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.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea in Lettere - Enrollment from 2025/2026

SOFT SKILLS  

Find out more about the Soft Skills courses for Univr students provided by the University's Teaching and Learning Centre: https://talc.univr.it/it/competenze-trasversali 

 

CONTAMINATION LAB 

The Contamination Lab Verona (CLab Verona) is an experiential course with modules on innovation and enterprise culture that offers the opportunity to work in teams with students from all areas to solve challenges set by companies and organisations.  

Upon completion of a CLab, students will be entitled to receive 6 CFU (D- or F-type credits).  

Find out more:  https://www.univr.it/clabverona 

 

PLEASE NOTE: In order to be admitted to any teaching activities, including those of your choice, you must be enrolled in the academic year in which the activities in question are offered. Students who are about to graduate in the December and April sessions are therefore advised NOT to undertake extracurricular activities in the new academic year in which they are not enrolled, as these graduation sessions are valid for students enrolled in the previous academic year. Therefore, students who undertake an activity in an academic year in which they are not enrolled will not be granted CFU credits.  

Academic year:
CuCi 1 A From 9/25/23 To 11/4/23
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° FAI Activities F Edoardo Bianchi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Series of conferences Don Nicola Mazza University College F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Science communication F Luca Ciancio (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Course of history and art of the C.T.G. F Marco Stoffella (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Books and writings of the Greek world F Paolo Scattolin (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° San Giorgio di Valpolicella. New studies on the pieve F Fabio Coden (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° C.R.E.S. Seminars F Fabio Forner (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° University and DSA - Methods and strategies for tackling study and university studies F Chiara Melloni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Webinars on history of linguistics and semiotics F Paola Cotticelli (Coordinator)
CuCi 1 B From 11/13/23 To 12/22/23
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Art, memory and terrorism: the duty to protect our cultural heritage F Olivia Guaraldo (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° FAI Activities F Edoardo Bianchi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Series of conferences Don Nicola Mazza University College F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Series of lectures: Maria Callas: musica, media, moda, arte F Vincenzo Borghetti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Science communication F Luca Ciancio (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Conference The management of local authority museums: critical issues, innovative models, development prospects F Dario Donetti (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Course of history and art of the C.T.G. F Marco Stoffella (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° From the fieldwork to the lab: study, cataloguing, database collection of protohistoric archaeological artefacts F Mara Gioia Migliavacca (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° DIALOGOI. IV Inter-university Seminar of Readings on Classical Texts F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° The worlds of Italo Calvino F Giuseppe Sandrini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Books and writings of the Greek world F Paolo Scattolin (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Nietzsche, Tragedy, the Tragic F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° San Giorgio di Valpolicella. New studies on the pieve F Fabio Coden (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° C.R.E.S. Seminars F Fabio Forner (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° University and DSA - Methods and strategies for tackling study and university studies F Chiara Melloni (Coordinator)
CuCi 2 A From 2/19/24 To 3/29/24
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° FAI Activities F Edoardo Bianchi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Course of history and art of the C.T.G. F Marco Stoffella (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° DIALOGOI. IV Inter-university Seminar of Readings on Classical Texts F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Study day on the history of the De Stefani family F Renato Camurri (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Day of remembrance and Day of memory F Renato Camurri (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Native-american glottology. Classes and seminars F Alfredo Rizza (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Historical investigation of Jesus of Nazareth F Mariaclara Rossi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Gnoseology and Metaphysics Workshop 2025 F Davide Poggi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop Introduction to the Christian writers of the early centuries F Tiziana Franco (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on reading and editing medieval documents F Mariaclara Rossi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Reading the Middle Ages. Authors, Meetings, Debates F Marco Stoffella (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Nietzsche, Tragedy, the Tragic F Gherardo Ugolini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° San Giorgio di Valpolicella. New studies on the pieve F Fabio Coden (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° C.R.E.S. Seminars F Fabio Forner (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° University and DSA - Methods and strategies for tackling study and university studies F Chiara Melloni (Coordinator)
CuCi 2 B From 4/9/24 To 5/31/24
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° FAI Activities F Edoardo Bianchi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Conference Inner Islands. For a storytelling of loneliness in Italian Literature F Anna Maria Salvade' (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Course of history and art of the C.T.G. F Marco Stoffella (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Two lectures by the President of the “Accademia della Crusca”, Prof. Paolo D'Achille F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Day of remembrance and Day of memory F Renato Camurri (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Native-american glottology. Classes and seminars F Alfredo Rizza (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Historical investigation of Jesus of Nazareth F Mariaclara Rossi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Gnoseology and Metaphysics Workshop 2025 F Davide Poggi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages F Alessandra Zangrandi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop Introduction to the Christian writers of the early centuries F Tiziana Franco (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek F Dino Piovan (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Workshop on reading and editing medieval documents F Mariaclara Rossi (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Social theater workshop organized by the Compagnia Teatro Babilonia F Nicola Pasqualicchio (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Reading the Middle Ages. Authors, Meetings, Debates F Marco Stoffella (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Preparation and participation in the Youth Jury of the Totola Prize F Nicola Pasqualicchio (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° San Giorgio di Valpolicella. New studies on the pieve F Fabio Coden (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° C.R.E.S. Seminars F Fabio Forner (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° University and DSA - Methods and strategies for tackling study and university studies F Chiara Melloni (Coordinator)
List of courses with unassigned period
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° 3° Bridge film festival (XI Edition) F Alberto Scandola (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Cycle of Lectures by Associazione Universitaria Francofona F Laura Maria Colombo (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Venantius Fortunatus between the Piave and the Loire F Edoardo Ferrarini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° International Conference: F Silvia Baroni (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° International Conference “Rudolf Nureyev and Literature: Dance, Choreography, and Reception” F Laura Maria Colombo (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological fieldwork - Valli del Leno (TN) F Mara Gioia Migliavacca (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological excavations at Nicopolis ad Istrum F Diana Sergeeva Dobreva (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological excavation in Aquileia (UD) F Patrizia Basso (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological excavation in Montebaranzone castle (MO) F Nicola Mancassola (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological excavation in Castelvecchio, Verona F Fabio Saggioro (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological excavation in Morfasso (PC) F Nicola Mancassola (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological fieldwork - Monte Palazzo di S. Tomio di Malo (Vicenza) F Mara Gioia Migliavacca (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological excavation in Toano (RE) F Nicola Mancassola (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Archaeological fieldwork - Terranegra (Legnago) F Mara Gioia Migliavacca (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Look Beyond the walls.Film Days of the city of Verona F Alberto Scandola (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Transforming the world into a hermitage? Romuald’s hermitic ideal to the test of history and contemporaneity F Edoardo Ferrarini (Coordinator)
1° 2° 3° Verona in Storia Cycle of public lectures F Giovanni Bernardini (Coordinator)

