27928 - Laboratory (1) (LM) (G.G)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop, the student knows how to approach the various kinds of intellectuals' archives, being able to apply those knowledges to discern the characteristics that underpin and differenciate them.

Course contents

This "Laboratorio di Archivi di Letterati" (Workshop about Intellectuals' Archives) aims to offer students an interactive approach to the manifold characteristics of the archival funds created by various "intellectuals" during the last centuries.

The encounters will be declined in such a manner as to show the multiple shades of those egregious collections of documents, books and miscellanea, in monothematic singular lessons that cover, in turn, many different topics.

Thus, the workshops will be held in the University classrooms, at the Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, and at the Archivio di Stato di Modena.

In a similar way, the titular teacher will be flanked by other teachers presenting the amplest horizon of archives: professor Paolo Tinti and Chara Reatti, Ph.D., will focus on funds produced by various literati, now preserved at the Biblioteca Raimondi, while professor Stefano Malfatti will illustrate the archive of Sabino Samele Acquaviva, religion sociologist. Finally, the titular teacher will focus on some personal funds preserved at the Archivio di Stato di Modena, showing an evolution stretching from the age of Leibnitz to the 20th century.

The workshop can sustain up to 20 students and the attendance is mandatory.

Teaching methods

The encounters will be strictly workshop-like, with an interaction between the teachers and the students.

Sources will be largely used.

Assessment methods

Assessment will be in progress: students will be expected to interact all along.

Teaching tools

Sources will be a frequent teaching tool.

Office hours

See the website of Miles Nerini