Global Studies and EU | HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EMPIRES

cod. 1222500037

HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EMPIRES

	1222500037
	DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
	EQF7
	GLOBAL STUDIES AND EU
	2022/2023

CURRICULUM POLICIES FOR EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGIES

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/02	6	42	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	GIUSEPPE FOSCARI T Curriculum
	CHIARA D'AURIA Curriculum

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
FOSCARI / D'AURIA	07/06/2023 - 14:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
FOSCARI / D'AURIA	22/06/2023 - 14:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
FOSCARI / D'AURIA	11/07/2023 - 14:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
FOSCARI / D'AURIA	12/09/2023 - 14:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE WANTS TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICAL DYNAMICS IN THE MAIN EMPIRES OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE, WITH A FOCUS ON THE ROMAN MODEL. ALL CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS RELATED TO THE RECOGNITION OF IMPERIAL LOGICS WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, ALSO ANALYZING THE AMERICAN AND CHINESE MODELS. THE COURSE WILL BE ABLE TO BE ALSO IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WANTS TO DEVELOP THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS OF EMPIRES IN A DIACHRONIC LOGIC, AND TO INVOLVE THEIR CRITICAL ANALYSIS. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS MAY BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE CRITICAL SPIRIT FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEXITY OF EMPIRES AND GLOBAL AND SYSTEMIC VISION.

THE COURSE WANTS TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICAL DYNAMICS IN THE MAIN EMPIRES OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE, WITH A FOCUS ON THE ROMAN MODEL. ALL CULTURAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS RELATED TO THE RECOGNITION OF IMPERIAL LOGICS WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, ALSO ANALYZING THE AMERICAN AND CHINESE MODELS.
THE COURSE WILL BE ABLE TO BE ALSO IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WANTS TO DEVELOP THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS OF EMPIRES IN A DIACHRONIC LOGIC, AND TO INVOLVE THEIR CRITICAL ANALYSIS. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS MAY BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE CRITICAL SPIRIT FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEXITY OF EMPIRES AND GLOBAL AND SYSTEMIC VISION.

	Prerequisites
	NO PREREQUISITES

	Contents
	THE COURSE WANTS TO ANALYZE AND COMPARE EMPIRE MODELS, FROM ROMAN TO SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, UP TO THE STRONG CRITICISM OF THE COLONIAL CONCEPTION DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, WITH THE CALCULATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN COLONIES AND MOTHERLAND, AND THE BATTLES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. A FOCUS WILL ALSO BE DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN MODEL. THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE WILL ANALYZE THE EVOLUTION OF THE IMPERIAL CHINESE FROM ITS BEGINNING UNTIL THE ACTUAL TIME. IN PARTICULAR, AFTER AN EXCURSUS OF ITS PROGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT IN THE ANCIENT AND MODERN ERA, THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE IMPERIAL DIMENSION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA AND ITS STRENGTHENING IN THE POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE'S OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS THE NEW EMPIRE OF GLOBAL ERA.

Contents

THE COURSE WANTS TO ANALYZE AND COMPARE EMPIRE MODELS, FROM ROMAN TO SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, UP TO THE STRONG CRITICISM OF THE COLONIAL CONCEPTION DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, WITH THE CALCULATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN COLONIES AND MOTHERLAND, AND THE BATTLES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. A FOCUS WILL ALSO BE DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN MODEL.
THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE WILL ANALYZE THE EVOLUTION OF THE IMPERIAL CHINESE FROM ITS BEGINNING UNTIL THE ACTUAL TIME. IN PARTICULAR, AFTER AN EXCURSUS OF ITS PROGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT IN THE ANCIENT AND MODERN ERA, THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE IMPERIAL DIMENSION OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA AND ITS STRENGTHENING IN THE POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE'S OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS THE NEW EMPIRE OF GLOBAL ERA.

	Teaching Methods
	FRONTAL LESSONS, CONFERENCES, WORKING GROUPS, TEMATICAL ISSUES

	Verification of learning
	THE EXAM IS AIMED AT EVALUATING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN HISTORICAL EVENTS AND THEIR CRITICAL ANALYSIS. IT CONSISTS OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW, TO CHECK THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL PROCESSES.

	Texts
	A. PAGDEN, LORDS OF ALL THE WORLD. IDEOLOGIES OF EMPIRE IN SPAIN, BRITAIN AND FRANCE, C.1500-C.1800, YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS. J.L CRANMER-BYNG, THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD ORDER, IN "INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL", VOL. 24, N. 1, 1969, PP. 166-171. PETER C. PERDUE, CHINA AND OTHER COLONIAL EMPIRES, IN "THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN-EAST ASIAN RELATIONS", VOL. 16, N. 1/2, 2009, PP. 85-103. MAGNUS FISKESJO, RESCUING THE EMPIRE: CHINESE NATION-BUILDING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, IN "EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES", VOL. 5, N. 1, 2006, PP. 15-44. SHU-MEI SHIH, THE CONCEPT OF THE SINOPHONE, IN "PMLA", VOL. 126, N. 3, PP. 709-718. SUISHENG ZHAO, RETHINKING THE CHINESE WORLD ORDER: THE IMPERIAL CYCLE AND THE RISE OF CHINA, IN "THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA", 24/96, 2015, PP. 1-22.

Texts

A. PAGDEN, LORDS OF ALL THE WORLD. IDEOLOGIES OF EMPIRE IN SPAIN, BRITAIN AND FRANCE, C.1500-C.1800, YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
J.L CRANMER-BYNG, THE CHINESE PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD ORDER, IN "INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL", VOL. 24, N. 1, 1969, PP. 166-171.
PETER C. PERDUE, CHINA AND OTHER COLONIAL EMPIRES, IN "THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN-EAST ASIAN RELATIONS", VOL. 16, N. 1/2, 2009, PP. 85-103.
MAGNUS FISKESJO, RESCUING THE EMPIRE: CHINESE NATION-BUILDING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, IN "EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES", VOL. 5, N. 1, 2006, PP. 15-44.
SHU-MEI SHIH, THE CONCEPT OF THE SINOPHONE, IN "PMLA", VOL. 126, N. 3, PP. 709-718.
SUISHENG ZHAO, RETHINKING THE CHINESE WORLD ORDER: THE IMPERIAL CYCLE AND THE RISE OF CHINA, IN "THE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA", 24/96, 2015, PP. 1-22.