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Contemporary European History

A.Y. 2022/2023
6
Max ECTS
40
Overall hours
SSD
M-STO/04
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course aims to generate, develop and strengthen students' skills about contemporary European history (19th and 20th century), through lectures and thanks to the use (in addition to the usual learning tools) of audio and visual tools, useful sources for studying history.

Students will also be led to reflect on the most current issues in the field of historiography and about their application in the public field.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will have to demonstrate, through an oral exam, a sure knowledge of the main lines of development of contemporary European history, with reference to the countries considered.

They will also have to know how to argue the causes and the effects of the main events of the period studied, with a language suited to the topics covered.

Lesson period: Second semester

Lessons timetable

Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi

Exams calendar

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Cassamagnaghi Silvia
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Italy in XX Century: from the First World War to the 1970s.
Unit 1 - Italy from First World War to the Fall of Fascism.
Unit 2 - Italy from the Post War Period, to the Economic Boom, to Terrorism.
Prerequisites for admission
The Students must have a good knowledge of the main events of contemporary European history, from late 1800s to the present times, which can be acquired through the study of Sabbatucci-Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo.
Teaching methods
During the lessons, the professor will outline the main events of German history in the period from the late XIX Century to the Reunification of 1990, within the broader context of European history.
Through the vision of historical films, the course also aims to provide tools for the use of cinema as source for the study of history.
Teaching Resources
Unit 1 -
- G. Sabbatucci - V. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo, Bari, Laterza, 2019 (pay particular attention to European history)
Films:
-La grande guerra (Mario Monicelli, 1959)
-La marcia su Roma (Dino Risi, 1962)
-Una giornata particolare (Ettore Scola, 1977)
-Paisà (Roberto Rossellini, 1946)Unit 2 -
A book to be chosen among:
- G. Corni, Storia della Germania, Milano, Il Saggiatore
- R. Brizzi, M. Marchi, Storia politica della Francia repubblicana (1871-2011, Mondadori Education
- G. Guazzaloca, Storia della Gran Bretagna (1832-2014), Firenze, Le Monnier
- E. Biagini, Storia dell'Irlanda dal 1845 a oggi, Bologna, il Mulino
- G. Hermet, Storia della Spagna nel Novecento, Bologna, il Mulino
- S. Colarizi, Storia del Novecento italiano, Milano, Rizzoli
- R. Bartlett, Storia della Russia, Milano, Mondadori
Films:
-C'eravamo tanto amati (Ettore Scola, 1974)
-Ladri di biciclette (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
-Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
-Romanzo di una strage (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2012)
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam is an oral test aimed at ascertaining the students' knowledge of European history from the late 1800s to the present times and, in particular, the history of an European country chosen by the student. It will be evaluated also the students' ability to analyse and discuss the books and films indicated in the program.
M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor: Cassamagnaghi Silvia
Professor(s)
Cassamagnaghi Silvia
Reception:
On Monday, from 12.00 am to 15.00 - Room 5015 or on Teams. By appointment.
Sesto S. Giovanni, Room 5015 or Microsoft Teams