THE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE TECHNOLOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE JOURNALISM INDUSTRY, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO PUT THE PRESENT CRISIS AND RADICAL TRANSFORMATION INTO HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

The course is meant for graduate students who already have a basic knowledge of Italian history and of the international history of the twentieth century. It is conceived as an advanced seminar and the students are expected to play a very active role, to engage the teacher with their questions, to give an individual oral presentation about their readings, and to participate in the collective discussions. The main goal is to provide the students with a broad understanding of the key features of Italian foreign policy and with the analytical skills to interpret a research monograph.

THE COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN FASCISM WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE SACRALISATION OF POLITICS. UNDER FASCISM THE POLITICAL ARENA BECAME PERMEATED WITH MYTHS, RITES, AND SYMBOLS OF A SECULAR RELIGION, IMBUED WITH FUNDAMENTAL VALUES, AND INTENDED TO MOULD THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEANING OF THE EXISTENCE FOR ALL ITALIANS. THIS WAS NOT A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT. SINCE THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS, POLITICS HAS OFTEN TAKEN ON THE FEATURES OF RELIGION, CLAIMING AS ITS OWN THE PREROGATIVE OF DEFINING THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE AND MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE, ASKING FAITH, LOYALTY AND REVERENCE FOR SECULAR POLITICAL ENTITIES AS THE NATION, BUILDING ITS TEMPLES, LAMENTING ITS MARTYRS. WITH ITALIAN FASCISM, HOWEVER, THE CIVIC RELIGION OF THE COUNTRY (A RELIGION OPEN TO EVERY CITIZEN) TRANSFORMED ITSELF INTO THE INTOLERANT, EXCLUSIVE CULT OF THE SYMBOL OF A SINGLE PARTY, OF ITS VALUES, OF ITS COMMANDMENTS, OF ITS CHIEF. IN THIS WAY, ITALIAN FASCISM OPENED THE WAY TO MANY MODERN TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL RELIGIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FROM NAZISM, TO STALINISM, FROM EUROPE TO ASIA.
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO:
- RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SYMBOLIC DIMENSION IN POLITICS;
- PUT IN RELATION SECULARIZATION, POLITICS AND RELIGION IN MODERN SOCIETY AND GRASP IN A BETTER WAY THE CONTOURS OF THE MODERN POLITICAL EXPERIMENT (UP TO TODAY FUNDAMENTALISM);
- UNDERSTAND THE MAIN FEATURES OF TOTALITARIANISM;
- IDENTIFY THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE FASCIST REGIME, ITS VALUES, ITS INSTITUTIONS, ITS LEADERS;
- UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FASCISM, AND ITS DRAMATIC DANGER AS A WRONG ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS OF MASS SOCIETY;
- IDENTIFY THE MYTHS, RITUALS, SYMBOLS, MONUMENTS AND OTHER SPECTACLES OF FASCIST ITALY;
- DISCOVER THE MECHANISM OF DEEP FASCINATION PROVOKED BY MASS RITUALS.

Fornire allo studente le necessarie competenze linguistiche e culturali per approfondire le conoscenze di testi e documenti politici e letterari.

Il corso mira ad approfondire lo studio della lingua spagnola di carattere settoriale e la cultura ispanica. Si pretende sviluppare la competenza comunicativa e socioculturale attraverso, fondamentalmente, dello studio della Fraseologia di carattere generale e settoriale. il corso verterà, in modo particolare, sullo studio del linguaggio politico in spagnolo. Per quanto riguarda la aspetto culturale, avrà per argomento lo studio del panorama storico della Spagna prima e durante le guerre d’indipendenza dell’America Latina.

To introduce students to important aspects of German Culture and to promote a critical approach to issues such as the political literature in the 20. Century.

THE COURSE IS AIMED AT ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS.

