00932 - Contemporary History

Course contents

The course will be based on the analysis of XIX and XX centuries history. The course will focus on social and political transformation in Europe during the XIX century since the unification of Italy and Germany. Then, the course will analyse the First World War and the totalitarian political systems during the Twenties and Thirties. The last part of the course will concentrate on the second post-war period, with particular attention on Cold War, transformation in European political systems and the development of Italian republican democracy.

Readings/Bibliography

PART 1)

STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING THE COURSE (compulsory readings)

1. F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Le Monnier-Mondadori, Milano, 2015 (chap. 1 to 15).

2. Parole e Materiali per la Storia Contemporanea, Bologna, Baiesi, 2002

STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE (compulsory readings)

1. F. Cammarano, G. Guazzaloca, M.S. Piretti, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Le Monnier-Mondadori, Milano, 2015 (chap. 1 to 15)

2. Lessons

PART 2) MONOGRAPHIC PART FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING THE COURSE

The list of monographs, from which the student will choose one for the oral exam, is the same for students attending and not attending the classes.

- Botta S. (ed.), L'Italia degli altri. Storia dell'Italia contemporanea vista da fuori, Rubbettino, 2012 + Woolf S., L'Italia repubblicana vista da fuori (1945-2000), Il Mulino, 2007 (pp. 9-129). The books should be studied together

- Brizzi R., Marchi M., Charles De Gaulle, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008

- Brizzi R., Marchi M., Storia politica della Francia repubblicana, 1870-2011, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2011

 - Cammarano F., Storia dell'Italia liberale, Laterza, 2011

- Cammarano F., Marchi M. (eds.), Il mondo ci guarda. L'unificazione italiana nella stampa e nell'opinione pubblica internazionali (1859-1861), Le Monnier, 2011

- Cammarano F. (ed.), Abbasso la Guerra! Neutralisti in piazza alla vigilia della Prima guerra mondiale in Italia, Le Monnier 2015

- Cammarano F., Cavazza S. (eds.), Il nemico in politica. La delegittimazione dell'avversario nell'Europa contemporanea, Il Mulino, 2010

- Cavazza S., Scarpellini E. (eds.), La rivoluzione dei consumi. Societa'  di massa e benessere in Europa 1945-2000, Il Mulino, 2010

- Colarizi S., Storia politica della Repubblica. 1943-2006. Partiti, Movimenti, istituzioni, Laterza, 2007

- Corni G., Hitler, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007 + Breuilly J., La formazione dello Stato nazionale tedesco, Il Mulino, 2004 - The books should be studied together.

- Fiori A., L'Asia orientale dal 1945 ai giorni nostri, Il Mulino, 2011 + Nocera R., Stati Uniti e America Latina dal 1945 a oggi, Carocci, 2005 - The books should be studied together

- Gentile E., La via italiana al totalitarismo, Carocci, 2008

- Guazzaloca G., Una e divisibile. la RAI, la televisione e i partiti negli anni del monopolio pubblico (1954-1975), Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2011

- Guazzaloca G., Storia della Gran Bretagna contemporanea, Mondadori-Le Monnier, 2015

- Laschi G. (ed.), Memoria d'Europa: riflessioni su dittature, autoritarismo, bonapartismo e svolte democratiche, Angeli, 2012

- Marchi M. Alla ricerca del cattolicesimo politico. Politica e religione in Francia da Petain a de Gaulle, Rubbettino, 2012

- Pons S., La rivoluzione globale. Storia del comunismo internazionale 1917-1991, Einaudi, 2012

- Price R., Le rivoluzioni del 1848, Il Mulino, 2004 + Botta S., Gli Stati Italiani preunitari, Archetipo, 2011 (pp. 11- 84) - The books should be studied together.

- Ridolfi M., Italia a Colori. Storia selle passioni politiche dalla caduta del fascismo ad oggi, Le Monnier, 2015

- Romero F., Storia della guerra fredda. L'ultimo conflitto per l'Europa, Torino, Einaudi, 2009

- Testi A., Il secolo degli Stati Uniti, Bologna, Il Mulino 2008

 

 

Teaching methods

Teaching methods are basically founded on frontal lectures.

Assessment methods

STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COURSE
- Two short written examinations composed of 10 open questions will be held during the classes in order to understand how familiar the students have become with the arguments of the course. The questions will be based on the lessons of the teacher and on the books in PART 1 of bibliography for students attending the course. Students who have been attending the written examinations, will have to undergo a spoken exam at the end of the course. The final spoken exam should be attended about the monographic part in order to demonstrate how confident the students are with the analysis of particular problems and events of contemporary history. The oral exam will be based on a book that the student have to choose in one of the sections in PART 2 of the bibliography (monographic part).
The final evaluation will be given as an average between the written and the spoken proofs.

STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING THE COURSE
A written examination, composed of 10 open questions about the books in PART 1 of biblioghaphy for for students not attending the course, will be held at the end of the course.  A spoken exam after a satisfactory written examination should be attended about the monographic part in order to demonstrate how confident the students are with the analysis of particular problems and events of contemporary history. The oral exam will be based on a book that the student have to choose in one of the sections in PART 2 of the bibliography (monographic part).
The final evaluation will be given as an average between the written and the spoken exam.

 

Teaching tools

Personal computer

Office hours

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