Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Un insegnamento a scelta
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
C
M-GGR/01
6
C
L-LIN/01
6
C
L-FIL-LET/08

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2015/2016

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Un insegnamento a scelta
Un insegnamento a scelta
6
C
M-GGR/01
6
C
L-LIN/01
6
C
L-FIL-LET/08
activated in the A.Y. 2015/2016
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD

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Teaching code

4S001531

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Period

Semestrino IIB dal Apr 18, 2016 al Jun 4, 2016.

Learning outcomes

Professor: Fernando Devoto (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)

The aim of the course is to provide the students with an interpretation of Latin American history that combines long durée with the analysis of the multiple links between Latin American and Europe from XVIIIth to XXIth centuries (i.e. the process of circulation of people, books, ideas)

Program

Course description: The course will be dedicated to the history of Latin America, a region with a population of over 600 millions, that historically had and today has demographic, economic and cultural links with Europe and Italy.


Requirements in advance: Basic knowledge of Latin American history

Teaching method: Lessons, Seminars

Bibliography (attending and not attending students)

- J. L. Romero, Le città e le idee, storia urbana del Nuovo Mondo, Guida, Napoli, 1989*
- A. Gerbi, La disputa del Nuevo Mundo.Storia di una polemica, Milano, Adelphi, 2000*
- Albert O. Hirschman “La confessione di un dissenziente”; “La strategia dello sviluppo economico rivisitata” e Raul Prebisch “Cinque fasi della mia teoria sullo sviluppo” in G. Meier-D. Seers, I pionieri dello sviluppo, “Quale Sviluppo” 6-7, ASAL, 1988
- P. Bevilacqua-A. De Clementi-E. Franzina (a cura di), Storia dell´emigrazione italiana, Roma, Donzelli, 2001, 2 voll. *

Optional bibliography

- on Latin American history see: T. Halperín Donghi, Storia dell’America latina, Einaudi, Torino, 1972; A. Rouquié, L’America latina. Introduzione all´estremo Occidente, Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2007; L. Bethell (ed.), The Cambridge History of Latin America, 10 voll., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984-2008.
- on Latin American history in global perspective see: F. Braudel, Civiltà materiale, economia e capitalismo, Torino, Einaudi, 2006, v. 1 (Le strutture del quotidiano).
- on economics and demography see: R. Thorp, Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: an Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo-Unión Europea, Washington, 1998 and N. Sánchez Albornoz, La población de América Latina de los tiempos precolombinos al año 2025, Madrid, Alianza, 1994.
- on migrations from Europe to Latin America ses: S. Baily-E. Míguez, Mass Migration to Modern Latin America, Wilmington, Scholarly Resources, 2003.
- on cultural links see: C. Altamirano, Historia de los intelectuales en América Latina, Buenos Aires, Katz Editor, 2008-2009, 2. voll., D. Kanoussi, G. Schirru, G. Vacca, Gramsci in America Latina, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011; P. Colonnello (a cura di), Filosofia e Politica in America Latina, Roma, Armando Editore, 2005

* the chapters to study for the exam will be indicated in the first lesson

Examination Methods

Oral test (attending students); written test (not attending students)

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE