Modern History
A.Y. 2021/2022
Learning objectives
The course aims to offer both an introduction to the history of Europe within the context of transatlantic and global interactions from the end of the 15th to the first decades of the 19th Century (Part A) and an in-depth monographic analysis on specific phenomena in a global perspective, with a particular attention to the relations between past and present, facts, interpretations and cultural memory (Part B).
Expected learning outcomes
Thanks to the course, the interaction with the teacher, the individual examination of the documents analysed in class and/or individual learning (see. NF bibliography), the students will be able to:
· Acquire the knowledge of European history from the end of the 15th century to the first decades of the 19th century, with a specific focus on its prominent features.
· Understand the underlying demographic, social, economic, institutional, political, international, religious, and cultural dynamics of European History in the above-mentioned centuries from a transatlantic and global perspective.
· Learn to analyse critically sources and documents relevant to European history with a specific attention to past-present dynamics.
· Learn to explain the knowledge acquired both in an oral and/or written form.
· Learn to connect the knowledge acquired regarding European History phenomena, sources, and interpretations with other subjects of the curriculum.
The course aims at fostering students' ability to connect different epochs and issues of European history and analysing critically diverse sources. In addition, the course is intended to foster awareness of the historical depth both of the relation between Early modern Europe and today's globalized world, and the intrinsically cross-cultural and multicultural character of European societies and cultures in the past and in present time.
· Acquire the knowledge of European history from the end of the 15th century to the first decades of the 19th century, with a specific focus on its prominent features.
· Understand the underlying demographic, social, economic, institutional, political, international, religious, and cultural dynamics of European History in the above-mentioned centuries from a transatlantic and global perspective.
· Learn to analyse critically sources and documents relevant to European history with a specific attention to past-present dynamics.
· Learn to explain the knowledge acquired both in an oral and/or written form.
· Learn to connect the knowledge acquired regarding European History phenomena, sources, and interpretations with other subjects of the curriculum.
The course aims at fostering students' ability to connect different epochs and issues of European history and analysing critically diverse sources. In addition, the course is intended to foster awareness of the historical depth both of the relation between Early modern Europe and today's globalized world, and the intrinsically cross-cultural and multicultural character of European societies and cultures in the past and in present time.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
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
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
More specific information on the delivery modes of training activities for the academic year 2021-2022 will be provided over the coming months, based on the evolution of the public health situation
Course syllabus
The course is titled Figures and dimensions of modern history between literature and cinema and consists of the following parts:
Part 1: Global History of Europe (16th-19th Centuries)
Part 2: Texts and Movies
More specifically, the first part will sketch the profile of European global history from the end of the 15th to the first decades of the 19th Century. The second part will focus on the Global history of modern Europe through texts (Saer, Yourcenar, Vassalli, Lessing, Carpentier, Tolstoj) and movies (Malick, Olmi, Scorsese, Kubrick, Scola, Sokurov).
The syllabus is valid until February 2023
Part 1: Global History of Europe (16th-19th Centuries)
Part 2: Texts and Movies
More specifically, the first part will sketch the profile of European global history from the end of the 15th to the first decades of the 19th Century. The second part will focus on the Global history of modern Europe through texts (Saer, Yourcenar, Vassalli, Lessing, Carpentier, Tolstoj) and movies (Malick, Olmi, Scorsese, Kubrick, Scola, Sokurov).
The syllabus is valid until February 2023
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
Attendance is strongly recommended but not compulsory.
Lectures aim at fostering the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and the language of the discipline.
The discussion in the classroom with the teacher is an integral part of the teaching method. It aims to promote critical thinking and the ability to apply the skills and knowledge acquired.
Alongside the lectures, group work and or individual reports may be established.
Course language: Italian
Lectures aim at fostering the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and the language of the discipline.
The discussion in the classroom with the teacher is an integral part of the teaching method. It aims to promote critical thinking and the ability to apply the skills and knowledge acquired.
Alongside the lectures, group work and or individual reports may be established.
Course language: Italian
Teaching Resources
6 CFU
Attending students:
knowledge of the topics taught in lectures (Part 1 and 2)
Part 1:
R. Ago - V. Vidotto, Storia moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2021 and documents uploaded on Ariel: https://mbenzonism.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/home/Default.aspx
The use of a historical atlas is strongly recommended.
