Sustainable tourism science

ALESSIA CECCARELLI
ALESSIA CECCARELLI

The course intends to address some key issues of modern history through the analysis of individual phenomena and their historiographical interpretations, so as to offer students an awareness of the methods and tools of historical research.

Students will acquire a solid knowledge of the early modern period (topics, categories, historiography) and will be able to analyzed the related sources, developing communication and critical thinking skills

Course unit without requirements

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological and critical aspects, applicable to the various disciplines that characterize its interdisciplinary aspect, modulated in relation to potential job opportunities

1. C. Capra, Storia moderna, 1492-1848, Le Monnier, 2021 (HANDBOOK of Early Modern History, from the late 15th century to the Congress of Vienna).

2. Careful READING of a book included in the following list:
- F. Braudel, Il Mediterraneo. Lo spazio, la storia, gli uomini, le tradizioni, Milano, Bompiani, 2017;
- P. Burke, La storia culturale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009;
- C. M. Cipolla, Vele e cannoni, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2001;
- N. Elias, La società di corte, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006;
- P. Hazard, La crisi della coscienza europea, Torino, UTET, 2007;
- A. Koyré, Dal mondo del pressappoco all’universo della precisione, Torino, Einaudi, 2000;
- J. A. Maravall, La cultura del Barocco: analisi di una struttura storica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2004 (about 300 pp. of your choice);
- E. Sereni, Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1996 (about 300 pp. of your choice);
- T. Todorov, La conquista dell'America: il problema dell’altro, Torino, Einaudi, 1984;
- M. Weber, L’etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo, Milano, Rizzoli, 2009.

3. Additional materials will be indicated or provided during the course (see the course's Google Classroom board).

Frontal lessons

Non-attending students are admitted to the exam

Oral exam

-What does it mean ‘old regime’ and ‘modern state’?
-What does it mean ‘crisis and new role of the Mediterranean’ (XVI-XVII centuries)?
-What does it mean ‘iron century’?
-Please, speak about the ‘glorious revolution’
-Please, speak about the idea of religious tolerance, from the Peace of Augsburg (1555) to the Peace of Westphalia (1648)
-What does it mean ‘Enlightened absolutism/despotism’?
-Please, speak about the American independence
-What was the ‘Civil Constitution of the Clergy’ (during the French revolution)?
-Please, speak about Napoleon's reforms