ID:
511133
Durata (ore):
60
CFU:
9
SSD:
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA
Anno:
2024
Dati Generali
Periodo di attività
Primo Semestre (30/09/2024 - 13/12/2024)
Syllabus
Obiettivi Formativi
The course aims to help students understand chronological and interpretative framework of political, social and cultural changes and persistences in the contemporary world history, paying particular attention to long-lasting processes and traumatic periodizing caesuras. The critical analysis of these issues will also be conducted through methodological tools borrowed from memory and trauma studies, with a focus on the heuristic categories of collective trauma and collective memory.
Prerequisiti
No prerequisite is required
Metodi didattici
The lessons will take place in a traditional mode, alternating frontal lessons with collegial discussions on issues raised by the teacher.
Verifica Apprendimento
Written assessment with multiple-choice test and open-ended questions.
Testi
First part:
- William J. Duiker, Contemporary World History, 7th Edition, Wadsworth, Boston, 2020 (except chapter 16, pp. 396-428)
Second part:
- Gilad Hirschberger, Collective Trauma and the Social Construction of Meaning, National Library of Medicine, Frontier in Psychology, 2018, open-access
- Noa Gedi and Yigal Elam, Collective Memory — What Is It?, in “History and Memory”, vol. 8, n. 1 (Spring - Summer, 1996), pp. 30-50
- Pierre Nora, Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire, in “Memory and Counter Memory”, n. 26 (Spring, 1989), pp. 7-24
- Rolando Munck, The “Modern” Military Dictatorship in Latin America. The Case of Argentina (1976-1982), in “Latin American Perspectives”, vol. 12, n. 4, State and Military in Latin America (Autumn, 1985), pp. 41-74 (NO form 58 to 74)
- Paul C. Sondrol, 1984 Revisited? A Re-Examination of Uruguay's Military Dictatorship, in “Bulletin of Latin American Research”, vol. 11, n. 2 (May, 1992), pp. 187-203
- José López Mazz, The concealment of bodies during the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973–84), in Human Remains and Identification, edited by Élisabeth Anstett and Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Manchester Universty Press, 2015, pp. 83-97
- Brian Loveman, Military Dictatorship and Political Opposition in Chile, 1973-1986, in “Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs”, vol. 28, n. 4 (Winter, 1986- 1987), pp. 1-38
- Federico Finchelstein, From Holocaust Trauma to the Dirty War, in “Historical Reflections”, col. 41, n. 3, (Winter 2015), pp. 47-58
- Antonius C.G.M. Robben, How Traumatized Societies Remember: The Aftermath of Argentina's Dirty War, in “Cultural Critique”, n. 59 (Winter, 2005), pp. 120-164
- Luis Roniger and Mario Sznajder, The Politics of Memory and Oblivion in Redemocratized Argentina and Uruguay, in “History and Memory”, vol. 10, n. 1 (Spring 1998), pp. 133-169
- Nora Strejlevich, Collective Memory in Action (and in Motion): The Argentine Case, in “The Massachusetts Review”, vol. 52, n. 3/4, Casualty (2011), pp. 532-544
- Claudia Feld and Victoria J. Furio, Constructing Memory through Television in Argentina, in “Latin American Perspectives”, vol. 43, n. 5 (September 2016), pp. 29-44
- Mariana Achugar, Between remembering and forgetting: Uruguayan military discourse about human rights (1976-2004), in “Discourse & Society”, vol. 18, n. 5 (September 2007), pp. 521- 547
- R. Dwight Wilhelm, Censorship in Argentina, in “International Social Science Review”, vol. 66, n. 1 (Winter 1991), pp. 21-28
- Wanda C. Krause, The Role and Example of Chilean and Argentinian Mothers in Democratisation, in “Development in Practice”, vol. 14, n. 3 (Apr., 2004), pp. 366-380
All the articles will be available on Kiro
Pay attention: The lecture slides and the material uploaded to Kiro are part of the exam program
- William J. Duiker, Contemporary World History, 7th Edition, Wadsworth, Boston, 2020 (except chapter 16, pp. 396-428)
Second part:
- Gilad Hirschberger, Collective Trauma and the Social Construction of Meaning, National Library of Medicine, Frontier in Psychology, 2018, open-access
- Noa Gedi and Yigal Elam, Collective Memory — What Is It?, in “History and Memory”, vol. 8, n. 1 (Spring - Summer, 1996), pp. 30-50
- Pierre Nora, Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire, in “Memory and Counter Memory”, n. 26 (Spring, 1989), pp. 7-24
- Rolando Munck, The “Modern” Military Dictatorship in Latin America. The Case of Argentina (1976-1982), in “Latin American Perspectives”, vol. 12, n. 4, State and Military in Latin America (Autumn, 1985), pp. 41-74 (NO form 58 to 74)
- Paul C. Sondrol, 1984 Revisited? A Re-Examination of Uruguay's Military Dictatorship, in “Bulletin of Latin American Research”, vol. 11, n. 2 (May, 1992), pp. 187-203
- José López Mazz, The concealment of bodies during the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973–84), in Human Remains and Identification, edited by Élisabeth Anstett and Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Manchester Universty Press, 2015, pp. 83-97
- Brian Loveman, Military Dictatorship and Political Opposition in Chile, 1973-1986, in “Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs”, vol. 28, n. 4 (Winter, 1986- 1987), pp. 1-38
- Federico Finchelstein, From Holocaust Trauma to the Dirty War, in “Historical Reflections”, col. 41, n. 3, (Winter 2015), pp. 47-58
- Antonius C.G.M. Robben, How Traumatized Societies Remember: The Aftermath of Argentina's Dirty War, in “Cultural Critique”, n. 59 (Winter, 2005), pp. 120-164
- Luis Roniger and Mario Sznajder, The Politics of Memory and Oblivion in Redemocratized Argentina and Uruguay, in “History and Memory”, vol. 10, n. 1 (Spring 1998), pp. 133-169
- Nora Strejlevich, Collective Memory in Action (and in Motion): The Argentine Case, in “The Massachusetts Review”, vol. 52, n. 3/4, Casualty (2011), pp. 532-544
- Claudia Feld and Victoria J. Furio, Constructing Memory through Television in Argentina, in “Latin American Perspectives”, vol. 43, n. 5 (September 2016), pp. 29-44
- Mariana Achugar, Between remembering and forgetting: Uruguayan military discourse about human rights (1976-2004), in “Discourse & Society”, vol. 18, n. 5 (September 2007), pp. 521- 547
- R. Dwight Wilhelm, Censorship in Argentina, in “International Social Science Review”, vol. 66, n. 1 (Winter 1991), pp. 21-28
- Wanda C. Krause, The Role and Example of Chilean and Argentinian Mothers in Democratisation, in “Development in Practice”, vol. 14, n. 3 (Apr., 2004), pp. 366-380
All the articles will be available on Kiro
Pay attention: The lecture slides and the material uploaded to Kiro are part of the exam program
Contenuti
The course will be divided into two main units. The first aims to provide a problematic framework of contemporary world history, particularly delving into the international dynamics of the XX century and its traumatic turning points: from imperialism to decolonization, from the haunting memory of the Great War to the threat of the atomic bomb in the Cold War, via the Holocaust and totalitarian regimes. The second unit will address the theoretical and historiographical framework of collective trauma and memory, focusing on a specific case study: how the national communities of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay dealt with their violent past related to the military dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s, human rights violations and the traumatic issues of the desaparcidos.
Lingua Insegnamento
INGLESE
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