History and Web
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course, in addition to providing a historical perspective on the subject, intends to introduce students to digital history, highlighting its transmedia, experimental and collaborative character and links with digital humanities.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will have acquired knowledge of the methodological problems associated with digital history and many of the projects and texts related to it. They will also be able to independently articulate a critical discourse on digital humanities, to describe the polemics surrounding the use of digital sources for research and to actively collaborate to conceive forms of dissemination built around historical issues relevant from the academic perspective. These skills will be acquired through a direct and continuous meeting with the instructor in the classroom. The discussion around the proposed sources will be an essential moment of critical reflection and methodological learning. Participation in meetings and seminars organized within the Department of Historical Studies will also be of great importance. Students opting not to attend the lessons will be able to make use of the educational tools provided by the instructor on Ariel, deepen their knowledge of main topics through special readings with the agreement with the instructor, and of course contact the instructor either by e-mail and during office hours.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Title of the course: History and Political Thought: From Research to Public Use of the Past
Module A: Historical research and digital humanities
Module B: Popularization of the medieval, modern and contemporary age
Module C: Political thought and public history
Module A: Historical research and digital humanities
Module B: Popularization of the medieval, modern and contemporary age
Module C: Political thought and public history
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
Attendance to classes is strongly recommended although not compulsory. The teaching is delivered through frontal lectures aimed primarily at the acquisition of knowledge, competence and specific
language of the subject. Discussion with the teacher in the classroom is integrant part of the didactic method and aims at promoting a critical attitude and the capacity to apply the acquired competence and
knowledge. The teaching is also based on didactic and multimedia material provided on Ariel.
language of the subject. Discussion with the teacher in the classroom is integrant part of the didactic method and aims at promoting a critical attitude and the capacity to apply the acquired competence and
knowledge. The teaching is also based on didactic and multimedia material provided on Ariel.
Teaching Resources
Attending students (Parts A and B for 6 Ects; Parts A, B and C for 9 Ects)
PARTE A
- The content of the lectures.
- Reading of R. Minuti (a cura di), Il web e gli studi storici (Carocci), only chapters 5, 6, 7.
- Study of F. Ciotti (a cura di), Digital Humanities: metodi, strumenti, saperi (Carocci), only Introduction and chapters 8 and 11; F. Guidali, La secchia nel pozzo: una prospettiva disciplinare su digital humanities e studio della storia, in "Rivista di ricerca e didattica digitale", special issue "Intrecciare saperi: le digital humanities fra nuovi approcci, percorsi di ricerca e metodologie", III, 1, 2023, pp. 51-65 (available at the Ariel course website).
PARTE B
- The content of the lectures.
- Study of M. Gazzini (a cura di), Il falso e la storia. Invenzioni, errori, imposture dal medioevo alla società digitale (Feltrinelli), pp. 1-55, 225-244.
- Reading of E. Valseriati, Clio in cuffia. Sapere storico, podcast e sfide della divulgazione, in "Itinerari di ricerca storica", XXXVI, 2022, pp. 91-100 (available at the Ariel course website).
PARTE C
- The content of the lectures.
- Study of M. Baioni, F. Conti (a cura di), La politica nell'età contemporanea. I nuovi indirizzi della ricerca storica (Carocci), chapters 1, 2, 4, 9; P. Pombeni, Uso pubblico del passato e democrazia. Strategie di legittimazione nell'Europa del XIX e XX secolo, in "Contemporanea", VIII, 2, 2005, pp. 371-383 (available at the Ariel course website).
Non-attending students (Parts A and B for 6 Ects; Parts A, B and C for 9 Ects)
PART A
- R. Minuti (a cura di), Il web e gli studi storici (Carocci), only chapters 5, 6, 7.
- F. Ciotti (a cura di), Digital Humanities: metodi, strumenti, saperi (Carocci), only Introduction and chapters 8, 11.
- F. Guidali, La secchia nel pozzo: una prospettiva disciplinare su digital humanities e studio della storia, in "Rivista di ricerca e didattica digitale", special issue "Intrecciare saperi: le digital humanities fra nuovi approcci, percorsi di ricerca e metodologie", III, 1, 2023, pp. 51-65 (available at the Ariel course website).
PART B
- M. Gazzini (a cura di), Il falso e la storia. Invenzioni, errori, imposture dal medioevo alla società digitale (Feltrinelli), only pp. 1-55, 225-244.
- E. Valseriati, Clio in cuffia. Sapere storico, podcast e sfide della divulgazione, in "Itinerari di ricerca storica", XXXVI, 2022, pp. 91-100 (available at the Ariel course website).
PART C
- M. Baioni, F. Conti (a cura di), La politica nell'età contemporanea. I nuovi indirizzi della ricerca storica (Carocci), only chapters 1, 2, 4, 9.
- P. Pombeni, Uso pubblico del passato e democrazia. Strategie di legittimazione nell'Europa del XIX e XX secolo, in "Contemporanea", VIII, 2, 2005, pp. 371-383 (available at the Ariel course website).
If requested, incoming Erasmus students may take the exam in English with the following bibliography (Parts A and B for 6 Ects; Parts A, B and C for 9 Ects):
A) S. Noiret, M. Tebeau, G. Zaagsma, Handbook of Digital Publich History (De Gruyter), pp. 1-150; I. Milligan, The transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age (Cambridge).
B) P. Ashton, H. Kean (eds.), People and their Pasts. Public History Today (Springer), pp. 1-20, 42-56, 203-222.
C) J. Revel, G. Levi, Political uses of the past (Routledge); J. Van Eijnatten, R. Ros, The eurocentric fallacy: a digital-historical approach to the concepts of "modernity", "civilization" and "Europe" (1840-1990), in "International journal for history, culture and modernity", 7, 1, pp. 686-736.
