History of Spain and Latin America

A.Y. 2023/2024
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
M-STO/02
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course aims to point out the different features of the history of Spain and Latin America from the year 1492 to the present time (Unit A), emphasizing the specificity of the different periods, contexts and concepts through in-depth monographic analyses (Unit B and Unit C).
Expected learning outcomes
Through the initial lectures, the discussion with the instructor and the individual work on the materials examined during the course (sources, historiography, literary texts, iconography, films and documentaries) and/or the autonomous study of the scheduled bibliography, students will be able to:
· 1) acquire a sure knowledge of the profile of the history of Spain and Latin America from the end of the fifteenth century to the presentday, identifying its fundamental connections and the main aspects;
· 2) understand, from a European, American, transatlantic and global perspective, the underlying dynamics of political-institutional, socio-cultural, economic and demographic phenomena that characterize the history of Spain and Latin America over the centuries under consideration;
· 3) learn to examine critically, and with close attention, the past-present relationship, sources and documents of different nature concerning wide-ranging phenomena within the general history of Spain and Latin America;
· 4) learn how to expose oral and/or written knowledge through individually submitted/redacted reports;
· 5) integrate the knowledge gained in the field of general history and analysis of sources and interpretations by establishing links with the other disciplines covered by the study path.
· Language of teaching: Italian
· Teaching method: face-to-face lessons
Single course

This course can be attended as a single course.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Course Title: Spain and Latin America from the 16th century to the present.

Part 1: History of Spain and Latin America (16th-21st century). An Introduction
Part 2: Spain and Latin America. History and Memory on the Screen
Part 3: History, Historiography, and Memory in Patricio Guzman's Chile Trilogy

In the first part, the course introduces an overview of the history of Spain and Latin America (16th-21st century) from a transatlantic and global perspective. In the second part, the view and the contextualization of selected film productions will enhance the knowledge of some of the main junctures in the history of Spain and Latin America. Finally, the third part will focus on Patricio Guzmán's Chile Trilogy.
The syllabus is valid until February 2025. 
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 train 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
9 CFU

Attending students

Knowledge of the topics treated in the lectures.

Part 1
Knowledge of one of the following options:

- M. M. Benzoni, Americhe e modernità. Un itinerario fra storia e storiografia dal 1492 ad oggi, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2012 (prima sezione), L. Zanatta, Storia dell'America latina contemporanea, Laterza, Roma 2021 (7), S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

-M. De Giuseppe - Gianni La Bella, Storia dell'America latina contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna 2019, S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

-J. H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale 1469-1716, Il Mulino, Bologna 2006, S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

-G. Hermet, Storia della Spagna nel Novecento, Il Mulino, Bologna 1999, S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

Part 2:
Knowledge of the film selection and one of S. Gruzinski, Abbiamo ancora bisogno della storia? Il senso del passato nel mondo globalizzato, Raffaello Cortina editore, Milano 2016

Part 3:
Knowledge of the Patricio Guzmán's Chile Trilogy.

The materials examined will be marked/uploaded on the course website: https://mbenzonissal.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/home/Default.aspx.

9CFU

Non-attending students

Part 1
Knowledge of the topics discussed in the lectures
- M. M. Benzoni, Americhe e modernità. Un itinerario fra storia e storiografia dal 1492 ad oggi, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2012 (prima sezione), L. Zanatta, Storia dell'America latina contemporanea, Laterza, Roma 2021 (7), S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

-M. De Giuseppe - Gianni La Bella, Storia dell'America latina contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna 2019, S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

-J. H. Elliott, La Spagna imperiale 1469-1716, Il Mulino, Bologna 2006, S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

-G. Hermet, Storia della Spagna nel Novecento, Il Mulino, Bologna 1999, S. Gruzinski, Storia, memoria, immaginari nel mondo globalizzato, intervista a cura di Maria Matilde Benzoni, 2015: http://portalevideo.unimi.it/embedmedia?mid=478

Part 2

Knowledge of one of the following volumes:
- G. Albanese, Dittature mediterranee, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2016
- H. Browne, La guerra civile spagnola, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2013
- E. Calamai, Niente asilo politico. Diplomazia, diritti umani, desaparecidos, Feltrinelli, Milano 2016 e M. Novaro, La dittatura argentina(1976-1983), Carocci, Roma 2005
-J. Canal, Storia minima della Catalogna, Viella, Roma 2018
- M. Livi Bacci, Conquista. La distruzione degli indios americani, il Mulino, Bologna 2009
-J. G. Parker, Un solo re. Un solo impero. Filippo II, il Mulino, Bologna 2005
- D. Salomoni, Magellano. Il primo viaggio intorno al mondo, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2022
- T. Todorov, La conquista dell'America. Il problema dell'altro, Einaudi, Torino varie edizioni e B. Las Casas, La brevissima relazione della distruzione delle Indie, ed. italiana a cura di F. Fiorani, Marsilio, Venezia 2012

Part 3

Knowledge of one of the following volumes:
- Historias minimas, El Colégio de México (un volume a scelta, https://libros.colmex.mx/categoria-producto/historias-minimas/)
- M. M. Benzoni, Italia-America latina: contesti storici e prospettive di ricerca (secoli XVI-XXI), in S. Ferrari -E. Leonardi (coord.), Rutas atlánticas. Redes narrativas entre América latina y Europa, Milano University Press 2021, pp. 537-575, https://libri.unimi.it/index.php/texturas/catalog/book/59 e M. De Giuseppe - G. La Bella (a cura di), America Latina: le sfide del XXI secolo. Verso il terzo decennio, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli 2020
- J. H. Elliott, Imperi dell'Atlantico. America britannica e America spagnola, Einaudi, Torino 2017 (una parte, da concordare con la docente)
- L. Pompeo D'Alessandro, Guadalajara 1937. I volontari italiani fascisti e antifascisti nella guerra di Spagna, Carocci, Roma 2017
- H. Rawlings, L'inquisizione spagnola, il Mulino, Bologna 2008
- L. Zanatta, Fidel Castro. L'ultimo «re cattolico», Salerno, Roma 2019

The course uses teaching materials, including multimedia, available on the Ariel platform: https://mbenzonissal.ariel.ctu.unimi.it/v5/home/Default.aspx.
Incoming international or Erasmus students should contact the lecturer in good time to arrange the examination program, if necessary, in English.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Mode of examination: oral test.
Type of test: oral question (Italian).
Assessment parameters: ability to discursively organize the acquired knowledge and to reason critically about the study undertaken, quality of the exposition (content, effectiveness, and linearity), and competence in using the specialist vocabulary.
The assessment used: grade in thirtieths.
Examination arrangements for students with disabilities and DSA students: students have to define the program with the teacher in agreement with 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
Unita' didattica C
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 1047, Unimi Campus, Piazza Montanelli 1 - 2099 Sesto San Giovanni (Mi)