Political science and international relations

AUGUSTO D'ANGELO

The course aims to provide students with an articulate and critical knowledge of the events of the contemporary world,
It intends to favor the understanding of the roots of contemporaneity, the ability to contextualize historical events in time and space.
The knowledge of the methodology, the sources, the periodization and the main themes of the contemporary historiographical debate must allow the student to reach a sufficient competence to develop autonomy of judgment.
The student must acquire the ability to reasonably display the moments and the training processes of contemporary reality.
Through the course, students must acquire the essential knowledge and tools necessary for the development of a critical reading of the events of the contemporary age.

Through the course, students must acquire the essential knowledge and tools necessary for the development of a critical reading of the events of the contemporary age.

No prerequisites

The first part of the course will be devoted to illustrating the basic aspects of historical research (sources, periodization, methodology). The main themes and problems of the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be illustrated from the point of view of the international history and history of Italy.
Monographic section:
This part will tackle comparatively some aspects of the relationship between political and religious authorities in Italy, in the second half of the twentieth Century.
Students may deepen also further issues with specific readings.

Parte Istituzionale:
a) i seguenti manuali:
G. Sabbatucci, V. Vidotto, Storia contemporanea. L’Ottocento, Laterza, 2015, (a partire dal IV capitolo);
G. Sabbatucci, V. Vidotto, Storia contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi, Laterza, 2019.

Parte monografica:
b) i seguenti volumi
- A. D’Angelo, De Gasperi, le destre e l’«operazione Sturzo», Studium, Roma 2002;
- A. D’Angelo, Moro i vescovi e l'apertura a sinistra, Studium, Roma 2011;
- A. D'Angelo, Andreotti, la Chiesa e la «solidarietà nazionale»,Studium, Roma 2020.

The course will be given with lectures using maps, artistic images, photographs and old movies. The use of reading and analyzing documents and historiographical contributions should contribute to the achievement of the training objectives.

attendance is not mandatory

The test will take place at the end of the course through an oral exam. The exam will focus on the texts indicated in the program to verify the student's level of preparation and to ascertain the achievement of the training objectives.

- The student explains the consequences of the First World War in Europe and in the Middle East
- The student explains the main choices in foreign and domestic policy of Italy in the age of Centrism
- The student explains the phases of the European integration process

• The first part of the course will be devoted to illustrating the basic aspects of historical research (sources, periodization, methodology). 


• The main themes and issues of nineteenth-century history will then be illustrated from the perspective of international events and Italian history.


• The main themes and issues of 20th-century history will then be illustrated from the perspective of international events and Italian history.


• Monographic section:We will analyze certain aspects of the relationship between political power and religious authorities in Italy in the second half of the twentieth century.