CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Disciplinary Sector:

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BORGHESI Aldo

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

- Manual knowledge of the Contemporary History program in force in secondary schools for the last year and possession of the relative skills and competences.
- Ability to place historical processes in the geographical space in which they take place.
The recovery of prerequisites can be made through the use of a manual adopted in the last year of secondary school, to be agreed with the teacher.
For effectiveness and synthesis we recommend: Silvio Paolucci, Giuseppina Signorini, La storia in tasca, edizione rossa, vol. V Il Novecento, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2014, ISBN 9788808736550.
The ability to correctly place historical phenomena in different geographical and geo-political contexts is expressly required. For this purpose, the aid of a valid historical atlas is considered indispensable. Recommended is:
- Zanichelli Historical Atlas / under the direction of Pierre Vidal-Naquet. - Bologna : Zanichelli (an edition as much as possible updated).
The historical atlases available in the reading room of the Humanities and Languages Library, as well as in other libraries of the University Library System (Social Sciences Antonio Pigliaru; History) can be freely used.

AF code:

40000442

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral examination.

The exam is divided into a first phase dedicated to the general part of the exam, starting from a theme chosen by the candidate, and an in-depth examination related to the history of Sardinia, didactics and texts read. Knowledge of general history is an essential condition for passing the exam.
The evaluation expressed on the short written paper is part of the overall final evaluation.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

- Critical university-level knowledge of the main thematic nodes related to world history (and in particular to the history of Italy) from the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st.
- Knowledge of the main features of the history of Sardinia in the 20th century.
- Knowledge of the main themes related to the didactics of History, particularly in relation to the Italian civil calendar.
- Mastery and relevant use of definitions and terminology specific to the historical disciplines.
- Elements of knowledge related to the use of different types of sources in historical research and teaching.

Contents

- Analysis of world history from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, with particular emphasis on the history of Italy. Emphasis will be placed on a number of specific themes such as:
- process of construction of the national state in Italy;
- causes, development and outcome of the First World War;
- Characters and evolution of totalitarianism;
- causes, development and outcome of the Second World War;
- the bipolar world;
- Italy from the economic miracle to the end of the first republican era (1992-1994).
- Essential outline of the history of Sardinia in the twentieth century;
- Monographic course (L10).

Recommended Bibliography

For L-10 students, Contemporary History is a one-year course.

The Examination Bibliography is as follows:

o 1. Institutional Part.
o Contemporary history : from 1815 to the present day / Francesco Barbagallo. - Rome : Carocci, 2016. - Third updated edition (the use of previous editions can be agreed with the teacher). - ISBN 9788843082728; (unabridged);
o Italy from the Great War to Liberation : 1915-1945 / Fiamma Lussana. - Rome : Carocci, 2009. - (Higher Studies ; 589). - ISBN 9788843052141; (unabridged);
o - Autobiography of a republic : the roots of present-day Italy / Guido Crainz. - Rome : Donzelli, [2009]. - ISBN 9788860363848 (integral).

o 2. History of contemporary Sardinia
o - History of Sardinia / Manlio Brigaglia, Attilio Mastino, Gian Giacomo Ortu. - Rome : Laterza, printing2002. - (Regional histories). - Volume V. The twentieth century. - ISBN 8842106836 ; (unabridged);
You can indifferently use also:
o - History of Sardinia / edited by Manlio Brigaglia, Attilio Mastino and Gian Giacomo Ortu. - Rome [etc.] : GLF editori Laterza, 2006. - (History and society). - Volume II. From the eighteenth century to the present. - ISBN 8842078387 (limited to the chapters corresponding to volume V).

o 3. Monographic course: The Political Right in Republican Italy
o The right wing in post-war Italy / Sandro Setta. - Rome \etc.! : Laterza, 1995 (new ed. 2001);
o Handouts and supplementary materials published in the e-learning platform.

o 4. Monographic readings chosen by the student

It is required to read, with the ability to critically synthesize, two monographs of one's choice: (see Other Information)

Non-attending students
o Students are required to read, with the ability to critically synthesize, the following essay: Fiamma LUSSANA., Memoria e memorie nel dibattito storiografico, in "Studi Storici", 2000, n. 4, pp. 1047-1081 (downloadable at the URL www.uniss.academia.edu/FiammaLussana )

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

- Online classes;
- Lessons in mixed mode (presence/online)
- Lectures;
- Lectures with the aid of audiovisual aids (presentation slides, images and cartography);
- Audiovisual projections (documents and fiction);
- Participation in seminars;
- Visits to archives and museums;
At the end of the course, a short written paper will be produced on topics to be discussed with the teacher.

Contacts/More Information

List of monographs from which to choose the text(s) to read:

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