94372 - Violence, Genocide And Intervention Instruments

Learning outcomes

During the XX century, violence and genocides have affected millions of innocent civilians, sometimes with the aim of eliminating, totally or partially, groups of populations. The course aims to provide the knowledge to analyze these forms of violence and to interpret the various methods of intervention prepared to provide official recognition to the victims as well as to reach the reconciliation of the parties in conflict. At the end of the course, the student has critical and multidimensional analysis skills of multiple historical contexts related to situations of violence and genocide.

Course contents

The course will be divided into two main parts:

• In the first part, the concepts of genocide and political violence will be analysed, reconstructing their genealogy and the related historical debates.
  
  
• In the second part, the course will focus on selected cases of forced migration and displacement of populations that characterized twentieth-century Europe, with particular reference to memories related to the violence.

Readings/Bibliography

Attending students will study the lessons content and the following texts: 

Norman M. Naimark, La politica dell’odio. La pulizia etnica nell’Europa contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2002. 

Guido Crainz, Raoul Pupo, Silvia Salvatici (a cura di), Naufraghi della pace. Il 1945, i profughi e le memorie divise d’Europa, Roma, Donzelli, 2008.

Non-attending students will study the following texts:

Norman M. Naimark, La politica dell’odio. La pulizia etnica nell’Europa contemporanea, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2002.

Pier Paolo Portinaro, L’imperativo di uccidere. Genocidio e democidio nella storia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2017 (Introduzione: from page 3 to page 49).

and ONE of the following texts of your choice:

Patrizia Audenino, La casa perduta. La memoria dei profughi nell’Europa del Novecento, Roma, Carocci, 2015.

Guido Crainz, Raoul Pupo, Silvia Salvatici (a cura di), Naufraghi della pace. Il 1945, i profughi e le memorie divise d’Europa, Roma, Donzelli, 2008.

Gabriella Gribaudi, La memoria, i traumi, la storia. La guerra e le catastrofi nel Novecento, Roma, Viella, 2020.

Filippo Focardi, Nel cantiere della memoria. Fascismo, Resistenza, Shoah, foibe, Roma, Viella, 2020.

Cecilia Molesini, Frammenti di Heimat. Storia emotiva dei tedeschi espulsi dopo la Seconda guerra mondiale, Roma, Viella, 2024.

Silvia Salvatici, Senza casa e senza paese. Profughi europei nel secondo dopoguerra, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008.

 

Teaching methods

The course will take place in presence during the second semester.
The first part of the course consists of frontal lessons to introduce the basic conceptual categories. The second part of the course will alternate between frontal lessons and a participative approach on the part of the students, aimed at the application of knowledge and its deepening through the presentation of case studies.

Assessment methods

The examination aims to check the achievement of the objectives outlined in the contents section. There are two different examination methods for attending and non-attending students.

• Attending students: a written test at the end of the course on the contents of the lessons and on the two above-mentioned books (La politica dell'odio e Naufraghi della pace). 
  

• Non-attending students: a written test on the two texts of N. Naimark and P.P. Portinaro (Introduzione from p. 3 to p. 49) and an oral text on one of the above-mentioned texts of your choice.

The grade in thirtieths will consider the possession of a mastery of expression and specific language, as well as a structural and historical-contextual understanding of the topics addressed. The students' achievement of an organic vision of the topics covered by the course, the demonstration of possession of an adequate mastery of expression and specific language will be evaluated with very good or excellent grades (from 27 to 30). A largely mechanical or mnemonic knowledge of the subject, an inadequate ability to summarise and analyse, or language that is correct but not always appropriate, as well as a scholastic command of the programme studied, will lead to fair marks (22 to 26). Formative gaps or inappropriate language, as well as a lack of knowledge and understanding of the syllabus will lead to grades which are on the threshold of sufficiency (from 18 to 21). Inadequate training, inappropriate language, lack of orientation in the bibliography, as well as a lack of knowledge and understanding and an inability to analyse twentieth-century political history can only be assessed negatively.

To take the examination, students shall register in the list by AlmaEsami service. Non-enrolled students will be excluded from the test. If students registered decide not to sit the examination, they are required to cancel their name from the exam list. Students are also required to sit the examination with their UniBo credentials and a recognition document.

Students who have included this course in study programs of previous academic years are invited to contact the teacher to agree the test methods.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted at least 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Powerpoint presentations; audio-visual material, digital resources.

Office hours

See the website of Cecilia Molesini