72531 - History of Contemporary Europe (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

The course is tought in Italian.  For a complete program, see its Italian version.

Course contents

This year the course focuses on two different topics.

1. History of the European Left, and internationalism and transnationalism in the context of an European history of Leftist parties, programs, ideals, etc during the 20th century.

2. History of Southern and Mediterranean European History during the XXth Century, with a specific attention to the relations betw Europe and Africa and Middle East areas during the colonialism and in postcolonial age. A particular attention is given to the geopolitical reorganization of the Mediterranean area in postwars: 1919 and 1945/47 ant to the fascist "new order" of the Mediterranean sea during the WW2.

Adressed to students both in History and in Geography, the course is particulary attentive to questions like urbanism, settlements, architectures, territory planing, migrations, local and transnational communications.

Readings/Bibliography

4 Readings for all.

For everyone: Tony Judt, Postwar. A history of Europe since 1945, 2005  (1st part for the students attending the course and 1st, 2nd and 3rd  parts for the others)

a list of readings will be  suggested at the beginning of the course.

The students not attending the course have to choose 3 books in the bibliography (see Italian versione).

Teaching methods

Front lessons and discussion in class

Assessment methods

Students attending the course can prepare a final paper on a specific question/topic decided during the course. Final paper in English, French, or Spanish is permitted. For not attending students an oral exam is required

Teaching tools

Frontal classes and seminar classes with the readings, analysis and discussion of documents, maps, video etc. Choice of the individual final paper in a collective discussion in class

Office hours

See the website of Patrizia Dogliani