The course History of International Relations (Introductive Module) falls within the domain of Core learning activities of the Degree Course in Languages and Cultural-Linguistic Mediation. These activities are labeled “Sectorial Languages, advanced language skills, and linguistic mediation from and to the studied languages”. They are specifically related the activities aiming at providing basic and introductive tools in the social-political and historical context/ Thee 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. Students who have successfully passed the course will have acquired a basic knowledge of the major analytical and historiographical approaches in the discipline of international relations between the 19th and 21st centuries.
teacher profile teaching materials
Anthony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze (eds), International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Routledge 2014)
Alfredo Breccia, Storia e diplomazia. Le costanti della politica internazionale: sicurezza ed equilibrio (Nuova Cultura 2021)
J.W. Young and J. Kent, International Relations Since 1945: A Global History (OUP 2015, seconda edizione)
Students are advised to prepare for the exam also through the study of a Historical Atlas
Mutuazione: 20710720 STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI (CONFLITTI, DIPLOMAZIA E MEDIAZIONE) in Lingue e mediazione linguistico-culturale L-12 RATTI LUCA
Programme
The course aims to introduce undergraduate students in languages and communication and languages and cultures 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. Particular emphasis will be placed on the dynamics of the bipolar system during the Cold War and to the endeavours to establish a new international order after the end of the East-West division until the re-emergence of a sustained competition among great powers.Core Documentation
One among the following textbooks:Anthony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze (eds), International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Routledge 2014)
Alfredo Breccia, Storia e diplomazia. Le costanti della politica internazionale: sicurezza ed equilibrio (Nuova Cultura 2021)
J.W. Young and J. Kent, International Relations Since 1945: A Global History (OUP 2015, seconda edizione)
Students are advised to prepare for the exam also through the study of a Historical Atlas
Type of evaluation
Written and Oral examination