Global Humanities

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

In application of the Dublin descriptors, the course

- provides the student with knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical-problematic and applicative aspects of the Discipline, proposes areal and sectoral perspectives in which research projects relating to the Discipline are active or can be activated, shows the variability of the fields of interest within which they can apply disciplinary skills (descriptor 1);

- develops the student's autonomous ability to relate what they have learned with other SSDs: historical, literary, artistic, cultural, economic, political, historical-religious, etc. (descriptor 2);

- enables the student to use the acquired knowledge and the specific language learned for the so-called “transversal skills” (independent judgment, communication skills, descriptors 3-5).

Educational objectives

To gain a basic knowledge of the most relevant issues of the period
taken under examination, familiarity with the main works and the ideas
of their authors, such as Niccolò Machiavelli, Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
and others, and knowledge of the history of Europe in general, from
the Renaissance to the nineteenth century.

This course also aims to teach students how to manage sources and
historical information and to develop a critical knowledge. Also, the
objective is to teach students how to understand and organize
historical facts, and to synthesize concepts and opinions, in order to
master both historical and historiographic skills.

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This course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of the main events, processes and issues of contemporary history, as well as of major historiographical debates.

Educational objectives

This course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of the main events, processes and issues of contemporary history, as well as of major historiographical debates.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions with other fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines.

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Objectives

The course will be dedicated to the cultural season in Rome, precisely to the events, exhibitions, and experimental and research performances that will take place simultaneously with the course, offering students an exclusive opportunity to follow and study the live performance. Furthermore, the course will be an attempt to study the aesthetic, ethical, political, economic, social, cultural and theoretical implications that performance entails. The critical elements that we want to highlight in the performance are interdisciplinarity, aesthetic and/ or political radicalism, the concept of non-representation, collaborative and collective work, new forms of acting or acting, the use of the performative body, the new dance , the use of new media, and different aspects of the relationship with the performative space and with the public. The course which, at the same time, collects and notes new artistic and social practices, will not only give students the opportunity to study contemporary performance, but to incorporate new methodological tools for its analysis.

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The students will acquire an overall knowledge of the history of the Italian Renaissance from a global perspective, with a special regard to the analysis of literary texts both Latin and Italian (all texts will be read in English translation).

At the end of the course, the students will be able to critically discuss issues regarding the history of Italian culture, religion, politics during the Renaissance. At the same time, the students will be encouraged to reflect on the role of Italian Renaissance in the history of Western civilization

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The course provides the student with the knowledge and understanding of the cultures of the ancient Near East, between the 4th and 1st millennium BC, through the use of advanced textbooks, stimulates knowledge and understanding applied to the issues addressed during the course, from the history of studies to the periods examined as case studies. Through appropriate skills, it helps to develop the autonomy of judgment, including reflection on historical, artistic, and archaeological themes, and communication skills, critical thinking on aspects and problems of the different Near Eastern cultures, and the ability to also learn the appropriate terminology, necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

The course aims to train students in theories, methodologies, and modern techniques for the analysis of archaeological, artistic and literary data of the major ancient oriental cultures of Mesopotamia and the Levant, between the fourth and first millennium BC.

Educational objectives

The course is aimed at giving the students a general historical outline of the period under scrutiny and of the main methodological and critical issues about it.
The course is meant at developing the students’ ability to link the specific topic of the discipline to other fields of study (literature, history, philosophy).
The course is aimed at enabling the students to apply the specific language and methods of the Discipline to develop their skills in terms of critical judgment and communication ability.

Educational objectives

The course aims at giving to the student a basic knowledge and skills of PHOENICIAN AND MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY, with the aid of advanced textbooks. At the end of the course the student will be able to apply him acquired knowledge in autonomous judgments, and evaluate issues, developing independent judgments, ideas, problems and original opinions, that are needed to go further in the studies.
The student will be introduced to recent archaeological discoveries in Phoenicia and Western Mediterranean: cultural roots of Phoenician civilization.

