73296 - History Of International Crises

Learning outcomes

The course aims at providing students with a general framework which will enable them to acquire a historical viewpoint on the meaning and the characteristics of political crises in the European and International context. At the end of the course presumably they will be able to understand the basic features of the historical dynamics at the basis of political crises, in order to analyse those dynamics in a critical way, while taking into account the most recent historiographic debate. Furthermore, students will learn to analyse political crises in a wider international context. Eventually, they will have acquired the instruments to study in depth the themes of the course thanks to their operational autonomy, and will be able to deliver a speech about their closer examination in a seminar context.

Course contents

The course will take into account some of the most significant international political crises in the XXth century. They will be examined by using the political-historical analysis, both factual and interpretative, according to the most updated historiographic research.

Readings/Bibliography

Handbook
S. Colarizi, Novecento d'Europa, Roma, Laterza, 2015

A monograph chosen among the following:

A. Graziosi, Guerra e rivoluzione in Europa 1905-1956, Bologna, Il
Mulino, 2011

A. Lepre, Guerra e pace nel XX secolo. Dai conflitti tra stati allo
scontro di civiltà, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005

R.J. Overy, Crisi tra le due guerre mondiali 1919-1939 + T. Judt,
Guasto è il mondo, Roma, Laterza, 2011

P. Pombeni, La ragione e la passione. Le forme della politica
nell'Europa Contemporanea, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010, pp. 315-697

P. Pombeni (a cura di), Crisi, legittimazione, consenso, Bologna, Il
Mulino, 2003

Teaching methods

Teacher centred classes and activities of research followed by a seminar test.

Assessment methods

Oral Test

Office hours

See the website of Fulvio Cammarano