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B9041 - Social History of Contemporary Worlds

Academic Year 2025/2026

                
                        Docente:
                        Andrea Rapini
                    
                        Credits:
                        5
                    
                        SSD:
                        M-STO/04
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Social Work (cod. 6657)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale
                        
                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Sep 17, 2025 to Oct 20, 2025

Course contents

The course is divided into three parts:
Part I (10h)
Introduction to the history of racism, from religious anti-Judaism to modern forms, including biological racism.
Part II (10h)
Introduction to the history of citizenship, with particular focus on Italy from unification to the present day.
Part III (10h)
History of immigration in Italy from the post-World War II period to today.

Readings/Bibliography

The exam program is the same for both attending and non-attending students.

George Fredrickson, Breve storia del razzismo. Teorie e pratiche della discriminazione razziale dal medioevo a oggi, Donzelli, Roma, 2016
Michele Colucci, Storia dell’immigrazione straniera in Italia dal 1945 ai nostri giorni, Carocci, Roma, 2018
The instructional materials distributed in class and made available on the online platform (Virtuale)

Teaching methods

The course is delivered through face-to-face lessons with the help of audiovisual materials (Power Point presentations, movies, music). The course is held in Italian.

Assessment methods

Attending students will be required to study Michele Colucci’s volume as part of a workshop specifically devoted to this topic during the course, and will complete the remaining syllabus through an oral examination. Non-attending students will be required to cover the entire syllabus through an oral examination in the scheduled exam sessions starting from the end of the course.

Teaching tools

Audiovisual materials, Power Point presentations, movies, music.

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Rapini