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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Luca POLESE REMAGGI CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

0312600053
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
HUMANITIES
2024/2025



YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
LUCA POLESE REMAGGI T Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C.08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO STUDENTI STUDENTI CON 165 CFU08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO STUDENTI STUDENTI CON 165 CFU08/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO GENNAIO20/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO GENNAIO20/01/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO10/02/2025 - 10:00
APPELLO FEBBRAIO10/02/2025 - 10:00
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO INFORM STUDENTS ABOUT THE MAJOR EVENTS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS, EMPHASIZING LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL IMPACTS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS WILL:

UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR EVENTS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS. THEY WILL APPRECIATE THE ROLE OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION WITHIN THE BROADER SCOPE OF GLOBAL CIVILIZATION, NAVIGATING HISTORICAL PROCESSES AND DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY.
ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MAIN THEMES OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND THE DYNAMICS OF A RAPIDLY EVOLVING WORLD IN SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC TERMS.
COMPREHEND THE CONSTANT INTERACTION AMONG THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF HISTORY—ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, AND CULTURAL—AS WELL AS RECOGNIZE THE NOVEL ELEMENTS THAT CHARACTERIZE VARIOUS PHASES OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. THIS INCLUDES AN AWARENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST OVER TIME AND SPACE BETWEEN HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HOW MODERN STATES AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS GOVERN VAST TERRITORIES.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
DEVELOP ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INSIGHTS INTO THE HISTORICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE CONTEMPORARY ERA.
COMPETENTLY EXAMINE THE EXTENSIVE REPERTOIRE OF SOURCES AND MATERIALS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.
CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND INTERPRET THE DISCUSSED TOPICS IN RELATION TO THE BROADER CONTEXTS OF THE CONTEMPORARY ERA.
READ AND UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, AND HISTORICAL MAPS OF VARIOUS PHASES OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, AND ACCURATELY PLACE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS WITHIN THESE TERRITORIES.
INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
IDENTIFY PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE NEED TO "UPDATE" HISTORICAL STUDIES, OR FIND TRACES OF CURRENT SOCIO-CULTURAL DYNAMICS WITHIN HISTORICAL TRADITIONS.
IDENTIFY THE MAIN HISTORIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS WITHIN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN HISTORICAL FACTS AND PROCESSES IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD.
DISCOVER NEW WAYS TO INTERPRET THE IDEA OF CONTEMPORARY IDENTITY BY EXAMINING THE PAST THROUGH UNEXPLORED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EVENTS AND PHENOMENA THAT EXTEND BEYOND LOCAL OR REGIONAL HISTORY.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS TOPICS, DEMONSTRATING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.
REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ISSUES THROUGH TEXTS, MAPS, OR VIRTUAL TOOLS WITH THEIR OWN ANALYSIS.
LEARNING SKILLS

STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND IT RESOURCES FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND STORAGE.
CONDUCT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND, AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS, WHETHER SCIENTIFIC OR LITERARY.
CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE USING TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE RELEVANT TO THEIR FIELDS.

Prerequisites
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ORAL AND WRITTEN ITALIAN; BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
Contents
THE COURSE AIMS TO EXAMINE EVENTS AND PROCESSES IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY FROM THE SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE OF POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. STARTING FROM THE AGE OF THE GREAT REVOLUTIONS OF THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE FORMATION OF THE NATION-STATE AND ITS DIFFUSION IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY EUROPE WILL BE STUDIED IN PARTICULAR. STRONG ATTENTION WILL BE DEVOTED IN PARALLEL BOTH TO THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE BRITISH MODEL AND TO THE FORMATION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. CONSIDERING 1848 AS A WATERSHED IN EUROPEAN HISTORY, EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE PROCESSES OF ITALIAN AND GERMAN UNIFICATION. WITH THE FORMATION OF THE BISMARCKIAN AUTHORITARIAN MODEL AND THE GERMAN POWER STATE, WE ENTER A NEW PHASE (THE SO-CALLED 'ARMED PEACE') OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. A SECOND PART OF THE COURSE IS DEDICATED TO THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918) AS THE START OF THE PROCESS OF THE STATEHOOD OF EUROPEAN SOCIETIES AND THUS AS THE BEGINNING OF THE "ERA OF TYRANNIES". A FINAL PART WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE COLD WAR THAT SUCCEEDED THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-1945). IT WILL BE ANALYSED MAINLY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE DIVISION OF EUROPE INTO TWO BLOCS UNTIL THE COLLAPSE OF THE BERLIN WALL IN 1989.

Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION TO THE MAIN ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND SOME MOMENTS OF REFLECTION AND DEBATE WITH THE STUDENTS AT THE END OF EACH TEACHING BLOCK.
SPACE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO THE PROBLEM OF SOURCES, METHODOLOGY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY. WITHIN EACH TEACHING BLOCK, THE LECTURES ARE ORGANISED AS FOLLOWS: IN THE FIRST HOUR, THE PROFESSOR PRESENTS THE TOPIC AND ITS HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS; IN THE SECOND HOUR, MORE SPACE IS GIVEN TO DIALOGUE WITH THE STUDENTS TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR ACQUISITIONS.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM INCLUDES THE CONDUCTION OF A FINAL WRITTEN EXAM ON THE TOPICS COVERED AND PROVIDED IN THE STUDY PROGRAM

STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT EXCEEDED 20% ABSENCES WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE ATTENDING
Texts
FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS:
G. SABBATUCCI, V. VIDOTTO,
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA, 2 VOLL., ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2008.


FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
G. SABBATUCCI, V. VIDOTTO,
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA, 2 VOLL., ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2008.
C.S. MAIER, LEVIATANO 2.0: LA COSTRUZIONE DELLO STATO MODERNO, TORINO, EINAUDI, 2018


More Information
- STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE PREVIOUS COHORTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE PROGRAM OF THEIR COURSE YEAR OR THAT OF THE 2024/25 ACADEMIC YEAR;
- ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE PROFESSOR
Lessons Timetable

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