History and Images in Early Modern History

To provide adequate historical knowledge of the modern age, especially with regards to the revolutions. Another goal is to become able to recognize the complexity of any historiographic construction. According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course,will demonstrate:

1) knowledge and understanding skills such as to reinforce those achieved in the first cycle; ability to elaborate and / or apply original ideas, in a research context.

2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding and ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's field of study;

3) ability to integrate knowledge and to formulate judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily complete;

4) ability to communicate one's knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.

5) ability to carry out research autonomously.

A The discovery of the globalized World (3CFU)

The first module will explore the concepts of a period only on the surface governed by harmony. Through the support of historical sources, the students will explore the political and cultural tensions of the age, mainly caused by the discovery of the New World and the relationship with new civilizations, to understand the characteristics of the globalized world.

B. The revolutions in Early modern age (3 CFU)

The second one will deepen some watershed moments of early modern age, in particular referred to the revolutions, through an historical path, linked to the representations of the revolutions. They will lead to an explanation of this methodological choice, but also to the understanding of how powerful the communication through visual arts is and how deep is

their tie to politics and society.

Modulo A. The discovery of the globalized world.

S. Gruzinsky, Abbiamo ancora bisogno della storia? il senso del passato nel mondo globalizzato, Cortina Raffaello Editore, Milano, 2016, pp. 151.

Modulo B. The revolutions in Early modern age.

De Francesco, Una storia globale delle storie rivoluzionarie, Cortina Raffaello Editore, Milano, 2022, pp. 272.

F. Benigno, Rivoluzioni. Tra storia e storiografia, Officina libraria, Roma,

2021, pp. 256.

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