Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali | CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

cod. 1212100043

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

	1212100043
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

	POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
	2015/2016

CURRICULUM ECONOMIA E POLITICHE PER LO SVILUPPO

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/04	10	80	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE COVERS A PERIOD OF TIME STARTING FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF XIXTH CENTURY UP TO XXIST CENTURY, AND MORE PRECISELY TO THE CONSEQUENCES THE END OF COLD WAR, BOTH AT A POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LEVEL. THROUGH A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF MOST RELEVANT PEHONOMENA AND EVENTS, THE COURSE INTENDS TO DEEPEN THE MAIN TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, ESPECIALLY IN ITALY AND EUROPE. MOREOVER, ANOTHER AIM IS TO USE DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY AND INSTRUMENTS, LIKE THE READING OF PRIMARY SOURCES AND THE USE OF VIDEOS AND MEDIA.

THE COURSE COVERS A PERIOD OF TIME STARTING FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF XIXTH CENTURY UP TO XXIST CENTURY, AND MORE PRECISELY TO THE CONSEQUENCES THE END OF COLD WAR, BOTH AT A POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LEVEL.
THROUGH A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF MOST RELEVANT PEHONOMENA AND EVENTS, THE COURSE INTENDS TO DEEPEN THE MAIN TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, ESPECIALLY IN ITALY AND EUROPE.
MOREOVER, ANOTHER AIM IS TO USE DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY AND INSTRUMENTS, LIKE THE READING OF PRIMARY SOURCES AND THE USE OF VIDEOS AND MEDIA.

	Prerequisites
	IT IS PREFERRED AN EVEN BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS ANALYZED DURING THE COURSE; AND, MOREOVER, IT RESULTS DEEPLY USEFUL A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF MODERN HISTORY.

	Contents
	THE COURSE WILL BE COMPOSED OF THREE PARTS. FIRST PART: - RESTORATION; - LIBERAL UPRISINGS; - 1848 IN EUROPE; - ITALIAN UNIFICATION; - GERMAN UNIFICATION AND BISMARCK’ ORDER; - COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM; - ITALY: THE AFTERMATH OF UNIFICATION; - ITALY: THE END OF XIX CENTURY AND GIOLITTI; - INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AT THE BEGINNINGS OF XX CENTURY. SECOND PART: - FIRST WORLD WAR; - FIRST POSTWAR IN EUROPE; - FIRST POSTWAR IN ITALY; - FASCISM: ORIGIN, GROWTH AND CONSOLIDATION; - GERMANY: FROM REPUBLIC TO NAZISM; - CRISIS OF 1929: UNITED STATES AND EUROPE IN RECESSION; - THIRTIES: THE END OF EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY; - SECOND WORLD WAR; - ITALY: THE FALL OF FASCISM. THIRD PART: - SECOND WORLD WAR: THE AFTERMATH; - COLD WAR AND CONTAINMENT; - ITALY: THE BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE YEARS OF “CENTRISM”; - ITALY: FROM “CENTER-LEFT” TO THE SEVENTIES; - ITALY: THE CRISIS OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC; - ITALY: THE SECOND REPUBLIC AFTER TANGENTOPOLI; - COLD WAR: AFTER STALIN; - COLD WAR: THE FALL OF USSR; - EUROPE: CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION; - THE INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO AFTER 1989; - 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH.

Contents

THE COURSE WILL BE COMPOSED OF THREE PARTS.

FIRST PART:
- RESTORATION;
- LIBERAL UPRISINGS;
- 1848 IN EUROPE;
- ITALIAN UNIFICATION;
- GERMAN UNIFICATION AND BISMARCK’ ORDER;
- COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM;
- ITALY: THE AFTERMATH OF UNIFICATION;
- ITALY: THE END OF XIX CENTURY AND GIOLITTI;
- INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AT THE BEGINNINGS OF XX CENTURY.

SECOND PART:
- FIRST WORLD WAR;
- FIRST POSTWAR IN EUROPE;
- FIRST POSTWAR IN ITALY;
- FASCISM: ORIGIN, GROWTH AND CONSOLIDATION;
- GERMANY: FROM REPUBLIC TO NAZISM;
- CRISIS OF 1929: UNITED STATES AND EUROPE IN RECESSION;
- THIRTIES: THE END OF EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY;
- SECOND WORLD WAR;
- ITALY: THE FALL OF FASCISM.

THIRD PART:
- SECOND WORLD WAR: THE AFTERMATH;
- COLD WAR AND CONTAINMENT;
- ITALY: THE BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE YEARS OF “CENTRISM”;
- ITALY: FROM “CENTER-LEFT” TO THE SEVENTIES;
- ITALY: THE CRISIS OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC;
- ITALY: THE SECOND REPUBLIC AFTER TANGENTOPOLI;
- COLD WAR: AFTER STALIN;
- COLD WAR: THE FALL OF USSR;
- EUROPE: CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION;
- THE INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO AFTER 1989;
- 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE IS COMPOSED OF 80 HOURS OF FRONTAL LESSONS, SOME OF WHICH (NOT MORE THAN 8 HOURS) WILL BE GIVEN AS SEMINAR SESSIONS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. OTHER DIDACTIC SUPORTS WILL BE GIVEN DURING THE COURSE TO THE ATTENDING STUDENTS.

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAM. AFTER EACH PART THERE WILL BE A WRITTEN TEST (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS). PASSING ALL THE WRITTEN TESTS, THE ATTENDIG STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE EXAM ORALLY.