97946 - States, Empires, Nations

Learning outcomes

In order to launch a reflection enabling us to present history as an instrument for problematization, some skills and knowledge are to be acquired:

1. Understanding of the nature and quality of sources

2. Capacity of analysing texts and reading sources critically

3. Contextualising the texts

4. Perception of chronology

5. Knowledge of the events necessary to contextualisation

6. Awareness of the historiographical debate within the analysis is to be placed

Course contents

All classes will take place from 20 september 2024 to 20 december 2024 and will be held every Friday from 3 pm to 5 pm at Department of Biological Science, via Francesco Selmi 3.

“History is a shared commonwealth. The knowledge of is a principle of democracy and equality between citizens. It is a critical, inhomogeneous knowledge, which refuses conformism and thrives in dialogue. Historians have their own political opinions but have to submits them to the evidence of documents and debate, comparing them to others’ ideas and committing to their dissemination.” (Giardina, Camilleri, Segre, Appello. La storia è un bene comune). Above all, history is not merely just one discipline amongst many, which explains the meaning of this project, whose intention is to introduce history in those courses that do not provide it in their curricula, as a way to understand the present, the world we live in, by critically comparing it to our past. It is necessary to be aware that all subjects taught in university are rooted, without exception, in a historical flow without which they would no doubt still be able to allow students the acquisition of competence in the field, but not to enable the latter to acquire a critical understanding of the transformation of knowledge and the societies that express it. It is not always clear to all that history has nothing to do with an antiquarian approach to the past, with the learning of by now bygone events, but it is directly linked to understanding the present, to building a mindful citizenship, to acquiring a critical knowledge, a training ground to ‘practice’ dealing with the complexity of social and political dynamics otherwise destined to merely shoot before our eyes like mysterious meteors. Further to this point, the strengthening of social and civic competences, which are typical of historical studies, would represent the indispensable, and furthermore winning element of transversality across all specialist fields, within a formative itinerary aiming at both a high professionalization and its cognizant practice.

Structure of the course:

Venerdì 20 settembre 2024 MARIA ELENA DE LUNA

Guerra all'esterno e guerra all'interno: le due facce del conflitto nella città greca

Venerdì 27 settembre 2024 FRANCESCA CENERINI

La società patriarcale in età romana e la violenza sulle donne romane

Venerdì 11 ottobre 2024 TIZIANA LAZZARI

I popoli barbari all'origine degli Stati nazionali? Note di metodo su un pericoloso luogo comune

Venerdì 18 ottobre 2024 FRANCESCA ROVERSI MONACO

La costruzione della nazione: miti medievali delle origini. La storia come strumento di legittimazione identitaria per individuare nel passato le origini delle nazioni

Venerdì 25 ottobre 2024 VINCENZO LAVENIA

Guerra e legittimazione degli imperi nella prima età moderna

Venerdì 8 novembre 2024 FERNANDA ALFIERI

Genere, sessualità e cittadinanza in età moderna

Venerdì 15 novembre 2024 BERARDO PIO

La verità alternativa: la donazione di Costantino e il massacro di Katyn

Venerdì 22 novembre 2024 FRANCESCA SOFIA

L'Antico regime. Nascita postuma di categoria interpretativa

Venerdì 29 novembre 2024 TONI ROVATTI

Verità storica e verità giudiziaria. Profili di ricerca in età contemporanea

Venerdì 6 dicembre 2024 FILIPPO TRIOLA

L’orologio della nazione. Lo sviluppo del tempo pubblico moderno in Europa

Venerdì 13 dicembre 2024 MIRCO DONDI

Fonti giudiziarie e giornali: documenti per la strategia della tensione

Venerdì 20 dicembre 2024 ANTONELLA SALOMONI

"Le radici del pensiero imperiale nella Russia contemporanea”.

 

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities:

It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

Teaching methods

Lectures

The course will be last 24 hours, equalling 3 CFU (Course Credits)

Assessment methods

interview centred on course work contents.

Type of assessment: Mark out of thirty.

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 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Slide

Office hours

See the website of Fulvio Cammarano