CODE 98453 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE STORICHE 9917 (LM-84) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-STO/01 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course will address the main topics related to gender history and discussed by scholarly literature, (especially the more recent studies). In particular, the lessons will focus on the role of women and the relationships within families and society along the medieval centuries with special attention the the period spanning the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims at providing students with historiogaphical and theoretical tools for the analysis and construction of gender in the Middle Ages (fifth to fifteenth centuries) and to additionally illustrate the general framework of reseach on the role of women in distinct local and territorial contexts in specific time periods. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims at instructing students on how to read sources and scholarly literature which deal with aspects of gender and to provide the theoretical tools for the analysis and construction of gender in the Middle Ages (fifth-fifteenth centuries), by providing an introductory picture of scholarship on women in distinct local and territorial contexts and in specific time periods. At the end of the course the students will be able to read sources as well as scholarly literature critically, and contextualize the gender pespective when applied to history. PREREQUISITES No pre-requisites are required. TEACHING METHODS Frontal classes. Slides will be shown during lectures; part of the material will be provided in class, part will be available on Aulaweb. Scheduled presentations by the students. SYLLABUS/CONTENT An overview of gender history relative to the Middle Ages, interpretative categories, historiographical updates. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Compulsory texts: 1) D. Lett, Uomini e donne nel Medioevo, il Mulino 2013. 2) Violenza alle donne. Una prospettiva medievale, a cura di A. Esposito, F. Franceschi, G. Piccinni, il Mulino 2018. A list of reading suggestions and links useful for furthering the knowledge on the topic will be available on Aulaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD PAOLA GUGLIELMOTTI Ricevimento: During the course before and after lesson and by appointment; during the rest of the year (except other lessons or meetings are expected) Tuesday and Wednesday morning, 10 to 13, always by appointment. DENISE BEZZINA Ricevimento: During the course before and after lesson and by appointment; during the rest of the year by appointment Exam Board DENISE BEZZINA (President) PAOLA GUGLIELMOTTI (President) SANDRA MACCHIAVELLO SANDRA ORIGONE ANTONELLA ROVERE LESSONS LESSONS START Monday 24 September. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral exam. ASSESSMENT METHODS The oral exam will test the student's knowledge of the main gender dynamics both along the Middle Ages, and in more circumscribed contexts, as well as of the historiographical and methodological approaches illustrated during the course and in the texts. The use of an appropriate terminology will also be assessed. Presentations delivered by the students during class or as a written assignment, as outlined by the lecturers, will be considered during the evaluation. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 16/01/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 16/01/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 06/02/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 06/02/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 22/05/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 22/05/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 05/06/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 05/06/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 26/06/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 26/06/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 17/07/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 17/07/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 11/09/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 11/09/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale