POPULATION HISTORY
- Academic year
- 2018/2019 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- POPULATION HISTORY
- Course code
- LT9015 (AF:233136 AR:118013)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- M-STO/02
- Period
- 4th Term
- Course year
- 3
- Moodle
- Go to Moodle page
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
-Analyze Population History in a multidisciplinary perspective able to encompass political, economic and cultural factors
-Analyze Population History in global perspective, namely considering the networks of cultural, economic and political relations
The above-mentioned three specific objectives aim to give students the instruments necessary to develop a critical view of the topics discussed and to develop an independent and multidisciplinary methodology for the analysis of historical phenomena to better understand the present.
Expected learning outcomes
- Understand the general framework of the historical analysis of population
- Understand the specificity of the early modern period and its heritage
- Understand the multidisciplinary character of the historical analysis
2. Ability of applying knowledge and understanding
- Understand the general framework of the historical analysis of population > Ability of discussing subjects related to the field (Population History) in a specialized language and according to an historical methodology
- Understand the specificity of the early modern period and its heritage > Ability of pinpointing the characters of the early modern period and confronting them with the following ages
- Understand the multidisciplinary global character of the historical analysis > Ability of applying the historical methodology acquired also to other fields of study (e.g. other courses, final dissertation)
3. Judgement abilities
- Ability of connecting the facts and data learnt during lessons
- Ability of organizing the course materials (lessons and readings) in a coherent interpretation
4. Communicative abilities
- Ability of presenting the issues related to the field of study using specialized language
- Ability of presenting the knowledge acquired from lessons and readings in a coherent discourse
5. Learning abilities
- Ability of taking notes during lessons
- Ability of critically reading the assigned bibliography
- Ability of connected the knowledge acquired to nowadays issues
Pre-requirements
Contents
- the impact of epidemics over population
- the history of medical, cultural and political measures took to control epidemics (18th -20th centuries)
- the scientific, moral and political debate on epidemics (18th -20th centuries)
- the case of the smallpox: from inoculation to eradication (18th -20th centuries)
Referral texts
One of the following essays (available on moodle)
-James L. A. Webb, Globalization of disease, 1300 to 1900, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VI The Construction of a Global World, 1400-1800 CE, Part I: Foundations, ed. By J. H. Bentley, S. Subrahmanyam, M. E. Wiesner-Hanks, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 54-75
-Mark Harrison, Disease and world history from 1750, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VII Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part I: Structures, Spaces and Boundary Making, ed. by J. R. McNeill, K. Pomeranz, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 237-257
-Erez Manela, The politics of smallpox eradication, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VII Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part I: Structures, Spaces and Boundary Making, ed. by J. R. McNeill, K. Pomeranz, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 258-284
For those who will not attend lessons
Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies, New York, Norton, 1999.
All the following essays (available on moodle):
-James L. A. Webb, Globalization of disease, 1300 to 1900, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VI The Construction of a Global World, 1400-1800 CE, Part I: Foundations, ed. By J. H. Bentley, S. Subrahmanyam, M. E. Wiesner-Hanks, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 54-75
-Mark Harrison, Disease and world history from 1750, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VII Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part I: Structures, Spaces and Boundary Making, ed. by J. R. McNeill, K. Pomeranz, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 237-257
-Erez Manela, The politics of smallpox eradication, in The Cambridge World History. Vol. VII Production, Destruction and Connection, 1750-Present, Part I: Structures, Spaces and Boundary Making, ed. by J. R. McNeill, K. Pomeranz, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 258-284
Assessment methods
The first question will ask the student to present a chosen subject (taken from lessons or bibliography), so that he/she can show his/her ability of organizing information in a coherent discourse and in a historical perspective.
The second question will be on an issue explored during lessons so that the student can show his/her ability of personal re-elaboration
The third question will concern the texts assigned, so that the student can show his/her ability of critical reading and understanding of scholarly literature.
Teaching methods
Case study analysis
Ppt presentations
Written and figurative sources
Digital Humanities
Teaching language
Type of exam
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals
This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development