EUROPEAN AND ITALIAN HISTORY FROM 1789 TO 1914

The students, coming from all parts of the world, will be able to acquire through a historical and historiographical framework basic and more advanced notions about European and ltalian history between 1789 and 1914, useful to the understanding of the other subjects they will study during their spare year and to their future university studies, in whatever field they may be, as well as useful to their cultural and life experience in our country.

The students, despite a repeatedly reported - and not tackled - problem of plagiarism and inappropriate use of ChatGPT, should acquire specific knowledge of major historical events for the period 1789-1914.

A B2 knowledge of English.

This 2 hours twice a week over elen weeks study module is ideally aimed at non-Italian students by culture and language, also of very different origins and of different backgrounds. The aim would therefore be to introduce them to the history and mentality of our country and at the same time also provide references to European history, with regard to, at least, the common elements, in order to allow everyone to reach an adequate level.
In this perspective, the period 1789-today would be divided into five phases:
- The French Revolution and Napoleon: a moment of Europeanism
- From the Congress of Vienna to 1848: romanticism, reaction, new seeds
- From 1848 to 1870: the making of Italy a nation in comparison with other state realities
- From 1870 to 1914: the problems of Unification in Italy, the South, the Savoy State, the colonies
- From 1848 to 1914: the making of Germany, the changes of Russia, the decline of Austria-Hungary vis-à-vis the expansion of England and France.

A thematic and specific bibliography will be presented at the beginning of the course. "A little history of the world" by E.H. Gombrich (New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2005, pp. 220-284) will be used as a manual for all students, alongside C. Duggan, "A Concise History of Italy" (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 87-204).

Participation 10%, Test 1 22.5%, Test 2 22.5%, Test 3 22.5%, Test 4 22.5%, each with 20 open-choice questions.

written and oral

Failure to attend at least 70 percent leads, by regulation, to failing the course.

Depending on the level of knowledge of the students, reading groups will be provided with material handed in each time, presentations by students (single or in groups, depending on the number of students), class debates, and projections (of clips) of films and documentaries. After each class, the Powerpoint used will be uploaded to the appropriate platform.

Nil.

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