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Objectives:
The course is intended to provide students with a wide knowledge of art in medieval Europe and in the Byzantine world. Thus, attending students are expected to attain:
a. To become proficient in approaching medieval European and Byzantine artworks in their historical context, as well as in using stylistic, iconographic and technical terms.
b. To develop full autonomy of critical judgement.
c. To acquire an adequate awareness about artistic heritage and its preservation and/or valorisation.

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This course explores the dynamic form of material and artistic expressions and exchanges following the European colonization of America and their repercussion on the early modern period. Students will learn how encounters among diverse societies shaped urban form, art and ways of life, and how the travelling of objects and ideas influenced the emerging global world. At the end of the course, students will be able to recognize the way indigenous knowledge played a crucial role in the construction of new materialities, architecture and art. Moreover, they will be able to place the European conquest of America within a global cultural and historical context..

Educational objectives

The course is aimed at giving the students a general historical outline of the period under scrutiny and of the main methodological and critical issues about it.
The course is meant at developing the students’ ability to link the specific topic of the discipline to other fields of study (literature, history, philosophy).
The course is aimed at enabling the students to apply the specific language and methods of the Discipline to develop their skills in terms of critical judgment and communication ability.

Educational objectives

Watching, commenting and analyzing films and documentaries produced and distributed through transnational and/or independent channels, students will gain the capacity to investigate independent, indigenous and diasporic filmmaking practices; the necessary analytic skills to challenge traditionally held categories which confine films in linguistically and/or territorially clustered areas; the competence to read old and new films through innovative critical theories in the fields of film and media studies.

In particular, students will familiarize themselves with visual cultures and filmmaking practices within and across different cultures, in order to develop a nuanced aesthetic sensibility to new ways of making films and challenging representations by hegemonic media and mainstream film industries.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

In compliance with the 5 Dublin descriptors, the course in Global and Minor Cinemas aims to:

1. Knowledge and understanding: to provide students with conceptual and methodological tools related to the history of cinema in a trasnational and global perspective, with a strong focus on the innovative theories developed by Film Studies.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. The course will be aimed at improving students' ability to apply knowledge and understanding regarding cinematic cultures in a transnational and transcultural perspective, enhancing their capacity to understand and interpret visual cultures and global and minor cinemas in their historical trajectories.

3. Making judgments. The course will include activities specifically designed to refine students' autonomy of judgment on the topics dealt with, such as cineforums, in-depth discussions and participatory workshops.

4. Communication skills. The course will strive to improve students' communication skills through oral presentations, participatory workshops and short written essays.

5. Learning skills. The course will be delivered paying attention to develop in students the skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Educational objectives

This course aims to:
- present students with some especially relevant moments and objects in the history of so-called "western" music;
- develop students' autonomous ability to establish connections between the content of the course and political, social and cultural history, and the history of literature, theatre and performance, and of the visual arts;
- develop students' autonomous ability to use the specific conceptual and linguistic knowledge acquired in the course itself for the so-called "transferable skills", such at autonomous judgment, communication skills, etc.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide basic information on this topic (knowledge) in order to use it, and to apply it to other research fields, employing proper and specific terminology (competence).

Furthermore, the course aims to enable students to acquire and comprehend basic elements of the main theories and methods of ethnomusicology, taking a multicultural and interdisciplinary perspective.

It also aims at developing skills in relating ethnomusicological theories and methods to other disciplines such as history, anthropology, musicology, and to several applied contexts (education, inclusion, cultural mediation).

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The course will allow students to: acquire a basic knowledge of the early architectural and artistic expressions of Islamic culture and the ability to understand their relationships with previous and neighboring traditions; become familiar with methodological approaches to the study of Islam and its material culture; develop the ability to gather, evaluate, process and communicate information on specific topics related to Islamic architecture and arts; increase the skills required to progress on to further education.

