This course aims to introduce students within the area of the humanities to the meaning and purpose of international history over time and to the relevant archival sources: their conservation and accessibility
Course Prerequisites
Italian
Prerequisiti
PREREQ
8000
No
Basic knowledge of contemporary history and interest in archival sources related to contemporary international studies.
Teaching Methods
This course is given n collaboration with the Committee for the Publication of Italian Diplomatic Documents and the Italian Diplomatic Archive (MAECI- Rome). It is composed of 3 parts: 1) lectures introducing this field of study, its history, relevant research questions, and sources; 2) seminars with the participation of guest lecturers on the specific sources for the study of international history; 3) a virtual (or in presence) tour of Italian and European diplomatic archives aimed at a basic understanding of how they make possible the conservation and accessibility of documents.
Assessment Methods
A written assessment after each part of the course will allow attending students to proceed to the next part. Their final grades will be based on these three partial assessments (40%), on their class participation (10%), and on their final project based on specific cases discussed during parts 2 and 3 (50%).
Texts
-Ennio DI Nolfo, Prima Lezione di Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali, Bari, Laterza 2006 -Keith Hamilton, Richard Langhorne, The Practice of Diplomacy Its Evolution, Theory and Administration, London & New York, Routledge, 2011 -Enrico Serra, CONSISTENZA ED ORGANIZZAZIONE DELL'ARCHIVIO STORICO-DIPLOMATICO DEL MINISTERO DEGLI ESTERI ITALIANO, Il Politico Vol. 55, No. 4 (156) (Ottobre-Dicembre 1990), pp. 657-672 -Amedeo Giannini, Il valore storico dei documenti diplomatici, Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Luglio-Settembre 1949), pp. 380-406
Contents
The course is designed to 1) engage students with methodologies and historiographical schools within the area of international history; 2) allow students to access and evaluate relevant archival sources, from the origins of color books to progressive liberalization of public access to diplomatic sources and finally to their digitalization; 3) the final part of the course will be devoted to welcome students into the reality of working and researching in diplomatic archives, such as the Archivio Storico Diplomatico Italiano and others. Experts, practitioners, and archivists will actively engage students in seminars and laboratories aimed at introducing them to the access, conservation, and publication of diplomatic documents.
Course Language
Italian
More information
This course is offered in collaboration with the Committee for the Publication of Italian Diplomatic Documents and the Italian Diplomatic Archive (MAECI)
