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.

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:
Braudel, F., Espansione europea e capitalismo (Bologna: Il Mulino, 1999)
• Brook, T., Il cappello di Vermeer. Il Seicento e la nascita del mondo globalizzato (Torino: Einaudi, 2015)
• Delpiano, P., La schiavitù in età moderna (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2009)
• Elliott, J. H., Imperi dell'Atlantico. America britannica e America spagnola (Torino: Einaudi, 2010)
• Fusaro, M., Reti commerciali e traffici globali in età moderna (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 2008)
• Goldstone, J. A., L’ascesa dell'Occidente nella storia mondiale, 1500-1850 (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2009)
• Goody, J., L’Oriente in Occidente. Una riscoperta delle civiltà orientali (Bologna: Il Mulino, 1999)
• Gruzinski, S., Abbiamo ancora bisogno della storia? Il senso del passato nel mondo globalizzato (Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 2016)
• 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).
• Osterhammel J., Petersson N. P., Storia della globalizzazione. Dimensioni, processi, epoche (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005)
• Pagden, A., Signori del mondo. Ideologie dell'impero in Spagna, Gran Bretagna e Francia, 1500-1800 (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005).
• Parker, C. H., Relazioni globali nell'età moderna, 1400-1800 (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2012)
• Subrahmanyam, S., Mondi connessi. La storia oltre l’eurocentrismo (secoli XVI-XVIII) (Roma: Carocci, 2014)
• Thornton, J., L' Africa e gli africani nella formazione del mondo atlantico. 1400-1800 (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2010).

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

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

Italian

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written and oral

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