Università Roma Tre

The course will be divided in two parts: the first will discuss the general features, phases and problems of European history after the second world war, the second will delve into the 1960s’ protest.
PART ONE (4CFU)
History of Europe, from 1945
Main topics: 1. Ruins and reconstruction 2. Cold War and European Civil War 3. The economic “miracle” and the end of European empires 4. Detent betrayed hopes 5. Gaullisme 6. Democratization in Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Greece) 7. Eastern Europe after 1968 8. The Thatcher’s Age 9. The Fall of the Wall 10. The Yugoslavian crisis 11. Europe, integration, immigration
PART TWO
Juvenile protest and 1968
Main topics: 1. Dissent in the 1950s 2. The anti-nuclear movement (1957-1962) 3. Vietnam War 4. Youth counter-culture and the “new left” 5. The birth of the students’ movement 6. The movement in the US 7. 1968 spring and Paris “May” 8. Contestation in Europe 9. 1968 in Italy 10. 1968, violence and terrorism 11. Interpretations of 1968

The first part of the course will be based on lectures and multi-media presentation.
The second part of the course will be based on interactive seminary discussions. After some introductory lectures, students will have to do a class presentation of a book chosen in a selected list. Every book presentation will be followed by class discussion. At the end of the classes students will have to write a book review paper of about 4.000 words in which they will analyse the chosen book, in the light of class discussions.

A written exam (short essay) will verify students’ knowledge of the main topics of the first part.
As for the second part, the assessment will consider: class presentation (30%), book review paper (50%), participation in class (20%)

For attending students:
- William I. Hitchcock, Il continente diviso. Storia dell’Europa del 1945 a oggi, Roma, Carocci,
2003
- Assigned by professor materials

For students who do not attend classes:
1. William I. Hitchcock, Il continente diviso. Storia dell’Europa del 1945 a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2003
2. Marica Tolomelli, Il Sessantotto. Una breve storia, Roma, Carocci, 2008
3. Un libro a scelta tra:
• R. Brizzi e M. Marchi, Charles De Gaulle, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008
• S. Cavazza, E. Scarpellini (a cura di), La rivoluzione dei consumi. Società di massa e benessere in Europa, 1945-2000, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010
• C, Corlelissen, B. Mantelli, P. Terhoven, Il decennio rosso. Contestazione sociale e conflitto politico in Germania e in Italia negli anni Sessanta e Settanta, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2012