27826 - History and Historical Stories of Modern Age (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

After the lectures students will be aware of two different forms of historical knowlegde: on one hand the historical knowledge and related narratives typical in the 19th-20th centuries, on the other hand historical narratives written 16th to 18th century.

Course contents

Course’s Topic:

1517-2017 The Protestant Reformation in the 500th Anniversary Commmemoration

On October 31st, 1517 Martin Luther hammered his '95 Theses Against Indulgences' to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, and gave begin to the Protestant Reformation, now widespread all over the world.

The course will focus on old narratives of the Reformation in comparison with new narratives reassessed on the occasion of the anniversary, not only in the historical scholarship but also in the media.

Beginning of lessons: 31 January 2018 (Semester II, III Period).

Time and place of lessons: Wednesdays, 15:00 to 17:00 hours; Thursdays and Fridays, 13:00 to 15:00 hours, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Aula Capitani.

Readings/Bibliography

For students attending the examination program will be established with the students themselves, at the beginning of lessons, and also depend on their knowledge of at least passive (reading) foreign language.

Examination program for students who do not attend (published on 27.06.2017):

Students must show a thorough knowledge of the issues contained in the books listed in one of the books listed in point I., in one of the books listed in point II., in one of the books in section III.
Students must have already acquired the knowledge of the general history for the period between mid-fifteenth century and the early nineteenth century.

A.

M. Bloch, Apologia della storia o Mestiere di storico, Torino, Einaudi, 1998.

or

O. Marquard – A. Melloni, La storia che giudica, la storia che assolve, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008.

or

M. Caffiero – M. Procaccia (edd), Vero e falso. L'uso politico della storia, Roma-Donzelli, 2008.

or

R. Chartier, Ascoltare il passato con gli occhi, trad. it., Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.

B.

Y.M. Bercé, Il re nascosto. Miti politici popolari nell'Europa moderna, trad. it., Torino, Einaudi, 1996.

or

Giovanni Ricci, Appello al turco. I confini infranti del Rinascimento, Roma, Viella, 2011.

or

Vito Bianchi, Otranto 1480. Il sultano, la strage, la conquista, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2016.

oppure

Angela De Benedictis, Tumulti. Moltitudini ribelli in età moderna, Bologna, il Mulino, 2013.

or

Heinz Schilling, 1517 : Storia mondiale di un anno, trad. it., Rovereto, Keller, 2017

or

Lucia Felici, La Riforma protestante nell’Europa del Cinquecento, Roma, Carocci, 2016.

or

Luciano Guerci, Uno spettacolo mai più veduto nel mondo. La Rivoluzione francese come unicità e rovesciamento negli scrittori politici italiani (1798-1799), Torino, UTET Libreria, 2008.

or

Vincenzo Ferrone, Storia dei diritti dell’uomo. L’Illuminismo e la costruzione del linguaggio politico dei moderni, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015.

C.

Laura Lanzillo, Tolleranza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2002.

or

Vittor Ivo Comparato, Utopia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2006.

or

Maurizio Ricciardi, Rivoluzione , Bologna, il Mulino, 2001.

or

Raffaele Laudani, Disobbedienza, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011.

or

Giuseppe Cambiano, Come nave in tempesta. Il governo della città in Platone e Aristotele, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2016.

In mid-January 2018 new titles may be included in the bibliography.

Those students who have not attended class should meet with the teacher (during office hours) to discuss the exam so that each student can explicitly choose his or her exam program based on the curriculum followed during the previous three years of study of the First cycle degree/Bachelor.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Oral examination, lasting an average of 30-40 minutes.

During the examination are evaluated: a thorough knowledge of the issues addressed in each of the essential texts for the whole program; the ability to recognize, in every text, the sources used and historiographical reconstruction; the expressive mastery and specific language.

The lack of knowledge of one of the texts in the program implies a negative evaluation.

Gaps in knowledge of the texts in the program, poor ability to recognize sources and historiographical reconstruction, language hardly appropriate involve an assessment of not more than sufficiency.

Knowledge mostly mechanical and / or mnemonics, capacity of synthesis and analysis limited, proper language but not always appropriate involve a discrete evaluation.

Full knowledge of the texts, full capacity of synthesis and analysis, fully correct and appropriate language involve as good to excellent.

Registration for exams: will be made exclusively through AlmaEsami (see the notice concerning the opening and closing dates for entries to the calls and the timing thereof, in http://www.unibo.it/docenti/angela . debenedictis).

Teaching tools

Projector, audio-visual, power-point.

Office hours

See the website of Angela De Benedictis