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)

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.

  1. George Fredrickson, Breve storia del razzismo. Teorie e pratiche della discriminazione razziale dal medioevo a oggi, Donzelli, Roma, 2016
  2. Michele Colucci, Storia dell’immigrazione straniera in Italia dal 1945 ai nostri giorni, Carocci, Roma, 2018
  3. The instructional materials distributed in class

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

The assessment of learning will take place through an oral exam

Teaching tools

Audiovisual materials, Power Point presentations, movies, music.

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Rapini