Sommario
Contemporary History (12 credits)
Professor Agostino Giovagnoli
Contemporary History(6 credits)
Professor Agostino Giovagnoli
Contemporary History (2 credits)
Professor Agostino Giovagnoli
Contemporary History (12 credits)
Professor Agostino Giovagnoli
COURSE AIMS
The course will introduce the student to the aspects and methods of contemporary history, with special emphasis on the historical dynamics of globalization and on Italy in the 20th and 21st centuries.
COURSE CONTENT
General Part
1.“Contemporaneity” in history.
2.Pre-globalization.
3.Globalization in the modern age.
4.Globalization in the 19th century.
5.Globalization in the 20th century.
6.The multi-polar world.
7.Religions among dialogue and conflict.
Special Subject Part
The history of Italy in the 20th and 21st centuries.
READING LIST
1.Lecture notes.
2.A contemporary history manual, for example:
G. Sabbatucci-C. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo. Dal 1848 a oggi, Laterza, Rome-Bari, 2008 or any other edition (only from 1870 onwards).
3.A. Giovagnoli, Storia e globalizzazione, Laterza, Rome-Bari, 2009 or any other edition.
4.A. Giovagnoli, La repubblica degli italiani,forthcoming.
5.The student should then choose one of the books on the list provided successively by the lecturer.
Non-attending students must choose and bring an additional book from the above list.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Oral exam.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at or on the Faculty notice board.
Contemporary History (6 credits)
Professor Agostino Giovagnoli
COURSE CONTENT
Module 1 (Semester One, General part, 6 credits)
From the Universal History to the World History
1.“Contemporaneity” in history.
2.Pre-globalization.
3.Globalization in the modern age.
4.Globalization in the 19th century.
5.Globalization in the 20th century.
6.The multi-polar world.
7.Religions among dialogue and conflict.
Module Two (Semester 2, Advanced Course, 6 credits)
The history of Italy in the 20th and 21st centuries.
READING LIST
For Module One
1.Lecture notes.
2.A contemporary history manual, for example:
G. Sabbatucci-C. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo. Dal 1848 a oggi, Laterza, Rome-Bari, 2008 or any other edition (only from 1870 onwards).
3.A. Giovagnoli, Storia e globalizzazione, Laterza, Rome-Bari, 2009 or any other edition.
Non-attending students can swap the course notes for the manual below:
J. Osterhammel-N. Petersson, Storia della Globalizzazione, Il Mulino, 2005.
For Module Two
1.Lecture notes.
2.A. Giovagnoli, La repubblica degli italiani,forthcoming.
3.G. Amato-A.Graziosi, La grande illusione.Ragionando sull’Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2013.
4.A.Giovagnoli, Chiesa e democrazia. La lezione di Pietro Scoppola, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011.
Students planning to add a further 6 credits to those already earned for Contemporary History that have already passed the exam on the manual and textbook of A. Giovagnoli,Storia e Globalizzazionemay:
a.Prepare the Module Two syllabus.
b.Sit the exam on Eastern European History (Professor Del Zanna).
c.Sit the exam on Chinese Contemporary History (Professor Giunipero).
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Oral exam.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at or on the Faculty notice board.
Contemporary History (2 credits)
Professor Agostino Giovagnoli
COURSE CONTENT
Students who need a further 2 credits must prepare the following:
M.Bloch, Apologia della storia o il mestiere di storico, Einaudi, Turin, 2009.
NOTES
Further information can be found on the lecturer's webpage at or on the Faculty notice board.