AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course the student knows the historical progressions of sport by covering it in history from the classical age to the present day. The student is also able to:

• understand the main issues of the discipline and to follow the events and processes.
• interpret critically the data and issues relating to the subject of study and reflection on the main topics, forming independent judgments on them.
• communicate, with command of language, information, and issues related to the history of sport.
• manage the main basic tools and the ability to use them so that you can deal autonomously further studies in the subject field and in the professional life.

SDGs

This course contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.

3. Good Health and Well-being

5. Gender Equality

10. Reduced Inequalities

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures will be in presence.

The course consists of frontal lectures, for a total of 24 hours, delivered by the lecture. During the lectures, the topics indicated in the “Syllabus/Content” section will be covered, with a focus on some specific cases. During the lectures, slides will be shown, then uploaded to Aulaweb, which will allow attending and non-attending students to have an overview of what has been presented.

There are no ongoing tests or pre-exams or post-exams.

Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs), disabilities or other educational needs are invited to contact the teacher and the School's contact person for disability at the beginning of teaching to agree on possible teaching arrangements that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning patterns. Contacts of the School's disability contact person can be found at the following link Comitato di Ateneo per l’inclusione delle studentesse e degli studenti con disabilità o con DSA | UniGe | Università di Genova.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The world of sports practice and its interaction with society starting from the classical age to the contemporary age. In particular, the history of sport will be addressed to:

1. Sport as a “total social fact”. The concept of game, physical education, sport.
2. Sport in classical age and in the Middle Age.
3. Sport in modern history.
4. The nineteenth-century scenario: birth of sports pedagogy and physical education at school; birth of modern sport.
5. Olympics until the First World War.
6. Birth of sports governance (IOC and CONI).
7. Sport and physical education in liberal Italy.
8. Sport in totalitarianism: Stalin’s USSR.
9. Sport in totalitarianism: fascist Italy.
10. Sport in totalitarianism: Nazi Germany.
11. Olympics and main sports events in the interwar period.
12. Sport and the Cold War.
13. Olympic boycotts.
14. The Paralympic Games.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The lecturer provides, in Aulaweb, the slides and the materials useful for home study.

Further optional books are:

• Maria Aiello, Il tempo dello sport, Torino, Edizioni Gruppo Abele, 2014;
• Saverio Luigi Battente, L’idea di sport nel mondo antico e contemporaneo, Roma, Aracne, 2019;
• Paul Dietschy, Stefano Pivato, Storia dello sport in Italia, Bologna, il Mulino, 2019;
• Claudio Mancuso (edited by), Percorsi di storia e antropologia dello sport, Bologna, il Mulino, 2021;
• Umberto Tulli, Breve storia dello Olimpiadi. Lo sport, la politica da de Coubertin a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2012.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LEONARDO SCAVINO (President)

LARA PICCARDO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Campus of Savona, second term, March 2026.

Dates, hours and classrooms for lectures and exams on Easyacademy Unige: https://easyacademy.unige.it/portalestudenti/

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

This course is part of the integrated course “History of Sport - Anthropology - Sports Journalism”.

The written exam, lasting an hour and a half, is a single exam for the integrated course, divided into three parts, each related to the individual courses. For exam topics, see the “Program/Content” sections of each syllabus. To pass the exam, students must achieve a passing grade (18/30) in all three courses.

For “History of Sport” and “Sports Journalism”, the written exam consists of three open-ended questions, two for “History of Sport” and one for “Sports Journalism”. For “Anthropology”, the exam consists of 10 closed-ended questions: 3 points for each correct answer, 0 points for each incorrect or unanswered question.

The final grade for the integrated course “History of Sport (3 ECTS) - Anthropology (2 ECTS) - Sports Journalism (2 ECTS)” (total 7 ECTS) will be calculated as the weighted average of the grades obtained in the exams, provided that all exams are sufficient (it is specified that, even if two courses achieve a score of 30, a third course below 18/30 will invalidate the entire exam).

final mark=[(history/7)*3]+[(anthropology/7)*2]+ [(journalism/7)*2]

For students with certified learning disabilities (SLD), disabilities, or other special educational needs, the specific University’s legislation and regulations apply (https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa/studenti-disabilit%C3%A0-normativa).

ASSESSMENT METHODS

For the part of History of sport, the questionnaire aims to verify that the student:

• has understood the main issues of the discipline and knows how to follow the events and processes;
• know how to interpret the problems inherent in the subject of study;
• know the information and issues related to the history of sport.

Exam schedule