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Questo corso presenta un ritratto globale della storia della traduzione della Divina Commedia di Dante. Le
studentesse e gli studenti saranno esposti alle principali teorie di tre diverse discipline utilizzate
nell'approccio a questo testo, vale a dire la letteratura italiana, la letteratura comparata e Translation
Studies. Esamineremo le traduzioni composte dal XV secolo ad oggi, sia in lingue occidentali che non
occidentali. Vedremo come le traduzioni del testo dantesco siano state influenzate da molteplici diversi
fattori di carattere letterario e culturale.
Secondo i descrittori di Dublino, il corso fornisce allo studente conoscenza e comprensione degli aspetti
metodologici, critico-problematici e applicativi di tre discipline (la letteratura italiana, la letteratura
comparata, e i translation studies); propone prospettive generali e specifiche in termini globali; sviluppa
l’autonoma capacità della studentessa/dello studente di porre in relazione quanto appreso con altri SSD;
mette la studentessa/lo studente in grado di utilizzare le conoscenze acquisite e il linguaggio specifico
appreso per le cosiddette “competenze trasversali”.

Educational objectives

The objective of the course is to help the students gain a historically grounded awareness of the complexities of cultural identities, always contesting and sometimes subverting the representations that claim to realistically depict and define them. The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs
and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

- The course aims to develop the knowledge and understanding of the main theoretical and methodological issues in the field of the anthropology of religion.
- In particular, the course aims to offer students the analytical tools to "think anthropologically" and to apply the knowledge and understanding of the main themes of anthropology to the approach to different social, cultural and religious contexts.
- The course will foster the ability to understand and critically evaluate the meaning of anthropological knowledge through practical exercises, by reading and commenting on the bibliographic references, in order to formulate judgments in a complex and articulated way, communicating the knowledge and processes that have led to their formation, and addressing topics with a high degree of autonomy.

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The course proposes deep analysis of the gender issue in the socio-economic domain (i.e. migration, labour, climate, human rights, finance, welfare, etc.). The core issue of the course is the analysis of the complexity of concept of gender equality and equity that depends on the understanding of gender differences in society with economic lenses. The main questions to which the course tries to answer are: are all differences also inequalities? Does reaching gender equality mean changing the position of women, or does it mean a much deeper transformation that includes changing the lives of men as well? Should we look at the intersectional identities that are at the roots of discrimination?
a) Knowledge and understanding

After attending the course, the students will increase their ability in dealing, both theoretically and empirically, with gender diversity in the socio-economic context.

b) Applying knowledge and understanding

At the end of the course, students will be able to formalize real socio-economic problems and to apply the specific methods of the discipline to solve them. Students will acquire a theoretical preparation and, thanks to the analysis of numerous practical cases, the ability to critically study policies and economic models.

c) Making judgements
Students will increase not only their theoretical skills but also their critical curiosity in reading real recent socio-economic phenomena and economic models in a gender perspective.
d) Communication skills

Students, through discussions in the classroom and exercises, will acquire tools for critical analysis of empirical evidence and communication skills. They will also learn how to structure and present a research report.

e) Learning skills

Students who pass the exam learned methods of analysis that will allow them to tackle other economic courses.

Educational objectives

The course is aimed at providing students with the knowledge of the European legal provisions which are necessary to understand and critically assess the issues and the problems relating to the laws applied in connection with new technologies and medicine.

In particular, students will gain the capacity to argue and defend possible legal solutions connected to the bioethical issues of the human rights to life, individual development and end of life.

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Educational goals – “constitutional and public law” course
The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of the main institutes of Italian constitutional and public law. In addition to the study of Italian constitutional history and its form of state and government, particular attention will be paid to the study of rights and freedoms with lectures, exercises and participatory and interactive study paths.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The Course Culture Gender Media is aimed at:

1. making students aware of the significance of gender issues in historical and
contemporary societies
2. making students aware of the influence of cultures and media in gender
expressions and expectations
3. making students able to recognize gender-based and intersectional biases and
discriminations – connected to ethnicity, class, age, the body, and so forth – in their
own experiences and their social surroundings
4. making students conscious of the situated and relative nature of their own
knowledge and experiences in analysing gender issues
5. helping students develop gender sensitive language and expression
6. giving students tools to develop their academic writing