NEL CORSO SI TRATTANO APPROFONDITAMENTE UN TEMA E UN’AREA CHE HANNO ATTIRATO L’ATTENZIONE DI UN PUBBLICO PIÙ VASTO DI QUELLO UNIVERSITARIO IN RELAZIONE A RECENTI EVENTI POLITICI E MILITARI, LA CUI EVOLUZIONE NON PUÒ DIRSI CONCLUSA. I BALCANI HANNO COSTITUITO NEL XIX E NEL XX SECOLO UN PROBLEMA DI POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE, FINENDO PER IDENTIFICARSI CON UNA CATEGORIA POLITICO-FILOSOFICA (DA CUI L’USO SPREGIATIVO DEL TERMINE BALCANIZZAZIONE). IL CORSO PUNTA A FORNIRE UNA CONOSCENZA MENO IDEOLOGICA DELLA LORO STORIA E DELLA LORO REALTÀ.

IL CORSO MIRA AD APPROFONDIRE LO STUDIO DELLA LINGUA SPAGNOLA E LA CULTURA ISPANICA. PER QUANTO RIGUARDA L’ASPETTO LINGUISTICO, SI PRETENDE SVILUPPARE LA COMPETENZA COMUNICATIVA E SOCIOCULTURALE ATTRAVERSO, FONDAMENTALMENTE, DELLO STUDIO DELLA FRASEOLOGÍA E PAREMIOLOGÍA, FACENDO SPECIALE RIFERIMENTO A QUELLA DI TIPO SETTORIALE: GIURIDICA, POLITICO-AMMINISTRATIVA, ECONOMICA. PER QUANTO RIGUARDA LA ASPETTO CULTURALE, IL CORSO, NEL COMMEMORARE IL BICENTENARIO DELLE GUERRE D’INDIPENDENZA DEI PAESI DELL’AMERICA LATINA, VERTERÀ SULLO STUDIO DI UN PERSONAGGIO CHIAVE DELLA STORIA DEL VENEZUELA, E NON SOLO, DEL XVIII SECOLO: FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA.

To introduce students to important aspects of German Culture and to promote a critical approach to issues such as the political literature in the 20. Century.

The Course is aimed at assessing the role of public international law in conflict and post-conflict situations.

THE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE TECHNOLOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE JOURNALISM INDUSTRY, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO PUT THE PRESENT CRISIS AND RADICAL TRANSFORMATION INTO HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

The course is meant for graduate students who already have a basic knowledge of Italian history and of the international history of the twentieth century. It is conceived as an advanced seminar and the students are expected to play a very active role, to engage the teacher with their questions, to give an individual oral presentation about their readings, and to participate in the collective discussions. The main goal is to provide the students with a broad understanding of the key features of Italian foreign policy and with the analytical skills to interpret a research monograph.

IL CORSO INTENDE FORNIRE UNA CONOSCENZA PIÙ SPECIFICA DEI TEMI DI MAGGIORE IMPORTANZA CHE CONCERNONO I PAESI DELL’AFRICA CONTEMPORANEA NELLA LORO TRASFORMAZIONE IN STATI NAZIONALI.

THE COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN FASCISM WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE SACRALISATION OF POLITICS. UNDER FASCISM THE POLITICAL ARENA BECAME PERMEATED WITH MYTHS, RITES, AND SYMBOLS OF A SECULAR RELIGION, IMBUED WITH FUNDAMENTAL VALUES, AND INTENDED TO MOULD THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEANING OF THE EXISTENCE FOR ALL ITALIANS. THIS WAS NOT A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT. SINCE THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS, POLITICS HAS OFTEN TAKEN ON THE FEATURES OF RELIGION, CLAIMING AS ITS OWN THE PREROGATIVE OF DEFINING THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE AND MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE, ASKING FAITH, LOYALTY AND REVERENCE FOR SECULAR POLITICAL ENTITIES AS THE NATION, BUILDING ITS TEMPLES, LAMENTING ITS MARTYRS. WITH ITALIAN FASCISM, HOWEVER, THE CIVIC RELIGION OF THE COUNTRY (A RELIGION OPEN TO EVERY CITIZEN) TRANSFORMED ITSELF INTO THE INTOLERANT, EXCLUSIVE CULT OF THE SYMBOL OF A SINGLE PARTY, OF ITS VALUES, OF ITS COMMANDMENTS, OF ITS CHIEF. IN THIS WAY, ITALIAN FASCISM OPENED THE WAY TO MANY MODERN TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL RELIGIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FROM NAZISM, TO STALINISM, FROM EUROPE TO ASIA.
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO:
- RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SYMBOLIC DIMENSION IN POLITICS;
- PUT IN RELATION SECULARIZATION, POLITICS AND RELIGION IN MODERN SOCIETY AND GRASP IN A BETTER WAY THE CONTOURS OF THE MODERN POLITICAL EXPERIMENT (UP TO TODAY FUNDAMENTALISM);
- UNDERSTAND THE MAIN FEATURES OF TOTALITARIANISM;
- IDENTIFY THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE FASCIST REGIME, ITS VALUES, ITS INSTITUTIONS, ITS LEADERS;
- UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FASCISM, AND ITS DRAMATIC DANGER AS A WRONG ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS OF MASS SOCIETY;
- IDENTIFY THE MYTHS, RITUALS, SYMBOLS, MONUMENTS AND OTHER SPECTACLES OF FASCIST ITALY;
- DISCOVER THE MECHANISM OF DEEP FASCINATION PROVOKED BY MASS RITUALS.

