Programme

The Risorgimento seen by foreigners
Inside a general framework of events and debates related to the history of the Risorgimento,, the course intends to deepen the positions that foreigners took towards the events of the Risorgimento, conveyed both by journeys to Italy, and by diplomatic relations, and by the testimonies of the exiles who found hospitality in several European and American countries especially between 1820 and 1860. The aim is to understand also what influence foreigners' attitudes and their active participation had on Italian events.
Ample space will be given to reading and commenting on essays and documents, to start the students with a critical approach to literature and sources.

Core Documentation

1) Dossier of documents provided from the teacher (download from website Moodle).
2) MARIO BELARDINELLI, Il Risorgimento e la realizzazione della comunità nazionale, Roma, edizioni Studium, 2011.
3) Il Risorgimento visto dagli altri, a cura di MATILDE DILLON - GIULIO FERRONI, Roma, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 2013 (Temi e testi, 117), pp. 1-319.

Attending students will be given further information during the lessons.

Type of delivery of the course

We will try to give students the ability to search, read and critically interpret historical sources and to deepen their knowledge by reading related historical essays, in order to provide them with methodological skills to independently develop their own research paths. There will therefore be lectures in methodological cutting and practical exercises in researching sources, discussing historiography and using tools and subsidies, including audio visual ones. Attending students will be invited to present the results of their research in class.

Attendance

Frequency is not mandatory, but highly recommended because it allows students to deep more about the subject, participating in seminar activities.

Type of evaluation

During the lessons there will be methods to assess the profit through the interaction between teacher and students and the elaboration and presentation in class of a paper. The final exam will be oral and will focus on three questions. For attending students one of these will be replaced by a discussion on the results of the research done during the course. For all the exam is aimed at ascertaining the skills acquired, the ability to interpret and contextualize the sources and the historiographical debates contained in the examination texts and to know how to critically process them through personal and original considerations.