Part 2:
S. Gruzinski, Abbiamo ancora bisogno della storia? Il senso del passato nel mondo globalizzato, edizione e traduzione italiana a cura di M. M. Benzoni, Cortina, Milano 2016 and one of the following text-movie options:
1) J. J. Saer, L'arcano - T. Malick, Il Nuovo Mondo
2) S. Vassalli, La chimera - E. Olmi, Il mestiere delle armi
3) M. Yourcenar, Un uomo oscuro - M. Scorsese, Silence
4) G. E. Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm - S. Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
5) A. Carpentier, Il regno di questo mondo - E. Scola, Il Mondo Nuovo
6) L. Tolstoj, I due ussari - A. Sokurov, Arca russa
6CFU
Non-attending students:
Part 1:
R. Ago - V. Vidotto, Storia moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2021
Serge Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, https://video.unimi.it/media/478/
The use of a historical atlas is strongly recommended.
Part 2:
C. H. Parker, Le relazioni globali nell'età moderna, 1400-1800, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012 and one of the options within one of the following thematic area:
French
P. Burke, Il Re Sole, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2017
P. R. Campbell, Luigi XIV e la Francia del suo tempo, Il Mulino, Bologna 1997
V. Criscuolo, Napoleone, Bologna, Il Mulino, Bologna 2009
Spanish - Portuguese
M. M. Benzoni, Americhe e modernità. Un itinerario fra storia e storiografia dal 1492 ad oggi, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2012
J. H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale. 1469-1716, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006
B. Fausto, Storia del Brasile, Fabula, Cagliari 2010
G. Parker, Un solo re, un solo impero. Filippo II di Spagna, Il Mulino 2005
H. Rawlings, L'Inquisizione spagnola, Il Mulino 2008
T. Todorov, La conquista dell'America. Il problema dell'altro, Einaudi, Torino 2005
English
M. D. Palmer, Enrico VIII, Il Mulino, Bologna 2003 and G. Abbattista, La rivoluzione americana, Laterza, Bari-Roma 20196
M. D. Palmer, Enrico VIII, Il Mulino, Bologna 2003 and T. Bonazzi, La rivoluzione americana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2018
P. Wende, L'impero britannico. Storia di una potenza mondiale, Einaudi, Torino 2009
Polish
J. Lukowski - H. Zawadzki, Polonia. il paese che rinasce, Beit, Trieste 2009
A selection of chapters: R. I. Frost, The Oxford History of Poland. The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, 1385-1569, OUP, Oxford 2018
Russian
P. Buschkovitch, Breve storia della Russia: dalle origini a Putin, Einaudi, Torino 2013
L. Hughes, Pietro il Grande, Einaudi, Torino 2012
W. Marshall, Pietro il Grande e la Russia del suo tempo, il Mulino, Bologna, 1999
M. Raeff, La Russia degli zar, Laterza, Roma 1989
Scandinavian languages
N. Kent, A Concise History of Sweden, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008
A selection of chapters: E. I. Kouri - J. E. Olesen (eds.), The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, 2, 1520-1870, Cambridge University Press, 2016
German
R. H. Bainton, La Riforma protestante, Einaudi, Torino 2000, pp. 280
R. H. Bainton, Lutero, Einaudi, Torino 2013
T. Kaufmann, Lutero, Il Mulino, Bologna 2007 and M. Rady, Carlo V e il suo tempo, Il Mulino, Bologna 1997
General themes
S. Faroqhi, L'impero ottomano, Il Mulino, Bologna 2014 e e K. Kreiser, Storia di Istanbul, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010
M. Füssel, La guerra dei sette anni, Il Mulino, Bologna 2013 e V. Criscuolo, Il congresso di Vienna, Il Mulino, Bologna 2015
A. Michelet, Il bianco e il negro. Indagine storica sull'ordine razzista, Einaudi, Torino 2021
F. Morelli, Il mondo atlantico. Una storia senza confini, Carocci, Roma 2020
M. Pellegrini, Le guerre d'Italia, il Mulino, Bologna 2017 e Schmidt G., La guerra dei Trent'anni, Il Mulino, Bologna 2015
L. Valensi, Stranieri familiari: Musulmani in Europa (XVI-XVIII secolo), Einaudi, Torino 2013
The teaching is also based on didactic and multimedia material available on Ariel.
https://mbenzonissal.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/home/Default.aspx
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly get in touch with the professor to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
Attending students:
knowledge of the topics taught in lectures (Part 1 and 2)
Part 1:
R. Ago - V. Vidotto, Storia moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2021 and documents uploaded on Ariel: https://mbenzonism.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/home/Default.aspx
The use of a historical atlas is strongly recommended.
Part 2:
S. Gruzinski, Abbiamo ancora bisogno della storia? Il senso del passato nel mondo globalizzato, edizione e traduzione italiana a cura di M. M. Benzoni, Cortina, Milano 2016 and one of the following text-movie options:
1) J. J. Saer, L'arcano - T. Malick, Il Nuovo Mondo
2) S. Vassalli, La chimera - E. Olmi, Il mestiere delle armi
3) M. Yourcenar, Un uomo oscuro - M. Scorsese, Silence
4) G. E. Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm - S. Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
5) A. Carpentier, Il regno di questo mondo - E. Scola, Il Mondo Nuovo
6) L. Tolstoj, I due ussari - A. Sokurov, Arca russa
6CFU
Non-attending students:
Part 1:
R. Ago - V. Vidotto, Storia moderna, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2021
Serge Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, https://video.unimi.it/media/478/
The use of a historical atlas is strongly recommended.
