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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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

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.

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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.

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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

This course provides an introduction to the forms of oral and literary expression of the religious message of early Christianity, focusing on the transition of the various Christian messages from Aramaic to Greek. It then considers the relationship of these literary forms to the culture of the context in which Christianity spread. Finally, it offers a series of short introductions to the literatures of Christianity in the various languages: Greek, Latin and Syriac, then Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian and Georgian.

Educational objectives

This course offers a historical-critical introduction to early Christianity, with the aim of equipping students with methodological tools and foundational knowledge to understand the complexity of a religious phenomenon in constant transformation. Special attention will be devoted to the historical and cultural context of the earliest Christian communities, their reciprocal interactions with contemporary religions and philosophies — particularly paganism and Judaism — and the historical-theological developments that led to the formulation of the first Christian doctrines. Through guided and contextualized readings of primary sources, the course aims to encourage students to acquire the historical and critical skills necessary to analyze and interpret the material and textual evidence discussed in class with autonomy and rigor.

A central objective of the course is to highlight the structural and intrinsic diversity that characterized Christianity from its beginnings, providing students with the critical tools to transcend predetermined frameworks and challenge conventional narratives embedded in both academic discourse and contemporary culture. The didactic strategy places inclusivity at its core and is particularly attentive to achieve equality and levelling the playing-field, regardless of gender, provenance, and background conditions. The skills developed throughout the course are designed to be transferable across disciplinary boundaries, contributing to the development of critical, interdisciplinary thinking and an awareness of the diverse cultural contexts in which knowledge is formed and reshaped.

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.

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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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

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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

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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This course offers an insight into modern and contemporary Korea with an emphasis on major historical changes and continuities. It will explore particular topics relevant to understanding politics and society in modern and contemporary Korea.
The course will follow an historical and comparative approach, possibly with specific attention to the position of modern and contemporary Korea in the regional and world history context. In addition to lectures, the program uses readings from historical sources and audiovisual materials in order to bring the student as close as possible to historical events.
Specific Goals: By the end of the course, students will understand the main historical developments and gain a general insight into modern and contemporary Korean politics and society. The goal is not just the transmission of information, but to provide new perspectives on Korea to help students develop their own. In order to achieve this objective, the reading and the critical and contextualised analysis of some extracts from written sources, which are more representative for the examined historical period, will be particularly helpful.

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

This course offers a broad introduction to Africa and global development. The syllabus is
designed to provide an understanding of the history of development in Africa, and on the
evolution of development debates from the 1960s to the present. The course emphasises the contested nature of development, and the link between competing theories of development and policy in Africa. The course is multidisciplinary and covers key foundational theoretical and analytical content of the history, politics, sociology, anthropology and economics of development in Africa.
The module will stimulate students’ capacity to: a) acquire knowledge through the study of
texts on global development and Africa; b) to deepen their understanding of development
debates in Africa and their contested nature. The aim of the module is to enable students to formulate opinions, assessment and own interpretations on global development in Africa.

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.

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Consistent with the educational objectives of the Study Programme in which it is included, the course aims to provide students with a solid foundation of knowledge and understanding concerning the legal traditions of ancient Mesopotamia, covering the period from the 3rd to the 1st millennium BCE.
Through the critical analysis of both primary and secondary sources, students will acquire tools to comprehend the main aspects of Mesopotamian legal cultures, including the study of normative collections such as the “Code of Hammurabi”, which were fundamental for the development of legal practices in the ancient Near East and, indirectly, in the Mediterranean world.
The course will address both legislative texts and judicial practices, offering a contextualized view of the social, economic, and institutional structures that produced them. Comparative elements will also be introduced to help students understand the historical and cultural significance of these traditions within the broader framework of legal history.
By the end of the course, students will be able to communicate the knowledge acquired in a clear and critical manner, formulate independent reflections, and apply their understanding to pursue further studies in the field of ancient law and the history of legal institutions.

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We intend to provide the student with tools to get reasonably comprehensive knowledge of the area from the Baltic to the historic borders with China, 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 transnational political and cultural phenomena and the birth of nation States from the 19th and 20th centuries, cradle of the contemporary monolitic States 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.

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The course aims to develop:
- an in-depth understanding of the methodological challenges, critical and problematic aspects posed by the study of Latin American history in colonial times;
- familiarity with the changing historiographical concerns of the sub-discipline over the course of the recent decades;
- the students’ ability to sustain concentration and to develop intellectual autonomy through independent study;
- the students’ ability to apply the acquired knowledge and use the specific terminology of the discipline.

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The growth of cities is one of the key features of our times. Today more than half of the
world population lives in cities, and Africa have sustained decades of rapid and sustained
urbanisation. This course will explore a) the key academic debates on the relationship
between cities and development in Africa; b) the key factors driving the growth of cities in
Africa, from colonial times to the present and c) its implications for development.
The module will expose students to a number of theoretical approaches to the “urban” in
Africa. This will include a review of political economy and dystopic narratives on the city,
with their emphasis on inadequate services and lack of jobs as distinctive of urban settings in Africa, alongside that of postcolonial narratives on cities in the South, and their call to understand urban cities of the South “beyond development”. Central to their review will be attention to their disagreement on whether capitalism, development (or lack of development) is a useful entry point to understand the urban experience in Africa.
By the end of the module students will be able to command and demonstrate the following
knowledge and skills:
 an historical and critical understanding of debates about cities, urbanisation and
development in Africa;
 the policy implications of academic debates about cities and development, through
detailed engagement with both the academic literature and policy debates on Africa;
 the diversity and similarities of cities in African countries;
 ability to handle complex ideas and express their own view, both orally and in a written
form, in a structured and clear way.

Educational objectives

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.

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General outcome
The course provides knowledge relating to international law. It provides the necessary tools to understand the development of the legal regime governing international relations covering both its private and public dynamics. By having recourse to lectures, seminars and assignments students acquire knowledge and understanding of the discipline and the capacity to apply them to concrete situations.

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This course explores ancient Mesoamerica through the lens of urbanism and architecture.
With a focus on different periods and regions, we will consider the origin and expansion of ancient Mesoamerican cities and the resulting urban forms. Along with specific characteristics of the environment, we will compare this variability with changes in the political landscape, in order to identify common principles in urban life. Following a chronological and thematic approach, students will learn about pre-Hispanic indigenous communities and the diverse solutions implemented to modify the natural environment in order to allow settling. In this way, students will develop an understanding of urban design, the variety of forms of the Mesoamerican city, and the social and political functions of their sculptural and artistic programs. At the end of the course they will be able to critically address the Mesoamerican city form and its composition, and will recognize its variability according to its location and historic period. They will recognize the role architecture and sculpture play in reflecting social and political changes and will develop skills to speak, analyze, and write effectively about the city, its composition, and the artistic expressions associated with it.

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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.

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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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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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.

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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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.

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Learning outcomes: In order to achieve good knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and practical aspects of the of psychiatry, a part of the course aims to provide basic information on principles of global mental health, of psychopathology, and of mental disorders and their epidemiology, clinical features, detection, diagnosis and treatment in the community and in hospital. A second part of the course aims at providing information on ethnopsychiatry, cultural psychiatry, and migration psychiatry.
At the end of the course the student must: a) know the global and individual impact of mental disorders; b) recognize main signs and symptoms of mental disorders; c) know epidemiology, clinical characteristics and course, DSM-5 diagnostic criteria of mental disorders; e) know the history and principles of ethnopsychiatry and cultural psychiatry; e) know the basics of migration psychiatry.