- Docente: Riccardo Brizzi
- Credits: 12
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Riccardo Brizzi (Modulo 2) Michele Marchi (Modulo 1)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Humanities (cod. 8850)
Learning outcomes
Course contents
This course is restricted to students Students of Contemporary History - corso di laurea triennale in Lettere e Filosofia (family name starting with A -L).
Students have already studied modern and contemporary history in the secondary school.
First module (Prof. Marchi)
Vienna Congress and the new world order
1848 and People’s Spring
New nations and new states: the Italian and German cases
Bismarck’s Europe
Power politics and colonialism
From Belle Epoque to World War I
Versailles and the new world order
The crisis of the liberal systems during the ‘20s and the ‘30s
The crisis of the world order and World War II
Second module (Prof. Brizzi)
World War II effects and the start of Cold war
Destalinization and Suez crisis
Italy from fascist fall till 1948 elections
Italy from centrism to center-left governments
Europe in the age of prosperity
The international political system in the ‘70s and the Oil crisis
Italy, domestic terrorism and the crisis of the “Repubblica dei partiti”
Gorbacev, Reagan and the end of Cold War
A new multipolar order?
Readings/Bibliography
Program for attending students:
- Lessons
- Raffaele Romanelli, Ottocento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014 o edizioni seguenti
- Raffaele Romanelli, Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015 o edizioni seguenti
Program for non attending students:
- Raffaele Romanelli, Ottocento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014 o edizioni seguenti
- Raffaele Romanelli, Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015 o edizioni seguenti
- Paolo Pombeni (a cura di), Storia dei partiti italiani dal 1848 a oggi, Il Mulino, 2016.
Teaching methods
30 two hours classes
Official language: Italian
Assessment methods
Attending students: the exam consists of two written tests on the contents of the lectures and the texts required by the program (see previous section), in order to evaluate the knowledge and critical abilities of students and their ability to analyze fundamental phenomena of the contemporary world.
Both written tests will be held at the end of each module.
The tests include 10 open questions of 3 points each.
Non-attending students: the exam consists of a single written test on the entire examination program.
The test includes 15 open questions of 2 points each.
Through in-depth knowledge of the topics covered in the course, together with analytical and critical skills and command of the specific language, will qualify for top marks (30-30L).
A good grasp of the topics covered in the course, together with good critical analysis and command of the specific language, will qualify for high marks (27-29).
A more mechanical and less articulate grasp, and/or correct use of language though not always appropriate, will qualify for a medium-range mark (23-26).
Weak analytical capacity and frequently inappropriate language – together with some knowledge of exam material – will receive a pass mark or little more (18-22).
Teaching tools
Power Point
Office hours
See the website of Riccardo Brizzi
See the website of Michele Marchi