Fornire allo studente le necessarie competenze linguistiche e culturali per approfondire le conoscenze di testi e documenti politici e letterari.

Il corso mira ad approfondire lo studio della lingua spagnola di carattere settoriale e la cultura ispanica. Si pretende sviluppare la competenza comunicativa e socioculturale attraverso, fondamentalmente, dello studio della Fraseologia di carattere generale e settoriale. il corso verterà, in modo particolare, sullo studio del linguaggio politico in spagnolo. Per quanto riguarda la aspetto culturale, avrà per argomento lo studio del panorama storico della Spagna prima e durante le guerre d’indipendenza dell’America Latina.

To introduce students to important aspects of German Culture and to promote a critical approach to issues such as the political literature in the 20. Century.

IL CORSO SI PROPONE DI ANALIZZARE LE PRINCIPALI DINAMICHE DEMOGRAFICHE INTERNAZIONALI, EVIDENZIANDO IL DUALISMO TRA PAESI A SVILUPPO AVANZATO E PAESI MENO SVILUPPATI. TALE APPROCCIO MIRA A FORNIRE GLI STRUMENTI CONCETTUALI PER INTERPRETARE LE RELAZIONI TRA EVOLUZIONE DELLA POPOLAZIONE, SVILUPPO SOCIO – CULTURALE E RISORSE ECONOMICHE E IL RUOLO ESERCITATO DAL PROCESSO DI MODERNIZZAZIONE. LE RELAZIONI TRA EVOLUZIONE DEMOGRAFICA E SVILUPPO SONO IN RAPPORTO DI CAUSA-EFFETTO IN ENTRAMBE LE DIREZIONI: LE DINAMICHE DEMOGRAFICHE, INFATTI, SONO CONDIZIONATE IN MISURA RILEVANTE DAI PROCESSI ECONOMICI, ED HANNO NELLO STESSO TEMPO UN FORTE IMPATTO SULLE PROSPETTIVE DI SVILUPPO DI UN PAESE .

THE COURSE IS AIMED AT ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS.

The course is meant for graduate students who already have a basic knowledge of the international history of the twentieth century. It is conceived as an advanced seminar and the students are expected to play a very active role, to engage the teacher with their questions, to give a group oral presentation on a topic assigned at the beginning of the course, and to participate in the collective discussions. The main goal is to provide the students with a broad understanding of the crucial issues of the contemporary international system, and with the analytical skills to interpret a research monograph.

THE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE TECHNOLOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE JOURNALISM INDUSTRY, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO PUT THE PRESENT CRISIS AND RADICAL TRANSFORMATION INTO HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

The course is meant for graduate students who already have a basic knowledge of Italian history and of the international history of the twentieth century. It is conceived as an advanced seminar and the students are expected to play a very active role, to engage the teacher with their questions, to give an individual oral presentation about their readings, and to participate in the collective discussions. The main goal is to provide the students with a broad understanding of the key features of Italian foreign policy and with the analytical skills to interpret a research monograph.

FACILITATE INTERPRETATION OF A COMPLEX SOCIETY CHARACTERIZED BY DIALECTIC BETWEEN GLOBALIZATION AND LOCALISMS. MAKE FIRE THE SIZE OF CULTURE IN PARTICULAR TRADING MECHANISMS AND CONFLICT WITH OTHER CULTURES. FOCUS ON THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTATION AND DESCRIPTION OF OTHER CULTURES.

