00932 - Contemporary History (A-L)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the lessons the student has knowledge of the basic features of the political-institutional and socio-economic history of the 19th and 20th centuries. He is able to recognize the evolution of historical phenomena and events and how they influence the contemporary age.

Course contents

The program of 2015-16 also applies to the students of the previous courses

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Mirco Dondi, L'Eco del boato. Storia della strategia della tensione 1965 - 1974, Roma - Bari, Laterza, 2015

ALL STUDENTS MUST STUDY:

Alberto De Bernardi, Scipione Guarracino, La discussione storica, volume 3, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2009 

breve dispensa, "Storia contemporanea, primi elmenti di metodologia", scaricabile gratuitamente nell'apposita  sezione questo sito o all'indirizzo internet: http://Campus.cib.unibo.it/6044/

AND CHOSE A BOOK IN GROUP A AND A BOOK IN GROUP B

IF THEY CHOSE THE BOOK IN GROUP C THEY MUST STUDY: Alberto De Bernardi + breve dispensa + Mario Isnenghi (a cura di), I luoghi della memoria, vol. 1, Simboli e miti dell'Italia unita, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010

Group A (continents, nations, wars)

Valerio Castronovo, Piazze e caserme. I dilemmi dell'America Latina del Novecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2007

Angelo Ventrone, La seduzione totalitaria. Guerra, modernità, violenza politica (1914 -1918), Roma, Donzelli, 2003

Francesco Soverina (a cura di), Olocausto/Olocausti, Roma, Odradek, 2003

Gerhard Schrebeir, La seconda guerra mondiale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004

Ottavio D'Addea, 11 settembre e la sicurezza globale. I fatti dell'11 settembre come problema storico, Bologna, Archetipo, 2011

Nicolas Werth, Storia della Russia nel Novecento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006 (from chapter VIII to the end)

 J. Thomaneck -  Bill Niven, La Germania dalla divisione all'unificazione, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005 + David Williamson, Il Terzo Reich, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005

 Giovanni Carbone, L'Africa. Gli Stati, la politica, i conflitti, Bologna, Bologna,  Il Mulino, 2007

Francesco Privitera, Jugoslavia, Milano, Unicopli, 2007

Oliviero Bergamini, Storia degli Stati Uniti, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2003

Mirco Dondi, L'Italia repubblicana. Dalle origini alla crisi degli anni Settanta, Bologna, Archetipolibri, 2007

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Group B (public opinion, historical method, memory)

Mirco Dondi, La Resistenza tra unità e conflitto, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2004 (only the first part)

Walter Ong, Oralità e scrittura, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014 [ed. orig. 1982],

George Mosse, Il razzismo in Europa. Dalle origini all'Olocausto, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2007

Aldo Giannuli, L'abuso pubblico della storia. Come e perchè il potere falsifica il  passato, Parma, Guanda,  2009.

Chiara Ferrari, Politica e protesta in musica, Milano, Unicopli, 2014.

Ester Lo Biundo, London calling Italy. La propaganda di Radio Londra nel 1943, Milano, Unicopli, 2014.

Mirco Dondi (a cura di), I  neri e i rossi. Terrorismo violenza e informazione negli  anni Settanta, Lecce, Controluce, 2008


Group C
Mario Isnenghi (a cura di), I luoghi della memoria, vol. 1, Simboli e miti dell'Italia unita, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010

Mirco Dondi, L'Eco del boato. Storia della strategia della tensione 1965 - 1974, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2015

 

 

Teaching methods

Assessment methods

STUDENTS WITH SURNAMES BEGINNING WITH M-Z MUST TAKE THEIR EXAME WITH PROF. SALUSTRI

The exam consists of a written test that lasts one hour and is composed of 24 multiple choice questions divided in the following manner:

12 questions from the Manual and the Reader and 12 questions from texts chosen from group A and group B.

You must sign up for the exam on Almaesami.

The test is written. The maximum number students permitted is 50 for each exam session (there will be two sessions on the same day).

When you sign up for the exam, you must notify the course professor regarding the texts you have chosen by sending a signed e-mail with your name and surname to the e-mail address provided on the professor's website, indicating which texts you have chosen.

If you do not indicate the texts you have chosen, the enrolment will not be valid.

If you decide to withdraw from the exam, you must remove your name from the list to allow others to register. The enrolment closes automatically when there are 50 students signed up on the sub-list. The enrolment will close automatically one week before the date of the exam session. After this deadline it will no longer be possible to enrol. Requests addressed to professors to make exceptions will not be considered.

The criteria are described in the following table:

30 points with honours (lode) for 24 correct answers

30 points with 23 and 22 correct answers

28 points with 20 and 21 correct answers

27 points with 19 and 18 correct answers

26 points with 17 correct answers

24 points with 16 correct answers

22 points with 15 correct answers

20 points with 14 correct answers

18 points with 13 correct answers

The test must be repeated if:

in the part relating to institutions, the student has not answered at least 7 out of 12 questions correctly and at least 3 questions correctly for each chosen text.

Those who are following a former study plan and need only take one part of the exam, will be tested on the Manual and the Reader if they only have to sit contemporary institutional History, and will only bring one text from group A. If they are sitting only contemporary monographic History (where the programme is restricted to one subject/theme), they will bring one text from group B. T he exam format is comparable for these students, with a 24-question questionnaire.

To simplify the enrolment in the various exam components, you will find 3 classifications on the website:

Contemporary history A-L (cfu 9) – for those who are signing up for the 9-credit exam.

Institutional contemporary history (A-L) – for those who still have to take the 3-credit exam.

Institutional monografico history (A-L) 3 credit exam.

Teaching tools

web, power point, movies and documentaries

Links to further information

http://Il corso inizierà  a febbraio 2016

Office hours

See the website of Mirco Dondi