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

In compliance with the 5 Dublin descriptors, the 6 CFU M-STO / 05 Science and Knowledge in a Global Historical Perpsective course aims to:

1. Knowledge and understanding: to provide students with conceptual tools, methodologies and research techniques relating to the history of scientific culture, expressed in a heterologous and transcultural diachronic perspective, as well as strongly interdisciplinary.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. In accordance with the general educational objectives of the CdS, teaching will be aimed at improving students' ability to understand and interpret the interaction between European scientific culture and the cultures of the Global South in the light of their historical evolution. This is in order to offer them specific elements to enhance their ability to situate and relocate the individual experience within a global cultural history, interconnected and always reshaping, and to offer them tools for a constructive management of intercultural relations, be they among individuals or groups.

3. Making judgments. The course will include activities specifically designed to refine students' autonomy of judgment on the topics dealt with and the knowledge transmitted (collective discussion of reading lists, comparative analysis of models and media for scientific communication etc.).

4. Communication skills. Particular attention will be devoted to improving students' communication skills, through oral presentations and the assignment of short written essays.

5. Learning skills. The course will be delivered paying attention to develop in students the skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Educational objectives

The course aims at providing students with the knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and practical aspects of the Discipline. It proposes geographic and disciplinary perspectives in which discipline-related projects are, or may be, activated. It shows the variability of fields of interest, enables the student to master the specific topics in order to apply them, even in other fields of study, while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in different historical periods and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims at providing an introduction to the history of Christianity, with special reference to Early Christianity, together with an overview on methodological and applicable aspects of the discipline. Students will be guided through a direct reading and critical understanding of the sources. The course deals with the topics of the formation of the first communities of believers in Christ, as well as of their internal dialogue and the relationship they maintained with Pagan and Jewish environments. The critical approach set out by the course is intended to highlight the marked multiplicity of Early Christian identities, which will be explored through the analysis of the documentation available to us. This wants to enable the students to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language; besides, it develops autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

Given for granted some basic and indispensable goals (knowledge and understanding in the field of studies; ability to apply knowledge and understanding; capability of critical analysis; ability to communicate about what has been learned; skills to undertake further studies with some autonomy), the course intends to attain the following specific objectives: the student will acquire a basic knowledge of the texts and problems under examination, with the proper abilities for their analysis and commentary, as a result of a direct reading of the texts, the sources, the relevant secondary literature and of the proper use of the philological and linguistic tools.

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The course will familiarize students with the main themes and concepts, debates and methodologies in the context of India’s environmental history and will equip students with writing and critical analysis skills.

Educational objectives

The course will familiarize students with the main themes and concepts, debates and methodologies in the context of India’s environmental history and will equip students with writing and critical analysis skills.

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During the semester the students will deal with anthropological and ethnographic contents related to, among other things, areas of marginalization often overlooked, if not ignored, by the majority of South Asia classic studies programs. In particular, we will focus on adivasi cultures, border studies, indigenous issues, conflict studies and ethnonationalism in the context of South Asia. Students will gain deeper insights into the rich and diverse ensemble of minorities of South Asia and their relations with the post-colonial states into which they are embedded

Educational objectives

The course aims at providing students with the knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and practical aspects of the Discipline. It proposes geographic and disciplinary perspectives in which discipline-related projects are, or may be, activated. It shows the variability of fields of interest, enables the student to master the specific topics in order to apply them, even in other fields of study, while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in different historical periods and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide students with basic theoretical knowledge concerning narratives related to the concepts of ‘culture’ and ‘religion,’ through the analysis of the main theoretical and methodological approaches that contribute to the definition of these concepts.
More specifically, the course aims to:
 provide students with methodological, critical, and applied tools to analyze the notion of ‘narrative’ in the context of cultures and religions;
 foster independent judgment and analytical skills by encouraging students to establish connections between the topics covered and related themes such as, among others, the concept of ‘pluralism,’ ‘cultural and religious otherness,’ and ‘religious freedom,’ in their multiple forms;
 support the application of acquired knowledge and discipline-specific terminology in the field of transversal skills, with particular attention to critical thinking and communication abilities.