PRESENTAZIONE E OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI
L’INSEGNAMENTO SI INSERISCE NELLA RECENTE TRADIZIONE DEI COSIDDETTI PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
(CAMPO MULTIDISCIPLINARE, SNODO TRA MONDO ACCADEMICO E DIMENSIONI OPERATIVE) A CUI
AGGIUNGE LA SPECIFICA CHIAVE DI LETTURA DELLE CATEGORIE SOCIOLOGICHE.
ADOTTANDO UN APPROCCIO MULTILIVELLO (MICRO-MACRO, CENTRO-PERIFERIA, GLOBALE-LOCALE)
L’INSEGNAMENTO MIRA A FAR EMERGERE COMPLESSITÀ E INTERCONNESSIONI, FACILITANDO NEGLI
STUDENTI UN’APPROFONDITA E CRITICA COMPRENSIONE DEI CONFLITTI CONTEMPORANEI, DEGLI SFORZI
IMPIEGATI PER PORRE LORO FINE, DELLE RELATIVE DIFFICOLTÀ E FALLIMENTI.
IL CORSO È DIVISO IN 4 PARTI:
ANALISI DELLE DIVERSE CARATTERISTICHE DEI CONFLITTI, DELLE LORO FONTI, DELLE DINAMICHE DI
ESCALATION/ DESCALATION E DELLE DIVERSE TIPOLOGIE DI ATTORI COINVOLTI. TEORIE E MODELLI A
CONFRONTO.
COMPARAZIONE TRA STRATEGIE E METODI PER LA RISOLUZIONE/TRASFORMAZIONE DEI CONFLITTI, TRA GLI
APPROCCI DAL BASSO E DALL’ALTO; STUDIO DELLE TECNICHE DI MEDIAZIONE E DI NEGOZIAZIONE E DEGLI
APPROCCI NONVIOLENTI.
APPROFONDIMENTO DELLE PROBLEMATICHE COLLEGATE ALLA COSTRUZIONE E AL MANTENIMENTO DELLA
PACE; DIVERSITÀ DI APPROCCIO TRA PEACEBUILDING E NATION BUILDING; INTERVENTI INTERNAZIONALI IN
PROSPETTIVA TOP/DOWN E BOTTOM/UP; APPROFONDIMENTO DELLE CONSEGUENZE INATTESE E DEGLI
‘EFFETTI PERVERSI’ EMERGENTI NEI PROCESSI DI PACE; ANALISI DEI PROBLEMI DI SICUREZZA IN
SITUAZIONI POST CONFLICT
APPROFONDIMENTO DELLA RICOSTRUZIONE DEL TESSUTO SOCIALE: DECOSTRUZIONE DEL NEMICO, GIUSTIZIA
E RICONCILIAZIONE.
IL CORSO INTENDE INTRODURRE ED ANALIZZARE IN CHIAVE CRITICA I PRINCIPALI CONCETTI E TEORIE SUI
CONFLITTI, SULLA PACE E SULLA SICUREZZA; PRESENTARE I DIBATTITI IN CORSO IN QUESTO CAMPO DI STUDI;
SOCIALIZZARE GLI STUDENTI CON LA LETTERATURA E I LINGUAGGI IN ARGOMENTO.
IL CORSO FACILITA NEGLI STUDENTI:
A) L’APPRENDIMENTO E LA COMPRENSIONE DEI CONFLITTI DEL MONDO CONTEMPORANEO IN TUTTA LA
LORO COMPLESSITÀ E NELLE RISPETTIVE DIFFERENZE, DEGLI ATTORI PRINCIPALI E DELLE DINAMICHE INTERNE
ED ESTERNE;
B) L’APPRENDIMENTO E LA COMPRENSIONE DEI PROCESSI E DELLE TRASFORMAZIONI ISTITUZIONALI,POLITICHE, SOCIALI E CULTURALI TIPICI DELLE COSIDDETTE WAR-TORN SOCIETIES, DELLE CARATTERISTICHE E
DELLE DINAMICHE DEL PEACEBUILDING E DEL NATION BUILDING, DEI RELATIVI SUCCESSI E FALLIMENTI,
CONSIDERATI ANCHE ALLA LUCE DELLE TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE DEGLI ‘EFFETTI PERVERSI’ E DELLE
‘CONSEGUENZE IN-INTENZIONALI’;
C) LA FAMILIARIZZAZIONE CON I PRINCIPALI TEORIE E METODI SULLA TRASFORMAZIONE DEI CONFLITTI E
SULLA PROMOZIONE DELLA PACE SIA NELLE DIVERSE DIMENSIONI MACRO/MESO/ MICRO E NEI DIFFERENTI
APPROCCI DALL’ALTO (A LIVELLO STATALE E DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI INTERGOVERNATIVE) E DAL BASSO (A
LIVELLO DI SOCIETÀ CIVILE E MOBILITAZIONI TRANSNAZIONALI);
D) L’IDENTIFICAZIONE DELLE PRINCIPALI POSTE IN GIOCO QUALI IL CONTENIMENTO/AZZERAMENTO DELLA
VIOLENZA, LA SICUREZZA UMANA, I DIRITTI UMANI, LA RIABILITAZIONE POST-TRAUMATICA DELLE
COLLETTIVITÀ E DEI SISTEMI SOCIALI, I METODI NON VIOLENTI DI GESTIONE DELLE CONTROVERSIE E DEI
CONFLITTI.

