Gain an understanding of the key historiographical trends and research methodologies that have emerged in historical research in the contemporary era.
Course Prerequisites
Acquire basic knowledge of contemporary history
Teaching Methods
These are seminar lessons, for which attendance is recommended. If possible, visits to some archives are planned.
Assessment Methods
Attending students will be required to write a written essay and take a short oral exam on the course content.
Non-attending students will take an oral exam based on the following books:
Gian Paolo Romagnani, Storia della storiografia. Dall'antichità a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2019, pp. 163-393.
Two books taken from the list: - S. Conrad, Storia globale. Un'introduzione, Roma, Carocci, 2015 (o ristampe successive) - C. Sorba, F. Mazzini, La svolta culturale: come è cambiata la pratica storiografica, Roma - Bari, Laterza, 2021 - M. Bloch, La strana disfatta, Torino, Einaudi, 1996. - F. Chabod, Storia dell'idea di Europa, Laterza, 1961 - A. Tasca, Nascita e avvento del fascismo, 1950.
Texts
Attending students will be provided with a bibliography in class and the texts will be uploaded to the KIRO platform. Attending students are required to write a short thesis (approximately 10 pages in Times New Roman 12 font) on a classic work of historiography, which they will agree with the lecturer after the start of the course.
Contents
This course provides an overview of the history of historiography from the late 18^(th) century to the present day. Historiographical practices, schools and masters will be examined and analysed through the reading of historical texts.