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly get in touch with the professor in order to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
PARTE A
- The content of the lectures.
- Reading of R. Minuti (a cura di), Il web e gli studi storici (Carocci), only chapters 5, 6, 7.
- Study of F. Ciotti (a cura di), Digital Humanities: metodi, strumenti, saperi (Carocci), only Introduction and chapters 8 and 11; F. Guidali, La secchia nel pozzo: una prospettiva disciplinare su digital humanities e studio della storia, in "Rivista di ricerca e didattica digitale", special issue "Intrecciare saperi: le digital humanities fra nuovi approcci, percorsi di ricerca e metodologie", III, 1, 2023, pp. 51-65 (available at the Ariel course website).
PARTE B
- The content of the lectures.
- Study of M. Gazzini (a cura di), Il falso e la storia. Invenzioni, errori, imposture dal medioevo alla società digitale (Feltrinelli), pp. 1-55, 225-244.
- Reading of E. Valseriati, Clio in cuffia. Sapere storico, podcast e sfide della divulgazione, in "Itinerari di ricerca storica", XXXVI, 2022, pp. 91-100 (available at the Ariel course website).
PARTE C
- The content of the lectures.
- Study of M. Baioni, F. Conti (a cura di), La politica nell'età contemporanea. I nuovi indirizzi della ricerca storica (Carocci), chapters 1, 2, 4, 9; P. Pombeni, Uso pubblico del passato e democrazia. Strategie di legittimazione nell'Europa del XIX e XX secolo, in "Contemporanea", VIII, 2, 2005, pp. 371-383 (available at the Ariel course website).
Non-attending students (Parts A and B for 6 Ects; Parts A, B and C for 9 Ects)
PART A
- R. Minuti (a cura di), Il web e gli studi storici (Carocci), only chapters 5, 6, 7.
- F. Ciotti (a cura di), Digital Humanities: metodi, strumenti, saperi (Carocci), only Introduction and chapters 8, 11.
- F. Guidali, La secchia nel pozzo: una prospettiva disciplinare su digital humanities e studio della storia, in "Rivista di ricerca e didattica digitale", special issue "Intrecciare saperi: le digital humanities fra nuovi approcci, percorsi di ricerca e metodologie", III, 1, 2023, pp. 51-65 (available at the Ariel course website).
PART B
- M. Gazzini (a cura di), Il falso e la storia. Invenzioni, errori, imposture dal medioevo alla società digitale (Feltrinelli), only pp. 1-55, 225-244.
- E. Valseriati, Clio in cuffia. Sapere storico, podcast e sfide della divulgazione, in "Itinerari di ricerca storica", XXXVI, 2022, pp. 91-100 (available at the Ariel course website).
PART C
- M. Baioni, F. Conti (a cura di), La politica nell'età contemporanea. I nuovi indirizzi della ricerca storica (Carocci), only chapters 1, 2, 4, 9.
- P. Pombeni, Uso pubblico del passato e democrazia. Strategie di legittimazione nell'Europa del XIX e XX secolo, in "Contemporanea", VIII, 2, 2005, pp. 371-383 (available at the Ariel course website).
If requested, incoming Erasmus students may take the exam in English with the following bibliography (Parts A and B for 6 Ects; Parts A, B and C for 9 Ects):
A) S. Noiret, M. Tebeau, G. Zaagsma, Handbook of Digital Publich History (De Gruyter), pp. 1-150; I. Milligan, The transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age (Cambridge).
B) P. Ashton, H. Kean (eds.), People and their Pasts. Public History Today (Springer), pp. 1-20, 42-56, 203-222.
C) J. Revel, G. Levi, Political uses of the past (Routledge); J. Van Eijnatten, R. Ros, The eurocentric fallacy: a digital-historical approach to the concepts of "modernity", "civilization" and "Europe" (1840-1990), in "International journal for history, culture and modernity", 7, 1, pp. 686-736.
International and Erasmus students are invited to promptly get in touch with the professor in order to arrange a reading plan (available in English) for exam preparation.
Assessment methods and Criteria
- Method: Oral exam.
- Alternative type of examination: It is possible for attending students to write a paper at the end of the lectures in substitution of the oral exam for the parts A and C. The mark obtained may be refused at the student's discretion.
- Length of the exam: The oral exam lasts 20 minutes. The possible paper must be of about 3.000 words. - Evaluation criteria: Critical knowledge of the characteristics of historical research in the digital sphere and in the context of the digital humanities, the modes and contents of historical divulgation and the relationship between political thought and public use of the past. During the oral exam, the professor will ask some questions in order to evaluate the level of the student's understanding of the topics delivered and of his/her capacity for expression.
- Type of evaluation method: mark in 30s.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
- Alternative type of examination: It is possible for attending students to write a paper at the end of the lectures in substitution of the oral exam for the parts A and C. The mark obtained may be refused at the student's discretion.
- Length of the exam: The oral exam lasts 20 minutes. The possible paper must be of about 3.000 words. - Evaluation criteria: Critical knowledge of the characteristics of historical research in the digital sphere and in the context of the digital humanities, the modes and contents of historical divulgation and the relationship between political thought and public use of the past. During the oral exam, the professor will ask some questions in order to evaluate the level of the student's understanding of the topics delivered and of his/her capacity for expression.
- Type of evaluation method: mark in 30s.
The format of the exam for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the professor, as well as the relevant office.
M-STO/01 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY - University credits: 3
M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY - University credits: 3
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Zaru Elia
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Reception:
Office hours will take place both remotely and in person, with appointment: Tuesday, 13 pm -16 pm. For an appointment, please send an email.
In person: Classrom A3, Sant'Alessandro square, 1.