HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ITALY

The course is among the Core Educational Activities of the Bachelor's degree course in History; it is also among the Related or Additional Studies of other Bachelor's degree courses.
The aims of the course are to know the general lines of Italian history from 1945 to the present and the ability to analize some types of sources.

Knowledge and understanding:
- know the periodization of the history of Italy, with particular reference to the history of republican Italy
- understand the distinction and the mutual connections between the economic, institutional, political, social and cultural dimensions of history
- know the main events and processes that occurred in the historical period considered
- know some types of sources related to the historical period considered
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- know how to use the periodization to frame events and processes of history
- know how to operate connections between different dimensions of history
- knowing how to orientate in the considered historical period
- knowing how to interpret and critically analyze some types of sources
Judgment skills:
- know how to apply a critical and informed approach to the reconstructions of the past and to the analysis of documents
Communication skills:
- knowing how to interact on the historical period considered using appropriate terminology
- knowing how to interact with the teacher and peers in a critical and respectful way, both in the presence and in the forums of the virtual space

At least elementary knowledge of the Italian language.
Knowledge of the general frameworks of modern and contemporary history acquired in high school.

Italian history from 1945 to the present.

1. Guido Crainz, Storia della Repubblica. L'Italia dalla Liberazione ad oggi, Donzelli, Roma 2015, or Paul Ginsborg, Storia d'Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi, Einaudi, Torino 2006 (also in English: Paul Ginsborg, A history of contemporary Italy. Society and politics 1943-1988, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
2. Tony Judt, Postwar. La nostra storia 1945-2005, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2018 (only the chapters L'eredità della guerra and Punizioni)
3. Alberto De Bernardi, Un paese in bilico. L'Italia degli ultimi trent'anni, Roma-Bari, Laterza (solo le pp. VII-XX e pp. 37-49).
4. Giovanni Gozzini, L'Italia di Berlusconi come problema storiografico, "Italia contemporanea", dicembre 2013, n. 273, pp. 245-258.
(the texts in points 2, 3 and 4 will be made available in the e-leanrning platform moodle.unive.it)

Students who do not attend classes, in addition to the texts above, will study the entire book Alberto De Bernardi, Un paese in bilico. L'Italia degli ultimi trent'anni, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014.

The exam will verify the preparation on what is explained in class (in the classroom and online) and on the bibliography of the course.
Written test with 8 short-answer questions on events, characters, concepts, dates and places, contained in the bibliography and in the lessons. 80% of the vote on the questions (an example will be uploaded online) + 20% on participation in online activities.

Lectures. A lesson in three will be held online on moodle.unive.it.

Italian

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Cities, infrastructure and social capital" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development