Educational objectives

The course will provide students with the basic
theoretical-methodological tools that anthropology has developed in
order to examine the topic of identity and alterity, as it observable
in social institutions and practices, representations and forms of
heritage, in both European and non-European contexts.

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This course provides a broad overview of population and migration analysis in the context of human development. It is both globally and comparatively oriented and will give students the opportunity to become versed in migration processes and population problems that are being discussed on the national and international scale. The course is also designed to make students self-sufficient in understanding and taking part in the population and migration policies debate

The course will provide students with the fundamental knowledge and methodological tools in the demographical and socio-political analysis of population and migration processes. At the end of the course students will be able to describe and explain basic demographic concepts and measures, to discuss demographic processes (mortality, fertility, migration) and their recent trends. To know and critically discuss the 21st century main population challenges and related policies. Students will also have improved skills in presenting and discussing population topics

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OBJECTIVES
The course in International Relations, Nationalisms and Minorities aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes geographical areas and sectorial perspectives in which related projects are activated; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

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OBJECTIVES

The module aims to develop:
- an in-depth understanding of the methodological challenges posed by the study of African history;
- familiarity with the changing historiographical concerns of the sub-discipline over the course of the past fifty years;
- the students’ ability to sustain concentration and aim and to embark on independent research;
- the students’ ability to construct coherent arguments relating to the knowledge they have acquired.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

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OBJECTIVES

The course aims to provide the student with in-depth knowledge and understanding of methodological aspects of cultural memory representations in Korea.
It will enhance the understanding of key concepts for the study of historical and socio-cultural sciences and a multi-prospective view of the social transmission of memory through ethnography, testimonies, historical, visual and primary sources.
Discussing film works, fiction, memories, photographs and past events, the student explores issues of memory, trauma, historical violence, nostalgia and amnesia. The course also aims to develop practice in analytical reading and writing, which includes the synthesis of different perspectives. It also enables the student to discuss contemporary global issues related to the Subject and conduct original research and articulate complex theoretical issues orally and in writing.

Educational objectives

Consistently with the educational objectives of the curriculum in which it is situated, this course aims to provide students with a solid foundation of knowledge and comprehension concerning the legal traditions of ancient Mesopotamia, spanning from the 3rd to the 1st millennium BCE.
Through a thorough analysis of primary and secondary sources, students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the key aspects of Mesopotamian legal traditions, including the study of prominent law collections such as “The Code of Hammurapi”, which are essential for comprehending subsequent legal practices and philosophies in the Middle East and Europe. This exploration will encompass both the examination of legal codes and the study of judicial practices prevalent in ancient Mesopotamia.
Moreover, the course intends to offer a complete overview of the social, economic, and legal structures of ancient Mesopotamia, enabling students to examine these topics within a comparative framework and to appreciate their significance in the broader context of legal history.
At the completion of the course, students will be able to effectively and reflectively communicate the knowledge acquired, formulate independent judgments, and develop the skills necessary to further delve into the studies of ancient law and legal history.