Part 2:
C. H. Parker, Le relazioni globali nell'età moderna, 1400-1800, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012 and one of the options within one of the following thematic area:
French
P. Burke, Il Re Sole, Il Saggiatore, Milano 2017
P. R. Campbell, Luigi XIV e la Francia del suo tempo, Il Mulino, Bologna 1997
V. Criscuolo, Napoleone, Bologna, Il Mulino, Bologna 2009
Spanish - Portuguese
M. M. Benzoni, Americhe e modernità. Un itinerario fra storia e storiografia dal 1492 ad oggi, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2012
J. H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale. 1469-1716, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2006
B. Fausto, Storia del Brasile, Fabula, Cagliari 2010
G. Parker, Un solo re, un solo impero. Filippo II di Spagna, Il Mulino 2005
H. Rawlings, L'Inquisizione spagnola, Il Mulino 2008
T. Todorov, La conquista dell'America. Il problema dell'altro, Einaudi, Torino 2005
English
M. D. Palmer, Enrico VIII, Il Mulino, Bologna 2003 and G. Abbattista, La rivoluzione americana, Laterza, Bari-Roma 20196
M. D. Palmer, Enrico VIII, Il Mulino, Bologna 2003 and T. Bonazzi, La rivoluzione americana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2018
P. Wende, L'impero britannico. Storia di una potenza mondiale, Einaudi, Torino 2009
Polish
J. Lukowski - H. Zawadzki, Polonia. il paese che rinasce, Beit, Trieste 2009
A selection of chapters: R. I. Frost, The Oxford History of Poland. The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, 1385-1569, OUP, Oxford 2018
Russian
P. Buschkovitch, Breve storia della Russia: dalle origini a Putin, Einaudi, Torino 2013
L. Hughes, Pietro il Grande, Einaudi, Torino 2012
W. Marshall, Pietro il Grande e la Russia del suo tempo, il Mulino, Bologna, 1999
M. Raeff, La Russia degli zar, Laterza, Roma 1989
Scandinavian languages
N. Kent, A Concise History of Sweden, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008
A selection of chapters: E. I. Kouri - J. E. Olesen (eds.), The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, 2, 1520-1870, Cambridge University Press, 2016
German
R. H. Bainton, La Riforma protestante, Einaudi, Torino 2000, pp. 280
R. H. Bainton, Lutero, Einaudi, Torino 2013
T. Kaufmann, Lutero, Il Mulino, Bologna 2007 and M. Rady, Carlo V e il suo tempo, Il Mulino, Bologna 1997
General themes
S. Faroqhi, L'impero ottomano, Il Mulino, Bologna 2014 e e K. Kreiser, Storia di Istanbul, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010
M. Füssel, La guerra dei sette anni, Il Mulino, Bologna 2013 e V. Criscuolo, Il congresso di Vienna, Il Mulino, Bologna 2015
A. Michelet, Il bianco e il negro. Indagine storica sull'ordine razzista, Einaudi, Torino 2021
F. Morelli, Il mondo atlantico. Una storia senza confini, Carocci, Roma 2020
M. Pellegrini, Le guerre d'Italia, il Mulino, Bologna 2017 e Schmidt G., La guerra dei Trent'anni, Il Mulino, Bologna 2015
L. Valensi, Stranieri familiari: Musulmani in Europa (XVI-XVIII secolo), Einaudi, Torino 2013
The teaching is also based on didactic and multimedia material available on Ariel.
https://mbenzonissal.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/home/Default.aspx
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly get in touch with the professor to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Method: oral exam (Italian).
Type of examination: oral interrogation (Italian).
Evaluation criteria: capacity to demonstrate and elaborate knowledge; capacity for critical reflection on the completed work; quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialized lexicon, efficacy, clarity, etc;
Type of evaluation method: mark in 30s.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor and the relevant office.
Type of examination: oral interrogation (Italian).
Evaluation criteria: capacity to demonstrate and elaborate knowledge; capacity for critical reflection on the completed work; quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialized lexicon, efficacy, clarity, etc;
Type of evaluation method: mark in 30s.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor and the relevant office.
Unita' didattica A
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unita' didattica B
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)
Reception:
To make an appointment, please contact [email protected]. For information: https://ariel.unimi.it/
Room 5018, Unimi Campus, Piazza Montanelli 1 - 2099 Sesto San Giovanni (Mi)