HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPE

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DELL'EUROPA CONTEMPORANEA SP.
Course code
FM0222 (AF:313103 AR:170080)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
M-STO/04
Period
3rd Term
Where
VENEZIA
The course offers an approach to general themes in modern history through a comparative European-wide approach.
Familirization on debates events and experiences regarding Europe in the XIX and XX centuries
A general knowledge of historical events, especially political and cultural events, in Europe between the XIX and the XX centuries
Nations, "races", empires: France, Germany, Italy, 1870-1914
The following texts are mandatory for students attending and not attending classes:

- Eric J. Hobsbawm, L’età degli imperi, 1875-1914, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005 (or other editions), chapters 1-7

- Edward S. Said, Orientalismo. L’immagine europea dell’Oriente, Feltrinelli, Milano 2001 (or other editions), pp. 1-198

- Nicola Labanca, La guerra italiana per la Libia, 1911-1931, Mulino, Bologna 2012, chapters 1-4.

For students not attending classes:

Add to the above the following texts:

- Emilio Gentile, Il mito dello Stato nuovo, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1999, pp. 1-138

- George L. Mosse, La nazionalizzazione delle masse, Il Mulino, Bologna 2009 (or other editions), pp. 1-144
Oral exam on the bibliogaphy for attending and not-attending students
Lectures and in-class discussions with students
Italian
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 27/02/2020