The course provides tools and critical capabilities for a knowledge of European and Extra- European history of the twentieth century, bringing students closer to the use of documentary sources and complexity of historiographic interpretations.
The course consists of an introduction to the history of 19th and 20th Centuries with the aim of providing students, in a global and comparative perspective, a picture of the great economic, political, social, cultural and costume transformations that took place from the industrial Revolution to the Twin Towers,with a special highlight on the most significat processes in some areas of Europe, America, Asia and Africa
The course aims to provide students with an introduction to political, economic and social issues of Western history with particular reference to Europe and the United States. The course also offers a basic knowledge of contemporary history of the 20th century with highlights on the cultures related to foreign languages chosen by the students. The course will therefore provide the skills to make thematic and cultural links between historical dynamics, cultures, languages and other disciplines subject of the chosen curricula.
A good knowledge of written and spoken Italian is necessary to pass the exam
Course of 36 hours, equivalent to 6 CFU, through classroom lectures. Attendance is not compulsory but warmly recommended
Program:
1. Presentation of the course; Europe between the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries: Belle époque, mass-corporations and transnational empires.
2. The First World War (I part).
3. The First World War (part II) and the Russian Revolution.
4. From the Biennio Rosso period to the Fascist regime.
5. Consolidation of the Fascist regime; Stalinism and Nazism.
6. The Liberal Democracies between the two wars: France and Great Britain.
7. The Liberal Democracies between the two wars: the United States; the new European crisis and the Second World War.
8. The Second World War and Italy: The Fall of Fascism, the Resistance and the birth of the Republic.
9. The new world order and the outbreak of the Cold War.
10. The unfolding of the Cold War and decolonization.
11. The Golden Age and the start of the European integration process (part I).
12. The Golden Age and the start of the European integration process (part II).
13. Italy from post-war reconstruction to the economic miracle.
14. Triumph and crisis of the liberal state in the United States: John F. Kennedy.
15. Triumph and crisis of the liberal state in the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson.
16. Western countries between culture and social crisis: 1968
17. The 1970s: from the age of malaise to neoconservatism.
18. The years of lead in Italy.
19. Italian politics and society in the 1980s.
20. The crisis of USSR and the end of Cold War.
21. The crisis of the First Republic in Italy.
22. Globalisation and fulfilment of European economic integration.
23. The end of the century and the attacks of September Eleven.
The course also aims to offer students methods and tools for a critical knowledge of contemporary history bringing them closer to actual most relevant historiographic issues.
For ATTENDING students: students must study, in addition to the notes taken in class, the following book:
- Alberto M. Banti, L’età contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009;
Students must also choose and study one of the following books
- V. Castronovo, L'Italia del miracolo economico, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010;
- G. Di Febo, S. Julià, Il franchismo, Roma, Carocci, 2008; - F. Fasce, I Presidenti USA. Due secoli di storia, Roma, Carocci, 2008;
- F.Fasce, La musica nel tempo. Una storia dei Beatles, Torino, Einaudi, 2018; - E. Gentile, Il fascismo in tre capitoli, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004
For NON-attending students: - P. Viola, Storia moderna e contemporanea, IV. Il Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 2000
plus one of the following books at student's choice:
- F.Fasce, La musica nel tempo. Una storia dei Beatles, Torino, Einaudi, 2018; - E. Gentile, Il fascismo in tre capitoli, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004.
Foreign students can also study the general aspects in a foreign language (English, French, etc.), only if agrreed with the teacher. However, a reading in Italian choosen among the above list is mandatory.
Ricevimento: Office hours for students: Tuesday from 3pm to 4 pm, via Balbi 6, third floor, office #13 (always check teacher's web page on University of LCM website before). For an appointement please send a mail to: maccariniroberto@libero.it
ROBERTO MACCARINI (President)
STEFANO LUCONI
Tuesday October 2nd, 2018, 1,00 p.m., room #15, Albergo dei Poveri.
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B
Oral exam either at the end of the course or at all the scheduled dates.
The test consists of an interview of varying duration that will allow to verify the student's skills. The evaluation parameters are: quality of the exposure; the correct use of the historiographic lexicon; the critical reasoning skills with respect to the program.
Depending on the number of the attending students , there could be a written test during the course (about half of the didactic program) that will be worth one third of the final evaluation.
Always pay attention to the information that will be progressively communicated in the classroom during the course.