MODERN GLOBAL HISTORY

The module is one of the main activities of the Master's degree course in History from the Middle Age to Present, which prepares students to specialise in European and extra-European history through a full mastery of the epistemological foundations of historiographic practice and of the methodologies of investigation of different types of sources. The module aims to provide the essential tools to critically analyse the historical roots of the process of the so-called globalisation. A process that has experienced alternating phases and that, until recently, has been considered only in a Eurocentric and progressive vision.

Become familiar with the field of study of global history through the in-depth study of aspects and research problems relating to the early modern period, and develop strategies for the interpretation of sources using this mode of investigation.

The expected outcome is that students acquire and demonstrate
- Knowledge and understanding of the course content
- Ability to apply the knowledge acquired
- Capacity for critical thinking and independent communication of what has been learnt.

Basic knowledge in early modern history.

The module will address some key aspects of early modern global history through the analysis of social, cultural, political and economic connections between Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

a) Notes from lectures, material uploaded on Moodle discussed in the seminars;
b) Conrad, Sebastian, Storia globale. Un’introduzione (Roma: Carocci, 2015);
c) One of the following readings:
• Brook, T., Il cappello di Vermeer. Il Seicento e la nascita del mondo globalizzato (Torino: Einaudi, 2015)
• Fusaro, M., Reti commerciali e traffici globali in età moderna (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2008), with "Capitolo III. Mercati internazionali e reti globali di scambio", in C.H. Parker, Relazioni globali nell'età moderna, 1400-1800 (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2012), pp. 77-118]
• Goody, J., Rinascimenti. Uno o molti? (Roma: Donzelli, 2010)
• Gruzinski, S., La macchina del tempo. Quando l’Europa ha iniziato a scrivere la storia del mondo (Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 2018)
• Marcocci, G., Indios, cinesi, falsari. Le storie del mondo nel Rinascimento (Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2016)
• Morelli, F., Il mondo atlantico. Una storia senza confini (secoli XV-XIX) (Roma: Carocci, 2013)
• Subrahmanyam, S., Mondi connessi. La storia oltre l’eurocentrismo (secoli XVI-XVIII) (Roma: Carocci, 2014)
• Trivellato, F., Microstoria e storia globale (Roma: Officina libraria, 2023), with Levi, G., "Frail Frontiers?", Past and Present, volume 242, supplement 14 (2019), pp. 37-49.

Oral exam on the referral texts to examine the degree of familiarity with global history issues and methods, and discussion of the submitted essay.

Assessment criteria:
- accuracy and competence in the use of language and vocabulary specific to the discipline;
- accuracy and completeness of knowledge of the topics covered in class and those learned through individual study;
- demonstrate critical thinking and independent analysis.

Grade criteria for the assessment:
- marks between 18 and 22 will be assigned where the above-mentioned points reach a sufficient level;
- marks between 23 and 26 will be assigned where the above-mentioned points reach a fair level;
- marks between 27 and 30 will be assigned where the above-mentioned points reach a good level;
- honours [lode] will be awarded where the above-mentioned points reach an excellent level.

Frontal lectures and seminars. Student's presentations on different topics are strongly encouraged.

Italian

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written and oral

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