81859 - History of Historiography (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students possess the tools to get a basic orientation in the international historiographic landscape of the last two centuries. They can recognize the most relevant historical schools, read the related literature, and evaluate the most important trends in historiography on the basis of their epistemological paradigms.

Course contents

The course focuses on the historiography of the last few decades, and more precisely on food history. It takes the form of seminars. 

Food history provides and excellent perspective on historiography's recent developments (gender history, nationalism, post colonial and global history, history of consumption).

After a general course introduction (lesson 1), and setting the scene within the framework of contemporary historiography  we will read and comment chapters and essays on food history. 

We will be using on-line resources for historians, book reviews and other articles on the web.

Teaching will be in seminar form, so students will need to attend all lessons, read the assigned texts, and take an active part. Those unable to do so can always opt for an oral exam , as foreseen by the programme.

 

Teaching methods

Teaching will be in seminar form, so students will need to attend all lessons, read the assigned texts, and take an active part in the discussion. Those unable to do so can always opt for an oral exam at a later stage, as foreseen by the programme. It is essential to attend the first 3 lessons.

Assessment methods

Students who attend at least 75% of the lessons are considered to be attending.

 This 6 CFU course can be chosen as a part of the 12 CFU Integrated Course “Historians and Historiography (LM)". If the student has the Integrated Course (12 CFU) in his/her study plan, the final grade will result from the arithmetic average of the marks obtained in the two parts (“Storia e Pratica Storiografica - prof. Alessio Gagliardi (LM)" and “History of the Historiography (1) (LM) prof. Ilaria Porciani“).

As for this one, students attending the course will read and discuss the assigned texts. At the end they will write the review of a book (no more than 8.000 signs). They will be judged on the basis of their participation (questions, comments etc. during the entire clourse) as well as on the baasis of the quality of their review. The review must take into consideration the topics and issues introduced and discussed during the course.

 

For non attending students, the exam will be oral.

Thorough 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).

Mistakes of spelling and syntax (by native Italian students) will be heavily penalized, as befits a university examination, especially in a humanistic subject.

 

 

Teaching tools

web resources for historians

Office hours

See the website of Ilaria Porciani