Provide students with the necessary tools to evaluate the evolution of the international system during the 20th century and critically analyze the main political, social, cultural, and economic trends that have occurred globally.
teacher profile teaching materials
Class 2. The International System on the Eve of the First World War
Class 3. The Postwar Period, the League of Nations, and Internationalism
Class 4. The 1930s: Fascism and Fascisms
Class 5. The Second World War: Deportations, Massacres, and the Shoah
Class 6. The Cold War Between History and Historiography. The Early Years (1945–47)
Class 7. The Cold War: The Formation of the Blocs and “Competitive Coexistence” (1947–63)
Class 8. The Cold War: Détente (1963–79)
Class 9. The Decolonization
Class 10. The End of the Cold War (1979–89)
Class 11. The 1990s: Unipolarism or Multipolarism? Unipolarism or Multilateralism?
Class 12. September 11 and Its Consequences: In the Middle East and Beyond
Class 13. The 2010s: The USA, the EU, and the BRICS. What International Order?
Class 14. The Trump Presidencies: A “Dark Age”?
Programme
Class 1. General Introduction to the Course. The Twentieth Century: A Short or a Long Century?Class 2. The International System on the Eve of the First World War
Class 3. The Postwar Period, the League of Nations, and Internationalism
Class 4. The 1930s: Fascism and Fascisms
Class 5. The Second World War: Deportations, Massacres, and the Shoah
Class 6. The Cold War Between History and Historiography. The Early Years (1945–47)
Class 7. The Cold War: The Formation of the Blocs and “Competitive Coexistence” (1947–63)
Class 8. The Cold War: Détente (1963–79)
Class 9. The Decolonization
Class 10. The End of the Cold War (1979–89)
Class 11. The 1990s: Unipolarism or Multipolarism? Unipolarism or Multilateralism?
Class 12. September 11 and Its Consequences: In the Middle East and Beyond
Class 13. The 2010s: The USA, the EU, and the BRICS. What International Order?
Class 14. The Trump Presidencies: A “Dark Age”?
Attendance
Attendance is not mandatory but is highly recommended.Type of evaluation
Oral exam on the course topics