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

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. This year it will focus on the history of the Italian Communist Party.

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. Aldo Agosti, Storia del Partito comunista italiano. 1921-1991, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2013.
3. Documents and texts shared on Moodle.
Detailed information on the texts and activities required for the examination, for attending and non-attending students, will be published at the beginning of the course on the course's Moodle page within the 'Formative Pact'.

Written examination with short-answer questions on the topics covered in the lecture and the bibliography indicated. Attending students will carry out some activities and writing tests in itinere.
Detailed information on the texts and activities required for the examination, for attending and non-attending students, will be published at the beginning of the course on the course's Moodle page within the 'Formative Pact'.

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