The aim of the course is to provide the knowledge of the historical and political issues of the last two centuries since the political events of the late eighteenth century, with particular attention to the phenomena of global interdependence, massification and acceleration of socio-economic processes, as well as to the methodological discussions and to the historiographical debate of the period. At the end of the course, students will be able to know the chronological development of the main events of the 19th and 20th centuries, grasping their main characteristics and lines of transformation. They will be able to critically evaluate, with independent judgement skills, some historiographical orientations concerning the major issues of contemporary history.
Course Prerequisites
the course presupposes the ability of analytical and synthetic comprehension of a text. It requires elementary knowledge of geography. It also assumes the acquisition of minimal information on the lines of development of modern history.
Teaching Methods
Lectures during which the main events and historiographic issues concerning the course will be considered.
Assessment Methods
Oral examinations aimed at verifying the skills acquired, including the ability to reconstruct the main historical-political and socio-economic issues of the last two centuries on a worldwide scale, with particular regard to the events that are specifically studied during the lessons. For the students attending the lessons it is provided the carrying out of an optional test concerning only the first part of the course (general part). Some of the questions asked in previous years' written tests are available on Kiro.
Texts
All the students are asked to read: • A.M. BANTI, Le questioni dell'età contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010. All the students are required to study one of the following handbooks: • G. SABBATUCCI – V. VIDOTTO, Storia contemporanea, vol. I, L’Ottocento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2006 e vol. II, Il Novecento, ibidem, 2007 [the edition in a single volume entitled Il mondo contemporaneo. Dal 1848 ad oggi needs an integration for the period 1815-1848]. • S. LUPO – A. VENTRONE, L’età contemporanea, Le Monnier Università, Firenze, 2018. The use of a good historical Atlas is recommended. Required reading for all students is: - Santo Peli, Storia della Resistenza in Italia, Torino, Einaudi 2015 And it is also mandatory to read one of the following volumes: - Claudio Pavone, Una guerra civile. Saggio storico sulla moralità della Resistenza, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2006 - Santo Peli, Storie di GAP. Terrorismo urbano e Resistenza, Torino, Einaudi, 2017 - - Lutz Klinkhammer, L'occupazione tedesca in Italia 1943-1945, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 1993 - Gastone Breccia, L'ultimo inverno di guerra. Italia 1944, la speranza e la Resistenza, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2024
Contents
The first part of the course will discuss key themes in contemporary history (XIXth-XXth centuries). In the second part of the course some aspects concerning the history of the italian Resistance will be explored.
Course Language
Italian
More information
All students wishing to have any further information, must first contact the teacher during the reception or by mail (gianluca.albergoni@unipv.it). Students authorised to benefit from inclusive teaching are invited to contact the teacher to establish the arrangements. Non-attending students should contact the lecturer to discuss examination arrangements.
