83693 - Introduction to Italian Culture (2)

Course contents

"Introduction to Italian Culture" is primarily addressed to UNIBO international students from all Schools and Departments, with the goal of introducing them to the culture and history of their hosting country and city, but also for operating as a space of integration between international and local students. Conceived as an interdisciplinary program, the course is taught in English, and consists of two seminar cycles, one for each semester (30 hours each for a total amount of 60 hours per year). Every week some of our best faculty and guest lecturers will offer new insights on crucial aspects of Italian culture. Students can attend single classes of their interest, but they can also obtain academic credits. This year the course will focus on four different topics: "Italy before Italy", "Past & Present", "Birth of a Nation", "Recent Trends", "Landscapes". Each semester will also include two special events in which students will have the opportunity to visit some of Bologna’s most important cultural institutions that will be defined before the begin of the seminar

The lectures will take place on Thursdays from 8 to 10 p.m. in piazza Scaravilli 2 AULA MAGNA.

Participants will get 6 credits (CFU) for each seminar cycle (12 CFU in total). Attendance is mandatory (only 2 absences per semester are allowed) and students are required to submit a 10-page paper (approx. 4,000 words) at the end of each semester on one of the topics discussed during the course. In order to get credits, students must include INTRODUCTION TO ITALIAN CULTURE in their STUDY PLAN before the beginning of the relevant semester.

All students are welcome to attend the first introductory session (14 February)

Info in summary

• All students welcome (recommended for international students)
• 2 seminar cycles (Thursdays 8-10 pm) + 2 special events; 30 hours/6 CFUs each semester
• To get the credits: you can attend either a single semester (6 CFU) or both (12 CFU); attendance is mandatory (only two absences per semester allowed), you must submit the final essay(s); you must include the course in your study plan before the beginning of the semester (course code in the second semester: 83693).
• Assessment: 10-page paper (approx. 4,000 words) per semester (pass/fail)
• First Semester cycle: from Sept. 27 to Dec 13 + 2 special events
• Second Semester cycle: from Feb 14 to May 9, 2019 with 2 special events
• Topics: "Italy before Italy", "Past & Present", "Birth of a Nation", "Recent Trends", "Landscapes"
• Teaching Language: English

Contacts: italianculture@unibo.it

Course Content Spring 2019

Feb 14 Welcome Day

Feb 21 RECENT TRENDS Migration in Italy Giuseppe Sciortino (Università di Trento)

Feb 28 ITALY BEFORE ITALY The origins of the Italian literary tradition Angelo Maria Mangini

Mar 7 LANDSCAPES Paper revolution: the Photo-collage of Archizoom and Superstudio Anna Rosellini

SPECIAL EVENT #1 Discover the Cineteca di Bologna (date TO BE DEFINED )

Mar 14 RECENT TRENDS The Evolutions of Italian Television Fiction. Between National Identity and Global Distribution Luca Barra

Mar 21 BIRTH OF A NATION Fascism and Antifascism Patrizia Dogliani

Mar 28 PAST & PRESENT Italian industrial Revolution Patrizia Battilani

SPECIAL EVENT #2 Science and Art: the Palazzo Poggi Museum (date to be defined)

Apr 4 PAST & PRESENT Italian social movements since 1968 Marica Tolomelli

apr. 11 LANDSCAPES English Travellers to Italy and the Rise of Modernity Mario Ascari

May 2 PAST & PRESENT Italian food and globalization: from ancient heritage to modernity Emanuela Scarpellini (Università di Milano)

May 9 RECENT TRENDS Mediated politics in contemporary Italy Donatella Campus

Teaching methods

11 lectures + 2 special events

Assessment methods

To get the credits students are required to submit a 10-page essay (approx. 4,000 words) at the end of each semester. The essay will be assessed on a pass/fail basis.

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Cavazza