Administrative, Political and Economic Sciences

The course is structured into three parts. The first part will be dedicated to show the basic aspects of historical research (sources, periodization, methodology) and the historical processes that characterize the late modern age, starting from the processes of nation-building, nationalization, industrialization and the growth of transnational economic-cultural relations on a global scale. Special attention will be given to the formation of political cultures (liberalism, conservatism, reactionism, democracy, socialism, nationalism, intellectual avant-gardism) and mass society. The second part will illustrate the main topics and issues of nineteenth-century history, starting with the insurrectionary movements that gave shape to the liberal states, the Italian and German unification processes, imperialism, the emergence of extra-European powerful countries such as the US and Japan, and the political, economic, social, and cultural transformations that characterized the last thirty years of the nineteenth century. The third part of the course will focus on the history of the 20th century and its social, cultural, and institutional processes: world wars, crises of democracies, totalitarianisms and authoritarianisms, the Cold War, the birth of a democratic Europe, decolonization, the welfare society, and the transformations that took place in the last thirty years of the 20th century (the general trend towards an increasing globalization of historical processes, the end of the bipolar world, and the formation of a multipolar international political system). In each part, attention will also be given to Italian history and how Italy fits into contemporary historical processes.

Not needed. A minimum knowledge of the last high school year history curriculum would be desirable.

- G. Sabbatucci, V. Vidotto, Storia contemporanea. L'Ottocento, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2018; - G. Sabbatucci, V. Vidotto, Storia contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2019; - S. Cavazza, P. Pombeni (a cura di), Introduzione alla storia contemporanea, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2020, terza edizione.

Attendance is not mandatory but it is strongly recommended.

The examination will take place at the end of the course in oral form. It will focus on the topics analysed in the suggested books. A number of three/four questions will be asked to verify the student's level of preparation and the achievement of the educational objectives. Active participation in teaching activities and the ability to reasoning and analysis will contribute to the final evaluation.

The course will take place through traditional "face to face lessons" with the support of original documents, images and videos.