Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

Basic humanistic knowledge is required, especially related to the History since the second half of 19th Century until today.

The course is divided in two parts. 

The first part of the course aims to develop a good knowledge of facts and historical phenomena that characterized the contemporary age, knowing how to grasp the complexity and the changes over time of socio-economic, political-institutional and cultural factors.

The aim of the second part of the course is to make the student aware of the meaning of "gender identity" in a colonial context and of the long-term continuities and discontinuities with reference to the specific theme.

Students will be expected to be able to critically assess historical processes and to use concepts and categories of historical language correctly. At the end of the course, the student will have to show that:

• s/he knows the main economic, political, social and cultural characters in the relative historical context.

• s/he can identify the characteristic traits of Italian racism, understanding the reasons of the long-lasting removal of the national colonialist past.

• s/he can understand and interpret the relevance of gender stereotypes in the evolution of Italian racism between the 19th and 20th century.

Lectures.  Extensive use of power point presentations. The documentation will be uploaded in the course website.

 

For students who need 12 CFU expected knowledge and skills will be assessed through a written test on the first part of the program: the test consists of multiple choice questions. Success in the written test does not imply the allocation of a mark.

Students passing this test are admitted to the final oral examination on the entire syllabus.

Will be deemed adequate preparation (with a vote expressed in thirtieths) in relation to the correctness of exposure, the property of language, the appropriate use of terminology and critical reasoning skills. 

For no attending students see Notes.

Students who choose the module on Race and Gender(6 CFU) will do an oral test on the three texts in the bibliography of the second part and on Peter Burke (ed.), La storiografia contemporanea, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2007

 

Extensive use of power point presentations. The documentation will be uploaded in the course website.

 The course is divided in two parts. The first part is reserved to students of the degree course in Intercultural Communication; the second part  (6 CFU) is open to students of other courses

Part 1

Based on the examination of world history since 1814, the first part of the course aims to highlight the profound transformations that took place during the last two centuries: not only socio-economic and political, but also cultural and ideologic.  It will pay particular attention to the dynamics that have gradually brought into relation the oldest industrialized countries of Europe and North America and the rest of the world, as well as to the concept of  "globalization".

Part 2 - Race and gender in the Italian colonialism

Starting from an analysis of the European colonialism in a comparative perspective, in the second part of the course an "excursus" on the history of Italian colonialism form the second half of the 19^th century to the Fascist era will be carried out, examining in depth all the economic, political, social and cultural aspects. Then, the course will focus on the "invention" of the concept of "race", on the construction of the "racist identity" and on the main points of the correlation between gender and racism, starting from the analysis of women's condition - of both "colonized" and "colonizing" ones - in the colonial society.

 

For attending students:

Part 1

• Fulvio Cammarano, Maria Serena Piretti, Giulia Guazzaloca, Storia contemporanea. Dal XIX al XXI secolo, Le Monnier Università, Firenze 2015 (2nd edition)
• Peter Burke (ed.), La storiografia contemporanea, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2007

 Part 2

• Bruna Bagnato, L'Europa e il mondo. Origini, sviluppo e crisi dell'imperialismo coloniale, Le Monnier, Firenze 2006
• Silvana Palma, L'Italia coloniale, Editori Riuniti, Roma 1999
• G. Stefani, Colonia per maschi. Italiani nell'Africa orientale: una storia di genere, Ombre corte, Verona 2007

Non-attending students will have to agree on an exam programmed with the teacher

Attendance is highly recommended.

Erasmus students will have to agree on an exam programmed with the teacher. They may prepare for examination and take a part of it in English or in French

THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE WILL START ON NOVEMBER