Teaching code

4S01118

Coordinator

Massimo Prearo

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/03 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

Period

CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

The course aims at providing examples of the contribution that History of political institutions can give to the critical comprehension of political problems of the present. At the end of the course, students will have to prove that they: - accurately know the subjects of the program, - are able to expose them in a consequential and concise way, - have acquired independent judgement.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No requirements.

Program

Course title: The political institution of the State and postcolonial citizenship.
How and when did the modern State come into being? What are the historical and institutional processes that characterize its formation? How to understand the constitution of democracy in Europe? What does it mean to become a citizen of a democratic State? In what sense did colonialism contribute to the definition of State power? What are the forms of colonial government? How does postcolonial critique enable us to reread the events of the State in Europe and understand the phenomena of contemporary racism? These are some of the questions that the course aims to explore.
In particular, the course proposes to study the emergence of the state in Europe as a political-institutional reality in the different forms it takes in modern and contemporary history by outlining fundamental characteristics and, above all, substantial differences. In particular, we will focus on the areas that have shaped the features of the State and democratic institutions in the European context. The forms of colonial institutions will also be considered.
This course will allow, by contrast, reflection on how colonialism contributed to the consolidation of State power and political institutions in Europe. Through a critical reading of democratic citizenship and the postcolonial condition, an attempt will be made to explore, from a political-institutional perspective, the processes of racialization, and thus the actuality of racism in Europe and Italy.
For any needs, question or request the teacher receives by appointment upon request forwarded to massimo.prearo[at]univr.it
No distinction is made between attending and non-attending students for this teaching. The syllabus is therefore the same for all of them.
To accompany the study of the texts listed above that will be subject to evaluation in the examination, a list of texts whose reading is only suggested is provided below. This list is by no means exhaustive, and is rather to be considered as a starting point for broader reflection.
• Uba Cristina Ali Farah, Le stazioni della luna, Roma, 66THAND2ND, 2021.
• Angelo Del Boca, Italiani brava gente? Un mito duro a morire, Beat, Neri Pozza, 2005.
• Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb. Parole di coraggio, speranza e futuro, Milano, Garzanti, 2021.
• Vittorio Longhi, Il colore del nome, Milano, Solferino, 2021.
• Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La più recondita memoria degli uomini, Roma, Edizioni e/o, 2022.
• Francesca Melandri, Sangue dolce, Milano, Bompiani 2021.
• Igiaba Scego, Cassandra a Mogadiscio, Roma, Bompiani, 2023.
• Marilena Umuhoza Delli, Negretta. Baci razzisti, Roma, Red Star Press, 2021.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Each lecture and, in general, the course will be conducted by alternating moments of frontal lectures and moments of participatory lessons, exchange and discussion, also based upon the commentary of the texts to be studied for the final exam.

Additional information, communications, tools or materials will be transmitted and made available on the course Moodle page. Subscription on the course Moodle page is therefore mandatory.

Learning assessment procedures

The study of the texts indicated in the syllabus is not an optional, but an essential step in preparing the exam.
The examination will consist of an oral test lasting 20-30 minutes. In the first 5 minutes students will be allowed to present a topic they can choose from the classroom discussions and/or the exam syllabus.

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

Evaluation criteria

The exam will allow to verify:
- Knowledge of the technical terms, concepts and notions of the discipline;
- The ability to argue scientifically by applying these terms, concepts and notions;
- Competence in developing autonomous analyzes and reflections.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade is expressed out of thirty. The eventual attribution of honors is foreseen in cases in which the student has demonstrated knowledge and skills that are more than excellent, impeccable and excellent during the exam.

Exam language

italiano