HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ITALY

The course is among the Core Educational Activities of the Bachelor's degree course in History; it is also among the Related or Additional Studies of other Bachelor's degree courses.
The aims of the course are to know the general lines of Italian history from 1945 to the present and the ability to analize some types of sources.

Knowledge and understanding:
- know the periodization of the history of Italy, with particular reference to the history of republican Italy
- understand the distinction and the mutual connections between the economic, institutional, political, social and cultural dimensions of history
- know the main events and processes that occurred in the historical period considered
- know some types of sources related to the historical period considered
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- know how to use the periodization to frame events and processes of history
- know how to operate connections between different dimensions of history
- knowing how to orientate in the considered historical period
- knowing how to interpret and critically analyze some types of sources
Judgment skills:
- know how to apply a critical and informed approach to the reconstructions of the past and to the analysis of documents
Communication skills:
- knowing how to interact on the historical period considered using appropriate terminology
- knowing how to interact with the teacher and peers in a critical and respectful way, both in the presence and in the forums of the virtual space

At least elementary knowledge of the Italian language.
Knowledge of the general frameworks of modern and contemporary history acquired in high school.

The course covers the essentials of the history of Italy from the birth of the Republic to the present.

1. Umberto Gentiloni Silveri, Storia dell'Italia contemporanea. 1943-2019, Il Mulino, Bologna 2019 (Erasmus students: John Foot, The Archipelago. Italy Since 1945, Bloomsbury, London 2018).
2. Alessandra Pescarolo, La grande trasformazione e il cambiamento culturale, in Ead., Il lavoro delle donne nell'età contemporanea, Viella, Roma, 2019, pp. 247-282 (the text will be made available in the e-leanrning platform moodle.unive.it).
3. A book of your choice from:
- Marta Barone, Città sommersa, Bompiani, Milano 2020
- Giuseppe Culicchia, Il tempo di vivere con te, Mondadori, Milano 2021
- Sergio Luzzatto, Giù in mezzo agli uomini: vita e morte di Guido Rossa, Einaudi, Torino 2021
- Benedetta Tobagi, Come mi batte forte il tuo cuore. Storia di mio padre, Einaudi, Torino, 2009
- Mario Calabresi, Spingendo la notte più in là. Storia della mia famiglia e di altre vittime del terrorismo, Mondadori, Milano 2010
- Silvia Giralucci, L'inferno sono gli altri. Cercando mio padre, vittima del terrorismo, Mondadori, Milano 2011.
Other short texts, documents and teaching aids will be made available on the e-learning platform Moodle.

This program - books and online materials - also applies to students non-attending lessons.

The exam will verify the preparation on what is explained in class (in the classroom and online) and on the bibliography of the course.
Written test with short-answer questions on events, characters, concepts, dates and places, contained in the bibliography and in the lessons.

Lectures. Three lessons should be held online on Moodle.

Italian

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development