CODE 72693 ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE DELL'AMMINISTRAZIONE E DELLA POLITICA 11161 (L-16) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-STO/04 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The unit consists of an introduction to history of 19th and 20th centuries with the aim of providing students, in a global and comparative perspective, with a picture of the great international economic, political, social and cultural transformations that have been happening in the two centuries by bringing the student closer to the use of documentary sources and to the complexity of historiographic interpretations. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES At the and of the Course the student is able to: - know the main thematic issues of contemporary history from 1815 to nowadays in Italy, in Europe, in the world. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The unit gives students the fundamental knowledge of the history of the 19th and 20th century in order to acquire the ability to analyze and critically interpret, in a diachronic and synchronic key, the main problems of the contemporary age: to understand the main issues of the discipline and to follow the events and processes; to interpret critically the data and issues relating to the subject of study and reflection on the main topics, forming independent judgments on them; to communicate, with command of language, information, and issues related to the contemporary history; acquisition of the main basic tools and the ability to use them so that you can deal autonomously further studies in the subject field. PREREQUISITES Knowledge of the Italian language. Basic geographical knowledge of the location of States. TEACHING METHODS The course consists of lecures for a total of 54 hours (equivalent to 9 Cfu). If required by the epidemiological situation, the course will be held in face.to-face and distance leraning mode. TEAM 72693 Storia contemporanea 2021-2022 Code 5oep5mu SYLLABUS/CONTENT Specifically, the following topics will be covered: The Congress of Vienna and the Restoration From the uprisings of 1820-1821 to the 1848 uprising The Italian and German unification The Oriental Question The extra-European world: China, Japan, Latin America; the Civil War in the US Imperialism and colonialism Italy of Giolitti From the Russian Revolution of 1905 to the First World War The Russian Revolution The Treaties of Paris and their consequences Post-war and Fascism The Republic of Weimar; Hitler and the Nazis The Second World War The post-war period and the Cold War Large international post-war crisis. The Middle East knot The fall of communism. The contemporary world RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Compulsory books: Alberto Mario Banti, L'età contemporanea. Dalle rivoluzioni settecentesche all'imperialismo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, ultima edizione, a partire dal capitolo 13. Alberto Mario Banti, L'età contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, ultima edizione. Students who will not be able to attend at least 2/3 of the lessons (equal to 38 hours) must also study one of the following texts: Giovanni Bernardini, Parigi 1919. La Conferenza di pace, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019. Gabriella Corona, Breve storia dell’ambiente in Italia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2015 G. Del Zanna, La fine dell’Impero Ottomano, Bologna, il Mulino, 2012. D. Engel, L’Olocausto, Bologna, il Mulino, 2005. Jörn Leonhard, Ulrike von Hirschhausen, Imperi e Stati nazionali nell’Ottocento, Bologna, il Mulino, 2014. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARIA ELISABETTA TONIZZI Ricevimento: At the Dispo, before or after class time. Also by Teams and email. Exam Board MARIA ELISABETTA TONIZZI (President) DANIELA PREDA ANDREA CATANZARO (Substitute) FEDERICO DONELLI (Substitute) GUIDO LEVI (Substitute) LARA PICCARDO (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START The couse will start on Tuesday 14 September 2021. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam is oral and in Italian. It is subdivided in two parts, one regarding the 19th and the other the 20th century. To pass the exam both answers must be sufficient. ASSESSMENT METHODS The achievement of the training objectives of the course is verified through two questions, one relating to the 19th century and the other to the 20th century. If one of the answer were insufficient, a third question will be posed. An additional question will concern the chosen reading indicated in the program. The final exam will be oral but foreign students can apply to take it in writing, in English or Italian. The candidate must demonstrate critical knowledge of the topics and the ability to organize the speech using an appropriate vocabulary. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 11/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 09/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 25/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 21/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 12/07/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale 06/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION