The course aims to offer a general overview of the main aspects of the contemporary world, with special regard to Italy and Europe. The course will underline the cultural history and especially the history of racism and the integration issues and challenges, relating to people coming from different cultures and religions. In line with the general goals of the CdS, the course will deepen the dynamics of inclusion/exclusion in Italy and Europe.
Knowledge and understanding
- Understand the main aspects of the contemporary history
- Understand and be able to use the categories of the contemporary history
Applying knowledge and understanding
- Understand the socio-economic and cultural dynamics of the contemporary history
- Understand the importance of the cultural history in the contemporary world
Making judgements
- Be able to link Italian history to global history
- Be able to use historical knowledge to understand contemporary events
Communication skills
- Be able to describe the historical issues discussed during the course
Learning skills
- Be able to use the historiographical tools in an analysis of the contemporary society.
Knowledge and understanding
- Understand the main aspects of the contemporary history
- Understand and be able to use the categories of the contemporary history
Applying knowledge and understanding
- Understand the socio-economic and cultural dynamics of the contemporary history
- Understand the importance of the cultural history in the contemporary world
Making judgements
- Be able to link Italian history to global history
- Be able to use historical knowledge to understand contemporary events
Communication skills
- Be able to describe the historical issues discussed during the course
Learning skills
- Be able to use the historiographical tools in an analysis of the contemporary society.
Canali
teacher profile teaching materials
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier-Mondadori, 2017 (some chapters)
V. De Cesaris-M. Impagliazzo (a cura di), L’immigrazione in Italia da Jerry Masslo a oggi, Guerini e associati, 2020
Non-attending students
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier-Mondador (full)
V. De Cesaris-M. Impagliazzo (a cura di), L’immigrazione in Italia da Jerry Masslo a oggi, Guerini e associati, 2020
Programme
The course examines the fundamental moments and aspects in contemporary 19th and 20th century history, starting with the revolutionary risings of 1948 and the formation of the European nation states, up to recent events. Special attention will be given to World History and to framing events in a global perspective. The topics of minorities and international migrations in our age, particularly to and from Italy, will be the focus of specific in-depth analysis.Core Documentation
Attending studentsLucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier-Mondadori, 2017 (some chapters)
V. De Cesaris-M. Impagliazzo (a cura di), L’immigrazione in Italia da Jerry Masslo a oggi, Guerini e associati, 2020
Non-attending students
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier-Mondador (full)
V. De Cesaris-M. Impagliazzo (a cura di), L’immigrazione in Italia da Jerry Masslo a oggi, Guerini e associati, 2020
Type of evaluation
written exam teacher profile teaching materials
The course also develops thematic paths that allow to enhance the role of the sources (archival, written, oral, audio-visual, online) in "making history".
The monographic course developes paths concerns the history of childhood through the conflicts of the twentieth century, up to the wars of our time, the "child soldiers" and migrant children.
The thematic in-depth text is the following: Bruno Maida, L’infanzia nelle guerre del Novecento, Turin, Einaudi, 2017.
Programme
The course includes a manual section, which aims to offer an exhaustive picture of the political-institutional, socio-economic and communicative-media transformations in the historical processes that have marked the last two centuries, between 1848 and the present time, with attention to the roots of modernity in the nineteenth century and to the challenges of the twenty-first century. It moves from Italy with a transnational history approach, in the European and Mediterranean, Atlantic and intercontinental areas, enhancing global interactions and interdependencies; first of all through attention to the phenomena of the secular emigration of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the recent immigration to Italy and Europe.The course also develops thematic paths that allow to enhance the role of the sources (archival, written, oral, audio-visual, online) in "making history".
The monographic course developes paths concerns the history of childhood through the conflicts of the twentieth century, up to the wars of our time, the "child soldiers" and migrant children.
Core Documentation
The course focuses on the manual volume of Maurizio Ridolfi, Storia della politica. Italia e Italiani in prospettiva transnazionale nei secoli XIX-XXI, Milano, Pearson, 2020 [ISBN: 9788891913654]. Storia della politica - Digital Edition [ISBN: 9788891913661], MyLab - student access.The thematic in-depth text is the following: Bruno Maida, L’infanzia nelle guerre del Novecento, Turin, Einaudi, 2017.
Type of delivery of the course
Methods of performance The course combines frontal lessons with seminar activities, focused on the use and enhancement of historical work through sources: written texts and oral testimonies, photographs and images, audio-visual documents. Please Note: In the case of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions that regulate the methods of carrying out the teaching activities will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will apply: a mixed course, which integrates distance lessons with the preparation of teaching materials on the moodle platform (video lessons, podcasts, commented slides), with interactions through discussion forums.Type of evaluation
An intermediate self-assessment test is foreseen in learning the course program. The exam is written, with five "open" questions based on the manual and the thematic study volume. Please note. In the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions governing the assessment methods will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will apply: the oral exam on the Teams platform.