THE COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN FASCISM WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE SACRALISATION OF POLITICS. UNDER FASCISM THE POLITICAL ARENA BECAME PERMEATED WITH MYTHS, RITES, AND SYMBOLS OF A SECULAR RELIGION, IMBUED WITH FUNDAMENTAL VALUES, AND INTENDED TO MOULD THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEANING OF THE EXISTENCE FOR ALL ITALIANS. THIS WAS NOT A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT. SINCE THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS, POLITICS HAS OFTEN TAKEN ON THE FEATURES OF RELIGION, CLAIMING AS ITS OWN THE PREROGATIVE OF DEFINING THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE AND MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE, ASKING FAITH, LOYALTY AND REVERENCE FOR SECULAR POLITICAL ENTITIES AS THE NATION, BUILDING ITS TEMPLES, LAMENTING ITS MARTYRS. WITH ITALIAN FASCISM, HOWEVER, THE CIVIC RELIGION OF THE COUNTRY (A RELIGION OPEN TO EVERY CITIZEN) TRANSFORMED ITSELF INTO THE INTOLERANT, EXCLUSIVE CULT OF THE SYMBOL OF A SINGLE PARTY, OF ITS VALUES, OF ITS COMMANDMENTS, OF ITS CHIEF. IN THIS WAY, ITALIAN FASCISM OPENED THE WAY TO MANY MODERN TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL RELIGIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FROM NAZISM, TO STALINISM, FROM EUROPE TO ASIA.
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO:
- RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SYMBOLIC DIMENSION IN POLITICS;
- PUT IN RELATION SECULARIZATION, POLITICS AND RELIGION IN MODERN SOCIETY AND GRASP IN A BETTER WAY THE CONTOURS OF THE MODERN POLITICAL EXPERIMENT (UP TO TODAY FUNDAMENTALISM);
- UNDERSTAND THE MAIN FEATURES OF TOTALITARIANISM;
- IDENTIFY THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE FASCIST REGIME, ITS VALUES, ITS INSTITUTIONS, ITS LEADERS;
- UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FASCISM, AND ITS DRAMATIC DANGER AS A WRONG ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS OF MASS SOCIETY;
- IDENTIFY THE MYTHS, RITUALS, SYMBOLS, MONUMENTS AND OTHER SPECTACLES OF FASCIST ITALY;
- DISCOVER THE MECHANISM OF DEEP FASCINATION PROVOKED BY MASS RITUALS.

Fornire allo studente le necessarie competenze linguistiche e culturali per approfondire le conoscenze di testi e documenti politici e letterari.

Il corso mira ad approfondire lo studio della lingua spagnola di carattere settoriale e la cultura ispanica. Si pretende sviluppare la competenza comunicativa e socioculturale attraverso, fondamentalmente, dello studio della Fraseologia di carattere generale e settoriale. il corso verterà, in modo particolare, sullo studio del linguaggio politico in spagnolo. Per quanto riguarda la aspetto culturale, avrà per argomento lo studio del panorama storico della Spagna prima e durante le guerre d’indipendenza dell’America Latina.

