Modern History

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:

1) knowledge and understanding in a post-secondary level field of study and knowing the fundamental themes in one's field of study;

2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding in order to demonstrate a professional approach and possess adequate skills both to conceive and support arguments and to solve problems in one's field of study

3) learning skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

In the specific case, aim of the course is To provide adequate historical knowledge of the modern age, especially with regards to its breaks and discontinuities, also in light of the historical debate and of the diversity and multiplicity of the original sources. To become able to recognize the complexity of any historiographic construction.

The two main goals of the class will be acquired thanks to a didactic path divided in two modules:

1. The first, focused on early modern history and on its role in the construction of a notion of universal civilization, will follow a diachronic approach, starting from the end of the XV century up to the Seventies of XVIII century (7CFU);
2. The second will delve into some crucial moments in early modern history, analyzing the tensions provoked by natural disasters and their inevitable economic, political, social and cultural consequences. (2CFU)

Module A :

-       F. Benigno, L’età moderna. Dalla scoperta dell’America alla restaurazione, Roma- Bari, Laterza, 2005, pp. 379.

(Only choose one) 

-       L. Falsini, La storia contesa : l’uso politico del passato nell’Italia contemporanea, Roma, Donzelli, 2020, p. 229.

-       De Francesco, L’antichità della Nazione. Il mito dalle origini del popolo italiano dal Risorgimento al fascismo, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2020, pp. 233.

Module B 

AA.VV., Libera nos. Epidemie e conflitti sociali in Sicilia (secc. XVI-XXI), a cura di L. Scalisi, Roma, Viella, 2021, pp. 266.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.