Università Roma Tre

In the first part the course will focus on a critical view on some of the most important topics of the historical knowledge, how it is contructed, how the historian works, the epistemological aspects and the narrative ones.

In the second part of the course, moving from a criticism of the concept of "eurocentrism", of his epistemological value, the course will analyze the evolution of the historiographical ideas on World and Global History, with some references to the Post Colonial Studies.

I) Two of the following:

- J. Topolski, Narrare La Storia, B. Mondadori, Milano, 1997
- S. Rogari, La Scienza Storica, Torino, Utet, 2013
- M. Bloch, Apologia della storia, Torino, Einaudi, 2009
- S. Morgan, K. Jenkins, A. Munslow, Manifestos for History, Routledge, New York-London, 2007
- A. Munslow, Narrative and History, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, 2007

II) Two of the following:
- P. Bevilacqua, Sull''utilità Della Storia, Donzelli, Roma, 2000
- P.. Burke, La storia culturale, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2006
- H. White, Forme di storia. Dalla realtà alla narrazione, Roma, Carocci, 2006
- N. Gallerano (a cura di), L'uso pubblico della storia, Milano, Franco Angeli, 1995
- B. Bonomo, Voci della memoria, Roma, Carocci, 2013
- S. Gruzinski, Abbiamo ancora bisogno della storia? Il senso del passato nel mondo globalizzato, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2016

New frontiers for history: from eurocentrism to Global historyIn the second part of the course, moving from a criticism of the concept of "eurocentrism", of his epistemological value, the course will analyze the evolution of the historiographical ideas on World and Global History, with some references to the Post Colonial Studies.
Important historical researches by non european historians and the complex globalization phenomenon produced a renewal both in historical research methodology and cathegories of analysis.

1) Choose two books in the following list:
- L. Di Fiore, M. Meriggi, World history. Le nuove rotte della storia, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2011.
- S. Conrad, Storia globale. Un’introduzione, Carocci, Roma, 2015.
- P. Manning, Navigating world history: historians create a global past, Palgrave, London, 2003.
- E. Vanhaute, Introduzione alla world history, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2015.

2) Choose two books in the following list:
- C. H. Parker, Relazioni globali nell’età moderna 1400-1800, Il Mulino, Bologna 2012.
- K. O’Rourke, J.G. Williamson, Globalizzazione e storia. L’evoluzione dell’economia atlantica nell’Ottocento, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2005.
- J. Osterhammel, N.P. Petersson, Globalization. A short introduction, Princeton UP, 2003.
- I. Wallerstein, Comprendere il mondo. Introduzione all’analisi dei sistemi-mondo, Asterios, Trieste, 2013.