93540 - Current Affairs Laboratory (LM)

Learning outcomes

The lab aims  to offer the student tools to analyze national and international politics through the analysis of individual cases. At the end of the course the student: - masters the analysis of a case study; - can analyze cases of international politics; - can apply knowledge in content production; - is able to investigate the news.

Course contents

The Current affairs lab will be divided into a series of conferences on current affairs or on historical themes which, however, always have a link with the present time. The aim is to train students to deal with and make complex national and international topics in writing through the identification of problems, the use of scientific literature and sources.

Course content

Course organisation:
Traditional: in presence in Aula Leydi ( Via Barberia 4) and streaming on teams
Please note: The possibility for students to be present will depend on the pandemic containment regulations in force during the course.

Each meeting includes one hour of lecture, one hour of discussion with the speaker and one hour of work on the content with the lecturer in charge of the workshop.

Lez. 1 Martedì 23 marzo ore 10-13 Presentazione del laboratorio

Lez. 2 Giovedì 25 marzo ore 10-13 Today's Europe and the European Union in Historical Perspective - Global Challenges and Regional Answers Manfred Görtemaker (University of Potsdam)

Lez. 3 Martedì 30 marzo ore 10-13 The United States, China and the New Bipolarity in World Politics Hanns Maull (Johns Hopkins University)

lez. 4 Giovedì 8 aprile ore 10-13 Decostruire le Fake news Anna Maria Lorusso (Università di Bologna)

le. 5 Martedì 13 aprile ore 10-13 Media Law in France, Marc Frangi ( Sciences Po Lyon) 

lez. 6 Giovedì 15 aprile ore 10-13 Violenza e genocidi Marcello Flores (Università di Siena)

lez. 7 Martedì 20 aprile ore 10-13 La fine della guerra fredda e i nuovi assetti geopolitici Federico Romero (Istituto Universitario Europeo)

lez. 8 Giovedì 22 aprile ore 10-13 Democrazia e post-democrazia nell’Europa orientale, Emanuela Costantini (Università di Perugia)

laz. 9 Martedì 27 aprile ore 10-13 L’immagine del Nordafrica e del Medioriente attraverso i media, Leila El Houssi (Università La Sapienza)

Lez. 10 Giovedì 29 aprile ore 10-13 Migrazione ed emigrazione, Oliviero Angeli (University of Dresden)

lez. 11 Martedì 4 maggio ore 10-13 Le nuove forme della comunicazione politica: I meme, Giampietro Mazzoleni (Università di Milano)

12 Giovedì 7 maggio ore 10-13 L’emergere del Sovranismo nel dibattito politico contemporaneo. Stefano Cavazza (Università di Bologna) Ultima ora: Discussione finale Preparazione del paper

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.

ATTENTION: Given the fluidity of  the emergency situation we are experiencing and since this program is published in July 2020, it is possible that the teaching methods  will change in the coming months. In this case,  communication will be given immediately through an update of this program, as well as through appropriate notices published on the usual institutional channels, namely: notices published on the teacher's website, on the website of the INCOM Degree Course and on the official FB page of the INCOM degree that all students are invited to consult periodically.

Assessment methods

Every 15 days participants will be assigned the writing of a 5000 characters text on one of the topics. At the end of the workshop the task will be assigned to write a paper of 25,000 characters on a topic assigned by the teacher and congruent with the topics covered. The paper and the topics will be finally discussed in an oral exam.

Teaching tools

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Links to further information

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

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Cavazza