To introduce students to important aspects of German Culture and to promote a critical approach to issues such as the political literature in the 20. Century.

THE COURSE IS AIMED AT ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS.

THE COURSE AIMS AT OFFERING MASTER COURSE STUDENTS THE MAIN TOOLS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE DIFFUSION OF NUCLEAR ARSENALS. IT ANALYZES THE NUCLEAR ERA SINCE ITS BEGINNING AND FOCUSES ON THE POLITICAL, STRATEGIC AND MILITARY ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED BY SUCCEEDING NUCLEAR CHALLENGES.

L’OBIETTIVO GENERALE DELL’INSEGNAMENTO È INTRODURRE GLI ELEMENTI FONDAMENTALI DEGLI STUDI STRATEGICI. PRENDENDO LE MOSSE DAI CLASSICI – SUN-TZU E CLAUSEWITZ – IL CORSO INTENDE ILLUSTRARE QUALI SIANO I PILASTRI DELLE TRADIZIONI STRATEGICHE OCCIDENTALE E ORIENTALE. IN QUESTO MODO, INFATTI, SI AUSPICA CHE GLI STUDENTI DISPONGANO DEGLI STRUMENTI NECESSARI A COMPRENDERE LA CULTURA STRATEGICA NELLA QUALE È INSERITA L’ITALIA E QUELLA CON CUI L’OCCIDENTE SEMBRA PIÙ DIRETTAMENTE DESTINATO A CONFRONTARSI DURANTE IL XXI SECOLO. PIÙ IN GENERALE, SI INTENDE ANALIZZARE COME SI È EVOLUTO IL FENOMENO BELLICO E CHIARIRE QUALE RELAZIONE SUSSISTE TRA TALE PROCESSO E L’ELABORAZIONE DELLE DIVERSE DOTTRINE STRATEGICHE.
CIASCUNO DEI MODULI DI CUI SI COMPONE L’INSEGNAMENTO SARÀ ORGANIZZATO IN DUE PARTI. LA PRIMA PARTE AVRÀ CARATTERE GENERALE E ILLUSTRERÀ LE CARATTERISTICHE DELLE PRINCIPALI DOTTRINE STRATEGICHE. LA SECONDA PARTE AVRÀ CARATTERE MONOGRAFICO E SARÀ DEDICATA ALL’EVOLUZIONE DEL CONCETTO DI SICUREZZA A PARTIRE DAGLI ANNI NOVANTA DEL XX SECOLO E IN PARTICOLARE ALL’IMPATTO DELLE PRIVATE SECURITY FIRMS (PSF).

GLI STUDENTI NON FREQUENTANTI, IN AGGIUNTA AI TESTI ELENCATI, SONO TENUTI A STUDIARE ANCHE:
G. PARKER, LA RIVOLUZIONE MILITARE. LE INNOVAZIONI MILITARI E IL SORGERE DELL’OCCIDENTE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 1990
OPPURE
R.J. ART AND K.N. WALTZ, THE USE OF FORCE – MILITARY POWER AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, 6TH EDITION, ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 2004

THE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE TECHNOLOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE JOURNALISM INDUSTRY, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO PUT THE PRESENT CRISIS AND RADICAL TRANSFORMATION INTO HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

The course is meant for graduate students who already have a basic knowledge of Italian history and of the international history of the twentieth century. It is conceived as an advanced seminar and the students are expected to play a very active role, to engage the teacher with their questions, to give an individual oral presentation about their readings, and to participate in the collective discussions. The main goal is to provide the students with a broad understanding of the key features of Italian foreign policy and with the analytical skills to interpret a research monograph.

The Course is aimed at focusing on the international legal aspects of the dispute settlement mechanisms and related institutional and operative featured of international and regional tribunals, also regarding the courts working in the field of human rights protection and mass atrocities.

