- Docente: Davide Domenici
- Credits: 6
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Global Cultures (cod. 6033)
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from Nov 02, 2026 to May 11, 2027
Learning outcomes
The course aims at offering an analysis of some of the global challenges the population of the planet has been facing since the second half of the XX century. Among these, the critical relation with the natural resources and with the concept of development and, above all, climate change, the greatest global challenge of our age, with its connections to territorial development, ecological risk and food security, tourism and the consumption of natural resources. At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the critical tools to analyse the global challenges of our society, through the acquisition of theoretical and empirical knowledge on climate change, environmental and socio-cultural impacts of development and tourism, the promotion and protection of biological and cultural diversity.
Course contents
Senior Seminar in Global Humanities is conceived as an interdisciplinary space of discussion around the so called "spatial turn" that is investing all fields of the Humanities (history, anthropology, geography, philosophy, political theory).
Guests and visiting scholars from all over the world will teach 8-hour short intensive courses and two lectures (8 hours).
The program of the AY 2026/2027 is available at this link https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/GlobalCultures/senior-seminar
- IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INCOMING/MOBILITY STUDENTS
The Senior Seminar in Global Humanities takes place throughout the entire academic year. To earn credits (ECTS), students are required to attend at least 4 seminar cycles (each consisting of four lessons, two hours each). The final result will be a pass/no pass, with no grade.
Therefore, ONLY students on mobility for the entire academic year 2026/2027 or during the second semester will be able to meet the attendance requirements and obtain credits.
If you wish to attend the seminar cycles, you must contact the course office at disci.gloc@unibo.it [mailto:disci.gloc@unibo.it] at least two weeks before the seminar cycle begins to receive the readings provided by the instructor for each cycle.
Readings/Bibliography
The readings for each Senior Seminar will be made available a few weeks before the beginning of the seminar.
Teaching methods
Each seminar consists of four two-hour sessions, combining frontal lectures with collective discussion of the assigned readings.
Assessment methods
Students are expected to attend at least four (4) short intensive courses (4 seminar cycles, each consisting of four lessons, two hours each). The Senior Seminar is graded on a pass/no pass basis, and in order to earn 6 credits (ECTS), students are required to submit a 3000-word paper on one of the short intensive courses attended, starting from the end of May 2027.
Teaching tools
Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance to prof. Domenici, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.
Links to further information
https://corsi.unibo.it/2cycle/GlobalCultures/senior-seminar
Office hours
See the website of Davide Domenici