CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in EDUCATIONAL AND PHILOSOPHY

Moduls:

STORIA D'ITALIA FRA LE DUE GUERRE

6 credits
STORIA DEL NOVECENTO

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Modulo 1: A basic knowledge of national and international history of Twentieth-century and of main issues of contemporary world.

Modulo 2: A basic knowledge of national and international history of Twentieth-century and of main issues of contemporary world.

AF code:

40009019

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Modulo 1: Final oral exam

Modulo 2: Final oral exam

Teaching period

Single Annual Cycle

Objectives

Modulo 1: The major aim of the course is to achieve a suitable knowledge and understanding of the historical events related to the two world wars through an analysis of social, cultural and political processes of contemporary world. As a result of the course, students are expected to improve their learning skills about the main historical issues of modern times and to increase their ability to point out proper connections between past and present.

Modulo 2: The major aim of the course is to achieve a suitable knowledge and understanding of the historical events related to the two world wars through an analysis of social, cultural and political processes of contemporary world. As a result of the course, students are expected to improve their learning skills about the main historical issues of modern times and to increase their ability to point out proper connections between past and present.

Contents

Modulo 1: The main purpose of this first module is focus the following topics: The Great War as “total” war; Crisis of the old european order; Nationalist ideologies; The Bolshevik Revolution in 1917; Italy between the two world wars; The crisis of italian liberal State; The fascist ideology; The fascist dictatorship.

Modulo 2: The main purpose of this second module is focus the following topics: Western democracies and the "Big Crash" of 1929-30; Totalitarianism in Europe: stalinism and national socialism; Fascist regime in Italy as an "imperfect totalitarianism"; the second world war; The concentration camps in Germany and Poland; Nazifascist massacres in Italy: memoirs; Antifascism and Resistence in Italy and Europe; World after the two world wars; The Cold War: periodization and questions.

Recommended Bibliography

Modulo 1: Primary Readings
1) BARBAGALLO F., Storia contemporanea. Dal 1815 a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2008, pp.117-182 (chapters 10-14 and chap. 15 until p. 182)
2) LUSSANA F., L’Italia dalla Grande Guerra alla Liberazione (1915-1945), Roma, Carocci, 2009, pp. 1-163 (chapters 1-3 and chap. 4, until p. 163)
NON ATTENDANT STUDENTS are requested to read the following essay:
- LUSSANA, F., Memoria e memorie nel dibattito storiografico, in “Studi Storici”, 2000, n. 4, pp. 1047-1081

Modulo 2:
Primary Readings
1) BARBAGALLO, F., Storia contemporanea. Dal 1815 a oggi, Carocci, Roma 2008, pp. 182-241 (end of chap. 15 and chapters 16-20)
2) LUSSANA, F., L’Italia dalla Grande Guerra alla Liberazione (1915-1945), Carocci, Roma 2009, pp. 163-282 (end of chap. 4 and chapters 5 and 6)
NON ATTENDANT STUDENTS are requested to read the following essay:
- Fiamma Lussana, Memoria e memorie nel dibattito storiografico, in “Studi
Storici”, 2000, n. 4, pp. 1047-1081

Teaching Methods

Modulo 1: ectures will be intermingled by collective discussions about specific topics of the course; tutorials will be introduced by the screening of movies or documentaries about the main subject of the course.

Modulo 2: Lectures will be intermingled by collective discussions about specific topics of the course; tutorials will be introduced by the screening of movies or documentaries about the main subject of the course.

Contacts/More Information

Modulo 1: - Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language (english, french) to incoming students;
- Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language:
Mack Smith, Denis, Modern Italy. A political history, New Haven, London, Yale University press, 1997 (chapters to agree with teacher);
- Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (english, spanish)

Modulo 2: 1) Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language (english spanish) to incoming students;
2) Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language:
- Hobsbawm, Eric J., Age of extremes. The short Twentieth century 1914-1991, New York, Pantheon Books, 1994 (chapters to agree with teacher)
- Ginsborg, Paul, A history of contemporary Italy. Society and politics 1943-1988, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 (chapters to agree with teacher)
3)Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (english, spanish).

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