cinema and audiovisual. As part of this educational path, teaching aims: to introduce students to the scientific and methodological foundations of contemporary history; to deepen the main historical formation processes of the contemporary age; to develop a critical attitude in the analysis and interpretation of historical sources; to give students an adequate lexical and conceptual heritage. The course aims to provide historical knowledge and skills aimed at developing contextualization skills, communication skills and independent judgment consistent with the educational objectives of the Course.

Curriculum

Canali

Mutuazione: 20702626 STORIA CONTEMPORANEA in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 (docente da definire)

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Mutuazione: 20702626 STORIA CONTEMPORANEA in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 M - Z SCORNAJENGHI ANTONIO

Programme

The main lines of the contemporary age from the mid-1800s to the early 1990s.
The module aims to tackle, with a reading of the long run, the most important issues of contemporary history from the mid-1800s to the beginning of the 1990s.
Attention will be devoted to the different political systems with a focus on the early twentieth century in Italy.


Core Documentation

A university textbook. It's raccomended:

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp.

Monograph:

E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Type of delivery of the course

The course includes lectures and discussions in presence with students.

Type of evaluation

Open-ended questions, but bound by a limited number of lines.

Canali

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Programme

The course analyses the major processes and principles of contemporary history. It introduces the method of historical research and the use of new sources. Afterwards, the attention will be focused on the history of Human Rights.
The first part of the course (6 hours) is devoted to the introduction of the meaning of historical knowledge, the public use of history, the value of social memory and periodizations. The second part of the course (6 hours) outlines the historical changes that lead to the contemporary age: the creation of the nation-state, industrial revolutions, social structure, "globalization". The third part of the course (22 hours) focuses on the history of: the laboratory of contemporary age (1870-1914), the age of catastrophe (1914-1945), the golden age of capitalism (1945- 1968) and the age of transition (1968-1991). The final part of the course (6 hours) will be focused on the history of Human Rights.


Core Documentation

- A university textbook of contemporary history, it is suggested:

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp.

- Reading monographic text:

G. Monina, "Diritti umani e diritti dei popoli. Il Tribunale Russel II e i regimi militari latinomamericani (1971-1976)", Roma, Carocci, 2020, € 26,00


Type of delivery of the course

The course will be held in the traditional way or modality of frontal lessons. During the lessons the students are asked to compare the treated topic with their own personal experience.

Type of evaluation

The written test regards the main topics covered in the textbooks. The written includes questions with free answers, but with an upper bound on the number of lines, in order to verify the knowledge, competence and critical autonomy. The available time for the test is 1,5 hour. In general it includes 5 questions, each of which will allow you to choose between two topics: 1. The definition of a historical concept/category (5 lines max) 2. The description of a historical event (15 lines max) 3. The presentation of the main characteristics of a historical process (20 lines max) 4. The critical argument of a historical phenomenon (20 lines max) 5. The question about the reading book or alternative activity (15 lines max)

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The main lines of the contemporary age from the mid-1800s to the early 1990s.
The module aims to tackle, with a reading of the long run, the most important issues of contemporary history from the mid-1800s to the beginning of the 1990s.
Attention will be devoted to the different political systems with a focus on the early twentieth century in Italy.


Core Documentation

A university textbook. It's raccomended:

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp.

Monograph:

E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Type of delivery of the course

The course includes lectures and discussions in presence with students.

Type of evaluation

Open-ended questions, but bound by a limited number of lines.

Canali

Mutuazione: 20702626 STORIA CONTEMPORANEA in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 (docente da definire)

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20702626 STORIA CONTEMPORANEA in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 M - Z SCORNAJENGHI ANTONIO

Programme

The main lines of the contemporary age from the mid-1800s to the early 1990s.
The module aims to tackle, with a reading of the long run, the most important issues of contemporary history from the mid-1800s to the beginning of the 1990s.
Attention will be devoted to the different political systems with a focus on the early twentieth century in Italy.


Core Documentation

A university textbook. It's raccomended:

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp.

Monograph:

E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Type of delivery of the course

The course includes lectures and discussions in presence with students.

Type of evaluation

Open-ended questions, but bound by a limited number of lines.