MODERN HISTORY 3

Academic year
2021/2022 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA MODERNA 3
Course code
LT2790 (AF:310977 AR:190234)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
M-STO/02
Period
1st Semester
Course year
3
Moodle
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The aim of this course is to study the European early modern history through the cultural and political uses of time and its global dimension and influence up to the establishment of the Prime Meridian (Greenwich) in 1884. Long before the contemporary time, let alone the availability of more recent economic instruments, time has been a central concept in the international relations.
Based on arguments described above, the student is expected to be
- able to consolidate the acquisition of the key concepts of modern history
- able to critically interpret the use of theoretical concepts in the study of specific realities and in the interpretation of sources.
General knowledge of European modern history.
The content will concern the relations between time, politics and international relations in early modern history. In particular
1. the unexpected variety of ways in which the discussion on (global) time was transmitted
2. the impact of the ideas of universal time on the international relations.
3. the birth of the modern concept of time.
For English-speaking students:
1) L. Hunt, "Measuring Time, Making History", Budapest 2008
2) A. Assmann, "Cultural Memory and Western Civilization", Cambridge 2011
Oral examination. International students please contact the professor for further details
Frontal lesson, PowerPoint, online sources, Moodle
Italian
oral

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: 05/09/2021