Università Roma Tre

FIRST SEMESTER
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE LAST TWO CENTURIES. AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE AT THEIR DISPOSAL SOME KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MODERNITY, TAKING AS THEIR STARTING POINT THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE TRANSITION FROM THE ABSOLUTE STATE TO THE LIBERAL-CONSTITUTIONAL STATE, AND AS THEIR FINISHING POINT GLOBALISATION AND THE END OF EAST-WEST BIPOLARITY. IN THE INTRODUCTORY LECTURES SOME QUESTIONS OF METHOD ARE PROPOSED CONCERNING THE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND THE PERIODIZATION IN ECONOMIC-SOCIAL AND POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY.
SECOND SEMESTER
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO MODULES:
1. INTRODUCTORY LECTURES IN WHICH SOME OF THE MAJOR THEMES OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY HISTORY ARE EXPLORED, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND THE MAJOR SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE CENTURY THAT HAS JUST ENDED;
2. LECTURES-SEMINARS ON REPUBLICAN ITALY WITH THE PRESENCE IN THE CLASSROOM OF SCHOLARS AND PROTAGONISTS. IN THE COURSE OF THIS MODULE, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP RESEARCH PATHS WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND MEETINGS ON HISTORY AND CINEMA WILL BE ORGANISED, WITH THE SCREENING OF FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES AND FICTION FILMS.

PRIMO SEMESTRE
UN BUON MANUALE DI STORIA CONTEMPORANEA DI RECENTE PUBBLICAZIONE ( A HISTORY MANUAL RECENTLY PUBLISHED)
C. F. CASULA, STORIA E STORIE TRA OTTO E NOVECENTO, NUOVA EDIZIONE E-BOOK , AM&D, 2013
C. F. CASULA, INSEGNARE IL NOVECENTO. CHIAVI DI LETTURA E PERCORSI DI RICERCA, ANICIA, ROMA 2013
SECONDO SEMESTRE
E. HOBSBAWM, IL SECOLO BREVE. 1914-1991: L’ERA DEI GRANDI CATACLISMI, RIZZOLI, MILANO 1995
C. F. CASULA, LE ACLI. UNA BELLA STORIA ITALIANA, ANICIA, ROMA, 2008