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
Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities and individual study will allow the student to acquire adequate knowledge regarding the main tools of the historian, understood as preparatory skills to develop a critical awareness in the context of historical disciplines, with a social and cultural perspective
The teaching consists of lectures for a total of 36 hours. The use of multimedia supports is foreseen. Specific lessons with laboratory cutting will be dedicated to research, access and treatment of historical sources.
The teaching will develop starting from the concept of history and the meaning attributed to the history and work of the historian. Particular attention will be given to the theories and methodologies related to historical studies, (in particular regarding the contemporary age), to the typology and use of historical sources, both quantitative and qualitative, their causal presence and non-randomness on the territory and the methods of treatment and analysis
The slides used during the lessons and other teaching materials will be available on aul@web. The notes taken during the lessons and the material on aul@web are essential for the preparation of the attendance exam (those who have attended at least 75% of the lessons). The books listed below are suggested as supporting texts, but students can agree with the teacher alternative bibliography related to the topics dealt with in the field of teaching:
G. De Luna, La passione e la ragione. Il mestiere dello storico contemporaneo, Mondadori, Milano, 2004
F. Caffarena, Scritture non comuni. Una fonte per la storia contemporanea, Unicopli, Milano, 2016
M. Mustè, La storia: teoria e metodi, Carocci, Roma, 2005
Non-attending students are also required to study:
E. Traverso, Il passato: istruzioni per l'uso. Storia, memoria, politica, Ombre corte, Verona, 2006
Ricevimento: On appointment fabio.caffarena@unige.it
FABIO CAFFARENA (President)
MARINA MARENGO (President)
ANTONELLA PRIMI (President)
MICHELA BADII
ENRICO BERNARDINI
SIMONE DE ANDREIS
20 February 2019
THEORY AND METHODS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
For attending students the exam consists in writing an essay on the course topics. The exam is exclusively oral for non-attending students (ie for those who have not attended at least 75% of the lessons).
The following calls are planned:
Three calls from January 2019 to February 2019
Four calls from May 2019 to July 2019
Two calls in September 2019
Further details and clarifications on how to prepare for the exam will be provided during the lessons. The written document for attending students and the oral interview for non-attending students have the task of verifying that the student has understood how to elaborate the historical discourse in historiography and in the context of the public use of history through the various media.
Students are invited to consult the teaching page (http://www.aulaweb.unige.it/) where all the information and teaching materials will be published
