OVERVIEW

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

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will analyze the main methods of historical research, historiographical theories and sources necessary to build the historical story. 

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, videos, slides, online resources

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

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.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

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

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FABIO CAFFARENA (President)

ANTONELLA PRIMI (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2018

Class schedule

THEORY AND METHODS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

written and/or oral

ASSESSMENT METHODS

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

Exam schedule