Educational objectives

Knowledge
The present course aims at providing students with basic knowledge of the contribution of Islam, both as a religion and as a culture, to the social, political, religious and cultural life of Africa south of the Sahara. Students will familiarize themselves both with the history of Islamic presence in sub-Saharan Africa from the early Middle Ages to the present, and with its current diffusion and dynamics in different areas of the continent. They will also get acquainted with some of the main theoretical and methodological debates related to different disciplinary approaches to this scholarly field, including “classical” Islamic studies, anthropology, religious studies, oral literature and literacy studies.
Skills
This course aims at nurturing the following skills in students:
- Collocating in time and space the main events and processes in the history of medieval and modern African Muslims from different parts of the continent.
- Tracing back, at least in broad terms, the remote origins and historical developments of key social, political and religious institutions, as well as other longue-durée features, which still characterize African Muslim societies.
- Deconstructing with a critical mind some simplistic, essentialist representations of Islam in Africa (whatever their leanings) which are currently spread through a variety of media, by putting them into historical perspective.
- Considering religion, and particularly Islam, through the methodological approach of human sciences, regardless of one’s own personal beliefs, by combining empathy with critical thinking, and joining the use of neutral language with an understanding from within of Islamic key concepts.
- Understanding the historical nature of religious phenomena under scrutiny, in both their genesis and their further development, by relating them to the different historical contexts in which they originated and to a variety of changes in African Muslim societies.
- Using in an appropriate way some technical terms from historical sciences, anthropology, Islamic studies and African studies.
- Reasoning on acquired notions and concepts and on their possible interactions instead of reproducing them passively.
- Being able (and feeling motivated) to pursue their study of this discipline autonomously, by building both upon bibliographical suggestions provided throughout the course, and upon some examples of ongoing scholarly debates which will have been introduced by the teacher.

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The course is divided in two modules where the students will be asked to study and analise the histories, the cultures and the philosophies of Tibet and South Asia; the course will provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Disciplines of Indology and Tibetology, underling the interconnectivity of the area of study and its historical dimension (from past to present); it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course "ASEAN History and Politics" is aimed at studying and deepening the knowledge of the histories and politics of South East Asia, following the national and transnational trajectories of the ten countries which today form and belong to ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) from the 1940s until today.

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the disciplines of history and politics of South East Asia; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

Consistently with the educational objectives of the Course of Study in which it is inserted, the present course aims at providing participants with basic knowledge and understanding skills in the context of the historical, political, philosophical and ideological events that were at the basis of the discovery in the West. of the pre-classical tradition represented by the Oriental civilizations.

The course aims to offer a picture of the main ways through which Europe has tgried to appropriate the languages and cultures of the ancient East, with particular regard to Sumerian-Akkadian and Babylonian-Assyrian Mesopotamia. In doing so, we will provide a description of the cultural and ideological-religious situation in which the Old Continent was struggling between the end of the 18th century and the mid-20th century. Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired general notions about the methods and critical interpretation of research on the history of studies. Students will therefore be able to communicate the knowledge acquired in a competent and reflective way, making indipoendent judgments, and thus developing the skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies.

Educational objectives

The module aims to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of key
thinkers and key ideas of colonial, postcolonial and decolonial thoughts. The module will
stimulate the capacity to: a) acquire knowledge through the study of texts by key thinkers
and/or movies on the subject; b) to deepen their understanding of colonial, postcolonial and
decolonial thought. The aim of the module is to enable students to formulate opinions,
assessment and own interpretations on the meaning, contemporary relevance and limits of a
wide range of political thoughts and doctrines on coloniality.

Educational objectives

We intend to provide the student with tools to the local Eastern European knowledge from the Baltic to the Balkans, starting with General history data to then focus on regional benchmarking leading to light similarities and differences and puts them in a context broader national stories. The historic route will cover the formation of multicultural and multiethnic, multi-faith State entities supranational modern age up to their dissolution and the birth of nation States from the 19th and 20th centuries to get ethnic country and monoconfessionali States of the late 20th century by analyzing the main historical processes and the underlying issues.

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the Discipline; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological tools of literary theory and criticism in relation to specific fields of inquiry such as gender studies, critical race theory, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, decolonial studies, and migration studies. The course will enable students to master specific theoretical approaches to different cultural forms and to read literature with a special attention to how imaginaries are forged and counternarratives are articulated in different cultures and societies. Students will learn how to apply the acquired knowledge as the foundation to better understand contemporaneity and to connect different historical, social, and geopolitical contexts through their transnational literary and cultural productions.

