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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea in Lettere - Enrollment from 2025/2026SOFT SKILLS
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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.
years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
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1° 2° 3° | FAI Activities | F |
Edoardo Bianchi
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Series of conferences Don Nicola Mazza University College | F |
Alessandra Zangrandi
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Science communication | F |
Luca Ciancio
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Course of history and art of the C.T.G. | F |
Marco Stoffella
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Intercomprehension laboratory between the Romance languages | F |
Alessandra Zangrandi
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Laboratory to introduce the study of Ancient Greek | F |
Dino Piovan
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Books and writings of the Greek world | F |
Paolo Scattolin
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | San Giorgio di Valpolicella. New studies on the pieve | F |
Fabio Coden
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | C.R.E.S. Seminars | F |
Fabio Forner
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | University and DSA - Methods and strategies for tackling study and university studies | F |
Chiara Melloni
(Coordinator)
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1° 2° 3° | Webinars on history of linguistics and semiotics | F |
Paola Cotticelli
(Coordinator)
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History of Political Institutions (i) (2023/2024)
Teaching code
4S01118
Teacher
Coordinator
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
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.
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