AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Provide the students with the analytical tools which are fundamental to understand the political processes that characterize contemporary history; allow the students to orient themselves in this area in the panorama of historiography; encourage a critical approach to events between past and present.

TEACHING METHODS

The course includes 18 two-hour lectures; during the lectures slides will be projected, documents distributed, discussions organized. Attending students will also present individual research on lesson topics.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course is divided into two parts: a general part, which aims to trace the fundamental features of the genesis, development and transformation of political parties and movements in Italy and in Europe between 19th and 20th centuries, and a specific section dedicated to training and prospects of European parties (EPP, ESP, SE, ALDE, Greens, etc.), as well as the role played by the movements for European unity in the EU integration process. Special attention will be devoted to the topic of Euroscepticism, to the Sixty-Eight, and to the history of the non-global movements.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Recommended reading: Giorgio Galli, I partiti europei: storia e prospettive dal 1649 a oggi, Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2008 (sections of the book to be agreed upon); Guido Levi e Fabio Sozzi (a cura di), Unione politica in progress. Partiti e gruppi parlamentari europei 1953-2014, Cedam, 2015 (sections of the book to be agreed upon, abridged for App students). Furthermore, for non-attending students, an additional text of their choice from the following: Mario Avagliano e Marco Palmieri, Voto alle donne! La storia di una battaglia, dalle suffragette alla Costituente, Einaudi 2026; Simona Colarizi, La resistenza lunga. Storia dell'antifascismo 1919-1945, Laterza, 2023; Marcello Flores e Giovanni Gozzini, Il vento della rivoluzione. La nascita del Partito comunista italiano, Laterza, 2021; P. Pombeni, G. Formigoni e G. Vecchio, Storia della Democrazia Cristiana (1943-1993), Il Mulino (2023); Gianluca Scroccu e Anna Tonelli, La sinistra nell'Italia repubblicana. Dalla Resistenza al campo largo, Carocci 2023; Marco Tarchi, Italia populista. Dal qualunquismo a Beppe Grillo, Il Mulino 2018.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GUIDO LEVI (President)

DANIELA PREDA (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 2026

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy