Study-unit CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Course name Philosophy and psychological science and techniques
Study-unit Code GP003495
Curriculum Comune a tutti i curricula
Lecturer Stefania Magliani
Lecturers
  • Stefania Magliani
Hours
  • 54 ore - Stefania Magliani
CFU 6
Course Regulation Coorte 2021
Supplied 2021/22
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Base
Area Discipline letterarie, linguistiche e storiche
Sector M-STO/04
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Italian
Contents A history of the contemporary world following the general lines and with some deeper analysis of the history of health, and on the history of international humanitarianism
Reference texts G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo dal 1848 ad oggi, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014

Silvia Salvatici, Nel nome degli altri. Storia dell'umanitarismo internazionale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015

ERASMUS students:

Silvia Salvatici, Nel nome degli altri. Storia dell'umanitarismo internazionale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015
Jeremy Black, War since 1945, London, Reaktion Books, 2004
Educational objectives Knowledge of general lines of contemporary history

Knowledge of domestic and international dynamics regarding the finding, evaluation and use of information.

Being able to correctly use the specific language of the subject.

Being able to locate events in the context, being able to directly identify causes and grasp the effects.

Being able to effectively communicate the material that has been learned.
Prerequisites nothing
Teaching methods Traditional classes on all issues of the course.

Deeper analysis of some issues useful for professional value.

Discussions on specific themes useful to verify the level of learning and to stimulate critical skills
Other information Storia dell'umanitarismo is reserved at students of Scienze dell'educazione for 3 CFU
Learning verification modality The exam consists in a final oral exam in the form of an interview, regarding the issues tackled in the course, aimed at evaluating the knowledge of the issues presented in the course and the reaching of learning results. The interview will also aim at evaluating the ability to communicate and organize the subject matter. The duration will cover the minimum time needed to verify the knowledge of the program and of the exam itself.
Extended program > 1860-1871: the new European set-up.
> The new world powers: United States and Japan.
> Italy between the turn-of-the-century crisis and the entry into the war.
> Reasons for WWI.
> The Great War.
> The new world scenarios.
> The totalitarian regimes.
> The Second World War.
> Italy in the years after WWII.
> 1945-1990: the equilibrium owed to Yalta;
> History of international humanitarianism

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