00929 - Modern History

Learning outcomes

The students will obtain knowledge of the general themes and issues of the modern age (from the second half of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century), as well as a particular knowledge of both the theme confronted in the specialized (monographic) course and its relative sources.

As the lessons will explicitly address the issues of historical method and historical knowledge, students will also be able to recognize the complexity and problematic nature of every historical “construction.”

Course contents

Beginning of lessons: 3 October 2011 (1rst Semester)

Time and place of lessons: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; 13:00-15:00. Aula V, Via Zamboni 38.

  Part I (Period I: October 3, 2011 – November 16, 2011)

The lessons in part 1 are aimed for students who will take the Modern History exam for 12 credits.   

1 . Themes and problems of the history of the modern age, from the second half of the fifteenth century until the age of Napoleon (with projections of maps from historical atlases) with a focus on the history of the Italian states before the Unification of Italy.

Part II (I Semester II Period: November 21, 2011 - December 21, 2011).

The lessons in Part II are aimed for those students who will take the Modern History exam for 12 credits as well as for those students who will take the Modern History exam for 6 credits.

Specialized (monographic) course: An English view of the Italian Risorgimento: the “Garibaldi Panorama” (1861)

Marking the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, this course seeks to present students with a particular history of the Italian Risorgimento, one constructed in England in 1861 for a public curious about the goings on in Italy.

The “Garibaldi Panorama” tells the story of unification through the life and career of the heroic Giuseepe Garibaldi, while visualizing it through a tale in which the hero's individual actions are continuously placed in a popular context.

The Panorama is available thanks to Brown University (http://dl.lib.brown.edu/garibaldi/ ). This peculiar history of the Risorgimento will be presented to students together with the most recent reconstructions and discussions offered by Italian and foreign scholars.

Readings/Bibliography

Bibliography and exam information for frequenting students (specialized section)

Will be presented to students at the beginning of lessons.

 

Bibliography and exam information for NON-frequenting students (specialized section)

Will be published October 1, 2011.

Teaching methods

Classroom teaching.

Assessment methods

A. Students attending 00929 Modern History for 12 credits:

1. Evaluation of knowledge of general history (from the manual) will occur through one written test. The date of the test will be supplied at the beginning of classes.

2. Evaluation of knowledge of the relative literature and An English view of the Italian Risorgimento: the “Garibaldi Panorama” (1861) , will take place through oral examination.

B. Students attending 00929 Modern History for 12 credits who did not take the written test during the course:

The oral examination will be divided into two parts: I. general history; II. An English view of the Italian Risorgimento: the “Garibaldi Panorama” (1861) . The two parts must be evaluated on different dates. Between part I and part II, however, no more than six months may elapse or the validity of the general history exam (part I) will expire. Part II may be evaluated in the exam period immediately following that of Part I.

C. Students NOT attending 00929 Modern History for 12 credits:

The oral examination will be divided into two parts: I. general history; II. themes and problems of the history of the modern age. The two parts must be evaluated on different dates. Between part I and part II, however, no more than six months may elapse or the validity of the general history exam (part I) will expire. Part II may be evaluated in the exam period immediately following that of Part I.

D. Students attending 11835 Modern History (1) for 6 credits:

See A.2.

E. Students NOT attending 11835 Modern History (1) for 6 credits:

Oral examination (bibliography for NOT attenting students).

Signing up at exam periods : should be made available through the website AlmaEsami (the notice regarding the particular opening and closing dates for signing up and the exam calendars will be released at  http://www.unibo.it/docenti/angela.debenedictis ). 

 

Teaching tools

Overhead projector, video projector, audiovisuals, power point.

Office hours

See the website of Angela De Benedictis