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At the end of this course, students should:
• Possess a coherent knowledge and a critical understanding of postcolonial literature of the Arab world and its key historical, cultural and theoretical developments
• Be able to critically evaluate arguments and assumptions about postcolonial literature, texts, and modes of interpretation
• Identify differences and similarities in communication, values, practices, and beliefs between one’s own culture and other cultures
• Explain how categories of human diversity (such as race, gender, ethnicity, and disability) influence personal identities and can create structural and institutional inequity
• Be able to communicate arguments effectively and show a degree of independent thinking in so doing

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1. Knowledge and Understanding: the course will be aimed at providing students with the necessary critical and analytical tools, introducing them to the main themes and principal concepts of Humanities in China. The course will facilitate a gradual process of gaining knowledge and deepening understanding, familiarizing the students with this field of studies, its scientific vocabulary, the methodologies and the critical theories, in a comparative perspective which rejects Eurocentric approaches.
2. Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding: the course will stimulate and improve the students’ ability to apply knowledge and understanding in their study of disciplines relating to the Humanities in China in comparative perspective. Students will be asked to critically read and assess texts, analyse and comment literary and visual narratives, examine theatre plays and films applying the critical theories and the methodologies which will be elucidated and studied during the course.
3. Making judgments: Students will be sustained in the development of their knowledge and understanding capabilities to critically read the suggested bibliography and employ the theories and the materials in order to formulate coherent and autonomous judgments regarding social, artistic and cultural processes, informed by the inter-relation between aesthetics and ethics.
4. Communication skills. Particular attention will be devoted to improving students' communication skills, through oral presentations, self-narratives labs, participatory workshops and the assignment of short written essays.
5. Learning skills. The course will be delivered paying attention to develop in students the skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Educational objectives

The course aims at providing students with the knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and practical aspects of the Discipline. It proposes geographic and disciplinary perspectives in which discipline-related projects are, or may be, activated. It shows the variability of fields of interest, enables the student to master the specific topics in order to apply them, even in other fields of study, while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in different historical periods and cultural contexts.

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This course aims to provide students with proper knowledge and competence to look, read, and understand Greek and Roman visual culture, its tools, and social impact. The chronological scope of the course extends from the Late Archaic period (6th cent. BC) to the fall of the Roman Empire (5th cent. AD). Through examining mainly sculptural and architectural data (statues, portraits, relief, private residences, religious buildings), students will be able to understand the relationship between artwork and society, and to interpret the language of visual art concerning specifically: forms of self-presentation, political and religious propaganda, expression of personal ambition. To the scope, students will be asked to read texts, describe images and monuments, and understand the messages conveyed by artworks in relation to their specific socio-cultural and political context, with particular attention to material, location, historical period, decoration' style and themes. At the end of the course the student will be familiar with methodologies, basic terminology and arguments for a comparative analysis of visual culture in two different societies, the Greek and Roman ones, throughout all of Antiquity.

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The course "Africa and its diasporas" aims to study African/Asian/Middle Eastern
forms of mobility, Africa/Europe, as part of past and contemporary transnational migratory
processes. It will present students with case studies of mobility, past and present, and of
forms of circular and outreach migrations. It will analyse diasporic processes of individual,
families and groups as rationally-motivated strategies to face hardships and politically and
culturally hostile environments. The students will be asked to understand transnational
mobility through relevant area literatures, films and self-narratives. The aim is to help
students make their own assessments of migration and diasporic movements, through an in-
depth immersion in this multidisciplinary field of study.

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The course "Southeast Asia: Cultural Trajectories" introduces the students to the social, political and economic factors which have influenced and informed the cultural histories and trajectories of the countries of South East Asia. The course will provide knowledge and understanding of these cultural dynamics in a transnational frame, focusing on the cultures, arts, cinemas and literatures of South East Asia in the modern and contemporary times.

