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 latinoamericani (1971-1976)", Roma, Carocci, 2020, € 26,00

Reference Bibliography

- M. Flores, Il secolo-mondo. Storia del Novecento, il Mulino, Bologna 2002 - E. Hobsbawm, Il secolo breve (1914-1991), Rizzoli, Milano 1997 - P. Viola, Il Novecento, vol. IV della Storia moderna e contemporanea, Einaudi, Torino 2000 - P. Ginsborg, Storia d’Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi 1943-1988, Einaudi, Torino 1989 - S. Lanaro, Storia dell’Italia repubblicana. Dalla fine della guerra agli anni novanta, Marsilio, Venezia 1992 - P. Burke, a cura di, La storiografia contemporanea, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2001 - P. Corrao e P. Viola, Introduzione agli studi di storia, Donzelli, Roma 2002 - A. Giovagnoli, Storia e globalizzazione, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2003 - G. De Luna, La passione e la ragione. Il mestiere dello storico contemporaneo, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2004

Attendance

Attendance is recommended, but not compulsory

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.

Programme

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.

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.

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

Reference Bibliography

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp. E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Attendance

Attendance not obligatory but recommended

Type of evaluation

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

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 latinoamericani (1971-1976)", Roma, Carocci, 2020, € 26,00

Reference Bibliography

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp. E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Attendance

Attendance is recommended, but not compulsory

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.

Programme

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.

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.

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

Reference Bibliography

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp. E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Attendance

Attendance not obligatory but recommended

Type of evaluation

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

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 latinoamericani (1971-1976)", Roma, Carocci, 2020, € 26,00

Reference Bibliography

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp. E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Attendance

Attendance is recommended, but not compulsory

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.

Programme

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.

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.

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

Reference Bibliography

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp. E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Attendance

Attendance not obligatory but recommended

Type of evaluation

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

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 latinoamericani (1971-1976)", Roma, Carocci, 2020, € 26,00

Reference Bibliography

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp. E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Attendance

Attendance is recommended, but not compulsory

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.

Programme

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.

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.

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

Reference Bibliography

F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015, € 30,50, 466 pp. E. Gentile, Le origini dell’età contemporanea. L’età giolittiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003, € 20,00, 300 pp.

Attendance

Attendance not obligatory but recommended

Type of evaluation

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