Teaching Workshop
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The workshop aims to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and analyse the link between journalism and history through the analysis of specific case studies.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop, students will be able to critically evaluate how apparently distant historical events influence the political, social and economic dynamics of the present. Analytical and communicative skills will be acquired through the analysis of specific cases and the study of historical documents or interviews with experts in the field.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
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
First semester
Course syllabus
The "Journalism and History" workshop will begin with an overview of key events in Contemporary history related to historical memory and national identity, and how these events are portrayed by the media.
Subsequently, the "Century of Humiliation" in China will be explored. During the 110 years between the First Opium War (1839) and the founding of the People's Republic of China (1949), China endured a series of humiliations that profoundly shaped its national identity. Understanding this historical period is crucial for grasping the current domestic and foreign policies of China, now the world's leading economic power.
Throughout the workshop, each student will be invited to write a short essay on a specific aspect of the topic, either by studying historical documents or interviewing witnesses and experts. The essays will be revised and published on www.krisis.info, the global politics journal founded and directed by Elisabetta Burba.
Subsequently, the "Century of Humiliation" in China will be explored. During the 110 years between the First Opium War (1839) and the founding of the People's Republic of China (1949), China endured a series of humiliations that profoundly shaped its national identity. Understanding this historical period is crucial for grasping the current domestic and foreign policies of China, now the world's leading economic power.
Throughout the workshop, each student will be invited to write a short essay on a specific aspect of the topic, either by studying historical documents or interviewing witnesses and experts. The essays will be revised and published on www.krisis.info, the global politics journal founded and directed by Elisabetta Burba.
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the MA degree admission.
Teaching methods
Attendance is mandatory. The workshop includes both a theoretical and a practical component, during which students will be required to write articles on historical dissemination. In some of the sessions, historians, journalists, and firsthand witnesses will discuss the connection between historical memory and national identity.
Teaching Resources
Required Reading: Zheng Wang, Never Forget National Humiliation: Historical Memory in Chinese Politics and Foreign Relations, Columbia University Press, 2012.
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.
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: evaluation at the end of the course
-Type of examination: in addition to attending the classes, students will be required to write an essay, to be agreed upon with the teacher.
- Evaluation criteria: ability to demonstrate and elaborate on acquired knowledge, critical reflection on the work performed; quality of presentation, proficiency in using disciplinary terminology, communicative effectiveness, and clarity.
- Type of evaluation method: approval of 3 CFU.
The format of the assessment for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the teacher.
-Type of examination: in addition to attending the classes, students will be required to write an essay, to be agreed upon with the teacher.
- Evaluation criteria: ability to demonstrate and elaborate on acquired knowledge, critical reflection on the work performed; quality of presentation, proficiency in using disciplinary terminology, communicative effectiveness, and clarity.
- Type of evaluation method: approval of 3 CFU.
The format of the assessment for students with disabilities should be arranged in advance with the teacher.
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