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.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
To this aim the course will be divided into four main teaching units
*introduciton to the main analytical and historiographical appaoches in International History
*1814/5 – 1945: the international system from the Concert of Europe and the balance of power to the notion of collective security and the League of Nations
*1945 – 1989: the international system from the attepts to establish a collective security system through the creation of the UN until its paralysis and the formation of a 'World Concert' based on the logic of the bipolar 'balance of terror' until the crisis of the Soviet bloc
*1989-2024: the efforts to create a new liberal international order and their failures until the return of great power competition
Anthony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze (eds), Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali (Torino: UTET, 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)
Luciano Monzali, Federico Imperato, Rosario Milano, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali (1919-2021). Tra Stati nazionali, potenze continentali e organizzazioni sovranazionali (Mondadori, 2022)
Students are adviced to use a Historical Atlas alongside theier chosen textbook.
Programme
The course will aim to introduce students to the main theoretical approaches and historiographical debates in the discipline of International History between the 19th and 21st centuries with a specific focus on the nature and evolution of the international system from the Concert of Europe to the origins, evolution, and crisis of the 'World Concert' and the return of multipolarity and great power competition.To this aim the course will be divided into four main teaching units
*introduciton to the main analytical and historiographical appaoches in International History
*1814/5 – 1945: the international system from the Concert of Europe and the balance of power to the notion of collective security and the League of Nations
*1945 – 1989: the international system from the attepts to establish a collective security system through the creation of the UN until its paralysis and the formation of a 'World Concert' based on the logic of the bipolar 'balance of terror' until the crisis of the Soviet bloc
*1989-2024: the efforts to create a new liberal international order and their failures until the return of great power competition
Core Documentation
Students can choose one textbook from the following list:Anthony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze (eds), Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali (Torino: UTET, 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)
Luciano Monzali, Federico Imperato, Rosario Milano, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali (1919-2021). Tra Stati nazionali, potenze continentali e organizzazioni sovranazionali (Mondadori, 2022)
Students are adviced to use a Historical Atlas alongside theier chosen textbook.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalAttendance
It is highly recommended participation to all lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
Written or oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
To this aim the course will be divided into four main teaching units
*introduciton to the main analytical and historiographical appaoches in International History
*1814/5 – 1945: the international system from the Concert of Europe and the balance of power to the notion of collective security and the League of Nations
*1945 – 1989: the international system from the attepts to establish a collective security system through the creation of the UN until its paralysis and the formation of a 'World Concert' based on the logic of the bipolar 'balance of terror' until the crisis of the Soviet bloc
*1989-2024: the efforts to create a new liberal international order and their failures until the return of great power competition
Anthony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze (eds), Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali (Torino: UTET, 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)
Luciano Monzali, Federico Imperato, Rosario Milano, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali (1919-2021). Tra Stati nazionali, potenze continentali e organizzazioni sovranazionali (Mondadori, 2022)
Students are adviced to use a Historical Atlas alongside theier chosen textbook.
Programme
The course will aim to introduce students to the main theoretical approaches and historiographical debates in the discipline of International History between the 19th and 21st centuries with a specific focus on the nature and evolution of the international system from the Concert of Europe to the origins, evolution, and crisis of the 'World Concert' and the return of multipolarity and great power competition.To this aim the course will be divided into four main teaching units
*introduciton to the main analytical and historiographical appaoches in International History
*1814/5 – 1945: the international system from the Concert of Europe and the balance of power to the notion of collective security and the League of Nations
*1945 – 1989: the international system from the attepts to establish a collective security system through the creation of the UN until its paralysis and the formation of a 'World Concert' based on the logic of the bipolar 'balance of terror' until the crisis of the Soviet bloc
*1989-2024: the efforts to create a new liberal international order and their failures until the return of great power competition
Core Documentation
Students can choose one textbook from the following list:Anthony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimaki, Joseph A. Maiolo, Kirsten E. Schulze (eds), Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali (Torino: UTET, 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)
Luciano Monzali, Federico Imperato, Rosario Milano, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali (1919-2021). Tra Stati nazionali, potenze continentali e organizzazioni sovranazionali (Mondadori, 2022)
Students are adviced to use a Historical Atlas alongside theier chosen textbook.
Type of delivery of the course
TraditionalAttendance
It is highly recommended participation to all lectures and seminarsType of evaluation
Written or oral examination