Programme

Introduction: The Balkans and the European Turkey; Geography, people, economy and society; The Great Powers, the Balkans e the national awakening; The end of the Ottoman power and the nation building and state building; The new century, its development and the consequences on the South-east Europe: The Balkan Wars: the end of the Risorgimento phase and the start of a new political vision: nationalism and imperialism; The World War One and its consequences; Peace, war and the Balkans in the New Europe; New Borders, new states and new people also? The interwar years the first massive modernization in the Balkans; A new ruler: the Third Reich; crisis and war; The establishment of a communist rule in the Balkan countries: the birth of a new world? Between Stalin ad Tito; The Seventieth and the eighties: stabilization and stagnation; the fall of the communist regimes and the hard transition.

Core Documentation

1) Alberto Basciani, L'illusione della modernità. Il Sud-est dell'Europa tra le due guerre mondiali, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2016
2) R. Petri (a cura di), Balcani, Europa. Violenza, Politica, Memoria, Torino, Giappiachelli, 2017 3) Andrew B. Wachtel, Storia dei Balcani, Lecce, Salento Books, 2016.

for non-attending students:

1) Ben Fowekes, L'Europa orientale dal 1945 al 1970, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 2) Bulent Gokay, L'Europa orientale dal 1970 a oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005 .

Reference Bibliography

No additional readings provided.

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures with active participation of students and the intervention of specialists.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended.

Type of evaluation

Oral test

Programme

Introduction: The Balkans and the European Turkey; Geography, people, economy and society; The Great Powers, the Balkans e the national awakening; The end of the Ottoman power and the nation building and state building; The new century, its development and the consequences on the South-east Europe: The Balkan Wars: the end of the Risorgimento phase and the start of a new political vision: nationalism and imperialism; The World War One and its consequences; Peace, war and the Balkans in the New Europe; New Borders, new states and new people also? The interwar years the first massive modernization in the Balkans; A new ruler: the Third Reich; crisis and war; The establishment of a communist rule in the Balkan countries: the birth of a new world? Between Stalin ad Tito; The Seventieth and the eighties: stabilization and stagnation; the fall of the communist regimes and the hard transition.

Core Documentation

1) Alberto Basciani, L'illusione della modernità. Il Sud-est dell'Europa tra le due guerre mondiali, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2016
2) R. Petri (a cura di), Balcani, Europa. Violenza, Politica, Memoria, Torino, Giappiachelli, 2017 3) Andrew B. Wachtel, Storia dei Balcani, Lecce, Salento Books, 2016.

for non-attending students:

1) Ben Fowekes, L'Europa orientale dal 1945 al 1970, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 2) Bulent Gokay, L'Europa orientale dal 1970 a oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005 .

Reference Bibliography

No additional readings provided.

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures with active participation of students and the intervention of specialists.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended.

Type of evaluation

Oral test

Programme

Introduction: The Balkans and the European Turkey; Geography, people, economy and society; The Great Powers, the Balkans e the national awakening; The end of the Ottoman power and the nation building and state building; The new century, its development and the consequences on the South-east Europe: The Balkan Wars: the end of the Risorgimento phase and the start of a new political vision: nationalism and imperialism; The World War One and its consequences; Peace, war and the Balkans in the New Europe; New Borders, new states and new people also? The interwar years the first massive modernization in the Balkans; A new ruler: the Third Reich; crisis and war; The establishment of a communist rule in the Balkan countries: the birth of a new world? Between Stalin ad Tito; The Seventieth and the eighties: stabilization and stagnation; the fall of the communist regimes and the hard transition.

Core Documentation

1) Alberto Basciani, L'illusione della modernità. Il Sud-est dell'Europa tra le due guerre mondiali, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2016
2) R. Petri (a cura di), Balcani, Europa. Violenza, Politica, Memoria, Torino, Giappiachelli, 2017 3) Andrew B. Wachtel, Storia dei Balcani, Lecce, Salento Books, 2016.

for non-attending students:

1) Ben Fowekes, L'Europa orientale dal 1945 al 1970, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 2) Bulent Gokay, L'Europa orientale dal 1970 a oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005 .

Reference Bibliography

No additional readings provided.

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures with active participation of students and the intervention of specialists.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended.

Type of evaluation

Oral test