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.
1° Year
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Digital tools for historical research
Early Modern History I - LM (Historical Anthropology)
Contemporary History I - LM
Medieval History, History of Christianity and Churches
1 module among the following
History of Medieval Art I
Medieval Latin Literature II
1 module among the following
1 module between the following
History of Science and Technology - LM
1 module between the following
History of Political Institutions II
History of Political Thought
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Digital tools for historical research
Early Modern History I - LM (Historical Anthropology)
Contemporary History I - LM
Medieval History, History of Christianity and Churches
1 module among the following
History of Medieval Art I
Medieval Latin Literature II
1 module among the following
1 module between the following
History of Science and Technology - LM
1 module between the following
History of Political Institutions II
History of Political Thought
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
History of Political Institutions II [Sede VR] (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S001212
Academic staff
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SPS/03 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
Period
1 A, 1 B
Location
VERONA
Learning objectives
Acquisition of an adequate skill as well as historical-methodological, historical-factual and historical- conceptual competences, for a comparative and interdisciplinary understanding (history, law, political science) of the main innovations introduced by the modern Constitutions of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Good knowledge (B.A. level) of European history of the modern and contemporary age.
Program
The course is divided into two parts.
The first will be dedicated to retracing the history of political institutions between the 15th and 20th centuries in a chronological sense, privileging the European reference framework but broadening the gaze to the institutional events of other geographical and political contexts. In particular, the lessons will retrace the revolutionary and Napoleonic epochs, the rise and crisis of liberal systems, the emergence of the democratic constitutional state, the experiences linked to the affirmation of totalitarianisms between the two wars, up to the birth of the international institutions in the twentieth century. The attention will be concentrated in particular on the state and on the processes of transformation / erosion / adaptation that have characterized it over the period of time taken into consideration.
The second part of the course will retrace the history of the integration process that has characterized the European continent (first in its western part, then in its entirety) since 1945. The process will be reconstructed from its historical origins, with particular attention to changes. institutions that have influenced its evolution, and for the role played in this context by political, economic and social forces. On the basis of what has been learned in the first part, the interaction between the national states that gave rise to the process and the supranational institutions to which they have delegated powers and prerogatives will be studied in depth. Compared to previous finalist narratives, which considered the decline of the nation state to be inevitable, the course intends to provide a more balanced reading of the entire process and the tensions it has generated, also in light of the current crisis of European institutions.
READING LIST
M. Meriggi, L. Tedoldi (edited by), “History of political institutions. From the ancient regime to the global era", Carocci, 2020 (the entire volume for non-attending students, starting from chapter 4 included for attending students)
E. Calandri, ME Guasconi, R. Ranieri,"Political history and economics of European integration. From 1945 to today" EdiSES, 2015
Bibliography
Didactic methods
The course will alternate lectures with class discussions. During some lessons of the second part external experts may be present to deepen some specific aspects. The possibility of seminar activities with class reports will depend on the number of participants.
Learning assessment procedures
The exam is oral and consists of three questions. Those who carry out seminars will have only two questions.
Evaluation criteria
The grade will depend on the ability to synthesize, diachronic comparison between the topics covered and the ability of students to make a compendium of what has been learned from the two manuals.
Exam language
Italiano