The course will analyze the main historical methodologies, historiographical theories and sources necessary for building the historical narrative. During the lectures will explain the concept of Archive and will be describing the access mode to the sources
The course has as its main objectives to provide students with the main tools of the historian understood as preparatory skills to develop a critical awareness in the field of historical disciplines, with a social and cultural perspective
The course will analyze the main methods of historical research, historiographical theories and sources necessary to build the historical story.
Lectures, videos, slides, online resources
The course will start from the concept of history. Particular attention will be paid to theories and methodologies related to historical studies, (in particular with regard to the contemporary age), the types and use of historical sources, both quantitative and qualitative, their presence / absence and the methods of processing and analyzing.
G. De Luna, La passione e la ragione. Il mestiere dello storico contemporaneo, Mondadori, Milano, 2004
S. Luzzatto (a cura di), Prima lezione di metodo storico, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2010
F. Caffarena, Scritture non comuni. Una fonte per la storia contemporanea, Unicopli, Milano, 2016
and, for those who do not attend lessons:
M. Mustè, La storia: teoria e metodi, Carocci, Roma, 2005
Ricevimento: On appointment fabio.caffaena@unige.it
FABIO CAFFARENA (President)
ANTONELLA PRIMI (President)
February 2018
THEORY AND METHODS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
written and/or oral
The written tests and the oral question have the task of verifying that the student has understood how the historic speech processing in the field of historiography
