Teaching Workshop
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The aim of the workshop is to provide students with the primary basics of the knowledge and skills needed to understand and evaluate, through the analysis of proposed case studies, the link between journalism and history.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop the student will be able to recognize and analyze the main characteristics of a historical argument from a newspaper article and the differences that exist between journalistic writing and historical research and to apply the critical and communication skills acquired.
Based on these theoretical and practical ideas, students will be called upon to analyze different kinds articles and editorials and to practice the production of texts that can be published on the blog of the "Corriere della sera" lanostrastoria.corriere.it.
Students unable to attend will be able to make use of the educational tools provided by the instructor on Ariel, investigate special readings proposed by the instructor to strengthen their knowledge, and of course contact the instructor both by email and during the office hours.
Based on these theoretical and practical ideas, students will be called upon to analyze different kinds articles and editorials and to practice the production of texts that can be published on the blog of the "Corriere della sera" lanostrastoria.corriere.it.
Students unable to attend will be able to make use of the educational tools provided by the instructor on Ariel, investigate special readings proposed by the instructor to strengthen their knowledge, and of course contact the instructor both by email and during the office hours.
Lesson period: Second semester
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
Second semester
Lectures will be delivered remotely, principally in synchronous format using Skype or other platform.
Course syllabus
Journalism and history. The great events that influence the current debate
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
Attendance to classes is mandatory. The laboratory is both theoretical and practical. The students will be asked to write articles of historic actuality which, if deemed worthy, will be published on the blog "La nostra storia" of the Corriere della Sera.
There will be a public discussion on the essays of the students.
Prominent Italian journalists will be called to participate in some of the lectures.
There will be a public discussion on the essays of the students.
Prominent Italian journalists will be called to participate in some of the lectures.
Teaching Resources
1. Reading of newspapers and magazines
2. Reading of some of the classic (and controversial) texts of the Italian historic divulgation: Montanelli - Cervi, L'Italia della Repubblica (Rizzoli, 1985); Arrigo Petacco, L'esodo (Mondadori, 1999); Lapierre - Collins, Freedom at midnight (Harper Collins Publishers, 1975); Giampaolo Pansa, Il sangue dei vinti (Sperling & Kupfer, 2003); Alberto De Bernardi, Fascismo e antifascismo (Donzelli, 2018); Alessandro Barbero, I prigionieri dei Savoia (Laterza, 2012); Carmine Pinto, La guerra per il Mezzogiorno (Laterza, 2019); Giancristiano Desiderio, Pontelandolfo 1861 (Rubbettino 2019). The reading of the cited texts is not mandatory but it is propaedeutic to the discussion of some of the themes that will be discussed in the laboratory, such as historic realities and fake news spread by the neo-borbonic movement; fascism and anti-fascism in the public debate; the "foibe" and the exodus from Istria and Dalmazia, a tragedy that has been forgotten for 50 years.
2. Reading of some of the classic (and controversial) texts of the Italian historic divulgation: Montanelli - Cervi, L'Italia della Repubblica (Rizzoli, 1985); Arrigo Petacco, L'esodo (Mondadori, 1999); Lapierre - Collins, Freedom at midnight (Harper Collins Publishers, 1975); Giampaolo Pansa, Il sangue dei vinti (Sperling & Kupfer, 2003); Alberto De Bernardi, Fascismo e antifascismo (Donzelli, 2018); Alessandro Barbero, I prigionieri dei Savoia (Laterza, 2012); Carmine Pinto, La guerra per il Mezzogiorno (Laterza, 2019); Giancristiano Desiderio, Pontelandolfo 1861 (Rubbettino 2019). The reading of the cited texts is not mandatory but it is propaedeutic to the discussion of some of the themes that will be discussed in the laboratory, such as historic realities and fake news spread by the neo-borbonic movement; fascism and anti-fascism in the public debate; the "foibe" and the exodus from Istria and Dalmazia, a tragedy that has been forgotten for 50 years.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Method: evaluation at the end of the course
Type of examination: in itinere assessment and at the end of the course, on the basis of attendance to lectures and on the quality of the essays
Evaluation criteria: ability to elaborate the acquired knowledge; quality of the exposition; efficacy of the communication and clarity of the written texts
Type of evaluation method: approval of 3 cfu
The format of the assessment for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the lectures.
Type of examination: in itinere assessment and at the end of the course, on the basis of attendance to lectures and on the quality of the essays
Evaluation criteria: ability to elaborate the acquired knowledge; quality of the exposition; efficacy of the communication and clarity of the written texts
Type of evaluation method: approval of 3 cfu
The format of the assessment for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the lectures.
- University credits: 3
Humanities workshops: 20 hours
Professor:
Messina Dino