The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the disciplines of cultural studies applied to the ASEAN countries; it proposes general questions and specific perspectives by focusing on their interactions on a global scale and transnational level among these countries and the rest of the world; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

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Training objectives

The course in "Politics, Institutions and Cultures of Japan":
aims to promote critical reasoning over linguistic variability via an implementation of knowledge and understanding of the socio-cultural contest surrounding linguistic phenomena, and it will aim at developing a practical framework for reseearching linguistic minorities; it tackles the study of the cultural assets into which minority discourse is embedded and shows the wide variety of perspectives developed over the field of study, enabling the student to use the critical insight gained with the course in s multi-cultural fashion. Students are expected to extend their interests and abilities to other disciplines and several different chronological and cultural contexts.

Overview

The course strives to enquiry the political reality of today's Japan by means of a critical rethinking of the intertwining of linguistic variability in Japanese society and the covert nationalistic stances surrounding the soft power-oriented trends in contemporary governmental policies. The course will especially tackle such pivotal issues via a thorough investigation of several examples of linguistic diversity, i.e. languages of minorities in Japan, with a keen eye towards multilingualism and minor-languages groups that have emerged in the last decades under the growing influence of globalizing technological advances.

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This course aims at providing students with a basic knowledge of public international law in order to enable them to: 1) understand the main features of the international legal system and 2) autonomously and critically evaluate the major issues and events in contemporary international relations.

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he course aims at providing the students with a general understanding of major developments, recent trends and challenges embedded in the democratic processes in the contemporary world, focussing on Asian Countries (India, China with Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia).
The course seeks to achieve the following objectives:
I. providing instruments for the comprehension of constitutional transitions and democratization, employing both the diachronic and synchronic methods of analysis typical of comparative constitutional law.
II. enabling students to familiarize themselves with some recent trends in the development of rule of law and democratic pluralism in Asia
III. Encouraging students to look critically at the various experiences of democracy and democratization processes in different social, political, ideological, and global contexts.

Why the Focus on Asia?

In the early 21st Century, Asian countries have developed increasingly vibrant practices of constitutional law and the overall intent of the course is that of offering an up-to-date and in-depth comprehension of recent institutional transformation occurring in the most important Countries in Asia – India, China and Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia - and appreciate the original Asian contributions to the ideologies of constitutionalism.

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The course in Medical Humanities is aimed at achieving:

- knowledge and understanding regarding the concepts of health, illness, treatment and medical care in a historical diachronic perspective, privileging socio-cultural comparative approaches to the study of the history of medicine;
- capacity to apply knowledge and understanding in relation to the History of Global Medicine. In particular, students will be taught the fundamental histories of medicine in East and West and will acquire notions on the history of medicine in different countries in a historical frame which goes from the ancient to the present times.
-acquire knowledge and understanding on bioethics and medicine;
- be able to analyse and understand the most significative questions regarding bioethics in a global and interconnected dimension;
- gain capacity to critically assess the structural questions relating to the fields of the bioethical principles, starting from the awareness of the inequalities in the sphere of health, gender inequality, the global epidemics of chronic pathologies and the related difficulties in dealing with these issues due to the growing socio-economic problems, jointly affected by the cultural and demographic changes linked to the ageing of the population and the mobility of people.

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The course aims to provide the theoretical bases of reference in the relationship between 'Health' and 'Globalization' through the proposal and explanation of the following concepts and approaches: 'Health as a right' internationally recognized; the 'Social Determinants of Health'; 'Inequities in health and care' (among different countries and within individual countries); the role of 'Health Systems'. Participants will have to learn to recognize the interrelationships among these concepts and to become aware of the importance of the 'Health Promotion' approach, with particular reference to the activation of ‘Intersectoral policies’ and ‘Empowerment’ (individual and community) for Health.
Various case studies will be used for these purposes.

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The course aims to provide students with knowledge of the basic features of the main traditions of Western constitutionalism from a comparative and historical perspective. Specific attention will also be devoted to the historical development of models of constitutional adjudication.

Educational objectives

The course aims at providing students with the knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and practical aspects of the Discipline. It proposes geographic and disciplinary perspectives in which discipline-related projects are, or may be, activated. It shows the variability of fields of interest, enables the student to master the specific topics in order to apply them, even in other fields of study, while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in different historical periods and cultural contexts.