THE COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN FASCISM WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE SACRALISATION OF POLITICS. UNDER FASCISM THE POLITICAL ARENA BECAME PERMEATED WITH MYTHS, RITES, AND SYMBOLS OF A SECULAR RELIGION, IMBUED WITH FUNDAMENTAL VALUES, AND INTENDED TO MOULD THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEANING OF THE EXISTENCE FOR ALL ITALIANS. THIS WAS NOT A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT. SINCE THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS, POLITICS HAS OFTEN TAKEN ON THE FEATURES OF RELIGION, CLAIMING AS ITS OWN THE PREROGATIVE OF DEFINING THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE AND MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE, ASKING FAITH, LOYALTY AND REVERENCE FOR SECULAR POLITICAL ENTITIES AS THE NATION, BUILDING ITS TEMPLES, LAMENTING ITS MARTYRS. WITH ITALIAN FASCISM, HOWEVER, THE CIVIC RELIGION OF THE COUNTRY (A RELIGION OPEN TO EVERY CITIZEN) TRANSFORMED ITSELF INTO THE INTOLERANT, EXCLUSIVE CULT OF THE SYMBOL OF A SINGLE PARTY, OF ITS VALUES, OF ITS COMMANDMENTS, OF ITS CHIEF. IN THIS WAY, ITALIAN FASCISM OPENED THE WAY TO MANY MODERN TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL RELIGIONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FROM NAZISM, TO STALINISM, FROM EUROPE TO ASIA.
BY THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO:
- RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SYMBOLIC DIMENSION IN POLITICS;
- PUT IN RELATION SECULARIZATION, POLITICS AND RELIGION IN MODERN SOCIETY AND GRASP IN A BETTER WAY THE CONTOURS OF THE MODERN POLITICAL EXPERIMENT (UP TO TODAY FUNDAMENTALISM);
- UNDERSTAND THE MAIN FEATURES OF TOTALITARIANISM;
- IDENTIFY THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE FASCIST REGIME, ITS VALUES, ITS INSTITUTIONS, ITS LEADERS;
- UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FASCISM, AND ITS DRAMATIC DANGER AS A WRONG ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS OF MASS SOCIETY;
- IDENTIFY THE MYTHS, RITUALS, SYMBOLS, MONUMENTS AND OTHER SPECTACLES OF FASCIST ITALY;
- DISCOVER THE MECHANISM OF DEEP FASCINATION PROVOKED BY MASS RITUALS.

Fornire allo studente le necessarie competenze linguistiche e culturali per approfondire le conoscenze di testi e documenti politici e letterari.

Il corso mira ad approfondire lo studio della lingua spagnola di carattere settoriale e la cultura ispanica. Si pretende sviluppare la competenza comunicativa e socioculturale attraverso, fondamentalmente, dello studio della Fraseologia di carattere generale e settoriale. il corso verterà, in modo particolare, sullo studio del linguaggio politico in spagnolo. Per quanto riguarda la aspetto culturale, avrà per argomento lo studio del panorama storico della Spagna prima e durante le guerre d’indipendenza dell’America Latina.

To introduce students to important aspects of German Culture and to promote a critical approach to issues such as the political literature in the 20. Century.

THE COURSE IS AIMED AT ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS.

THIS COURSE PROVIDES INTERMEDIATE TOOLS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. THE FIRST PART ANALYZES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES IN FIXED AND FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES AS WELL THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM. THE SECOND PART STUDIES THE PROBLEMS ARISING FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO EMERGING ECONOMIES. IT PRESENTS MODELS OF EXCHANGE RATE, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND DEBT CRISIS.

The monographical course is oriented to deepen the basical events of international politics – power distribution at system’s level; alliances; terrorism; war; ethnic conflicts – after the Soviet Union’s collapse.

THE HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THOUGHT IS COINCEIVED AS A THOROUGH STUDY OF THE HISTORICAL, THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THE MODERN -AND THE CONTEMPORARY- AGE. ITS AIM IS TO FAVOUR BETTER COMPETENCES IN EACH FIELD AND TO ACQUIRE MORE COMLEX POINTS OF VIEW ON OUR CONTEMPORANEITY

The course is meant for graduate students who already have a basic knowledge of the international history of the twentieth century. It is conceived as an advanced seminar and the students are expected to play a very active role, to engage the teacher with their questions, to give a group oral presentation on a topic assigned at the beginning of the course, and to participate in the collective discussions. The main goal is to provide the students with a broad understanding of the crucial issues of the contemporary international system, and with the analytical skills to interpret a research monograph.