89219 - Seminar in Comparative History and Politics

Learning outcomes

The seminar is intended to introduce students to the analysis of case studies and research topics.
By the end of the seminar the student will:
1) be able to read and discuss scientific essays in comparative Politics and History
2) be able to interact appropriately in a seminar situation

Course contents

Language of instruction: English

Course content: Topics in european, history, politics and culture in XX - XXI Century

The seminar take place normally in the second semester and is  conduct by visiting professors of the University of Trier, Dresden, Humboldt Berlin, Potsdam and Sciences Po Lyon.  Because of the pandemic, this teaching model had to be changed, even involving a different group of teachers in the process (see below the new timetable).

During the first lesson, seminar's coordinator will explain the organisation of the seminar and the course content of each teaching units.

New timetable

Teaching methods: Traditional: in presence in Aula Ferrero (Via Barberia 4) and streaming on teams. Please note: The possibility for students to be in attendance will depend on the pandemic containment regulations in force at the time of the lessons.

1 .Wednesday 24 march h. 17-19 Presentazione/ presentation for all students /Guidelines for writing the final paper

2 Wednesday 31 march h. 17-19 Concept and Realization of European Integration - From the 1920's to the 21st Century, Manfred Görtemaker (Università di Potsdam)

3 Wednesday 7 april h. 17-19 Violence and political Conflict in historical perspective, Stefano Cavazza (Università di Bologna)

4 Thursday 8 april h. 17-19 Consumption and national identity, Emanuela Scarpellini (Università di Milano)

5 Friday 9 april h. 17-19 The socialist press in Germany and Italy: growth, structure and composition (1890-1914, Filippo Triola (Università di Bologna)

6 Wednesday 14 april h. 17-19 Fascism unit 1: Fascism as historical and political phenomenon , Stefano Cavazza (Università di Bologna)

7 Thursday 15 april h. 17-19 Fascism unit 2: Nationalsocialism and its legacy, Lutz Klinkhammer (Istituto Storico Germanico Roma)

8 Friday 16 april h. 17-19 Fascism unit 3: Populism and Neo-Fascism,. Matteo Albanese (Università di Padova)

9 Wednesday 21 april h. 17-19 Politics and Media in Contemporary China- unit 1, Marco Milani (Università di Bologna)

10 Thursday 22 april h. 17-19 Politics and Media in Contemporary China- unit 2, Marco Milani (Università di Bologna)

11 Friday 23 april h. 17-19 Politics and Media in Contemporary China- unit 3, Marco Milani (Università di Bologna)

12 Wednesday 28 april h. 17-19 Future high-intensity conflicts: an underestimated threat in European defence policies?, Thierry Fortin (Sciences Po Lyon)

13 Thursday 29 april h. 17-19 New Form of Political Communication, Riccardo Brizzi (Università di Bologna)

14 Friday 30 april h. 17-19 Transition to Democracy in Eastern Europe, Emanuela Costantini (Università di Perugia)

15 Wednesday 5 mai h. 17-19 The Time of the Italian Nation. The Invention of National Public Time, Filippo Triola (Università di Bologna)

15 Thursday  6 mai h. 17-19 Lessons from the 2020 American elections, Aurore Portet (Sciences Po Lyon)

Friday 7 mai h. 17. Assegnazione dei temi per i papers

Readings/Bibliography

The reading list will be published before the beginning of the seminar

Teaching methods

Due to the restrictions imposed by the current health emergency, teaching will be carried out with teaching methods: traditional: the teacher will always be in attendance in the classroom designated for teaching, the students will alternate in attendance according to a schedule of shifts being defined (more detailed information regarding the shift and how to access the lesson in attendance will be provided later). It will always be possible to connect remotely and follow live lessons in the classroom via the TEAMS platform.

Assessment methods

Students will deliver a paper ( 25.000 characters: count of characters should be include on text and footnotes, but not Bibliography) on on of the topics discussed during the seminar.

The paper will be discussed during an oral examination

During the first lesson the seminar's coordinator will explain how to write the paper.

Teaching tools

Beamer

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/stefano.cavazza

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Cavazza