HISTORY OF HISTORIOGRAPHY

Academic year

2018/2019 Syllabus of previous years

Official course title

STORIA DELLA STORIOGRAFIA

Course code

FM0376 (AF:275417 AR:158298)

Modality

On campus classes

ECTS credits

6

Degree level

Master's Degree Programme (DM270)

Educational sector code

M-STO/04

Period

4th Term

Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals

The course offers an introduction and a first knowledge of some of the classic texts and debates among mostly European historians between the 19th and the 20th century

Expected learning outcomes

The expected results are based especially on the familiarization by the students of some of the major theoretical, methodological and historiographical contribution of European, Anglo-American (and some extra European) historiography from the XIX and the XX centuries

Pre-requirements

There are no specific prerequirements to attend the course and take the final test

Contents

The course will examine, both through lectures and through common discussions of precirculated texts, some of the major theoretical, methodological and historiographical contribution of European, Anglo-American (and some extra European) historiography from the XIX and the XX centuries

Referral texts

- Marc Bloch, Apologia della storia o mestiere di storico, Einaudi, Torino 2009 (o altre edizioni)
- Sergio Luzzato (a cura di), Prima lezione di metodo storico, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2011.

For not-attending students, please the following two texts:

- Francesco Benigno, Parole nel tempo. Un lessico per pensare la storia, Viella, Roma 2013
- Peter Burke, Una rivoluzione storiografica. La scuola delle "Annales", Laterza, Roma-Bari 2002

Assessment methods

For students attending the course (frequentanti) there will be a final paper (10 pp max with footnotes) and the discussion of the volumes of the general bibliography (parte generale)
For students not attending the course (non frequentanti) there will be an individual discussion (colloquio) on the bibliography for non-attending students.

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminar-style lectures/discussions on pre-circulated texts

Teaching language

Italian

Type of exam

written and oral

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

Definitive programme.

Last update of the programme: 26/03/2019