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.

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:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
2 modules to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Further activities
3
F
-

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Teaching code

4S02147

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

Period

CuCi 2 A, CuCi 2 B

Courses Single

Authorized

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Program

Storia contemporanea (p)
a.a. 2023-2024
M-STO/04 – Storia contemporanea (i) (6) 36 ore
Prof. Renato Camurri
Anno di corso: 2°

Educational Objectives.

The course aims to provide knowledge of the main events in Italian and European history in the years between the Great War and the collapse of communism. It focuses on European political, cultural and social history, which is analyzed from a comparative and transnational perspective.
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
(a) identify the periodizations related to the different historical periods analyzed.
b) know the most relevant events of the period examined, with reference both to the general European and non-European framework and to the different national contexts.
c) orient themselves among the most important political cultures, outline the economic processes and social transformations that mark the historical phases considered,
d) make critical use of different historiographical interpretations.

Course Syllabus

Wars, dictatorships and political transitions in the history of the twentieth century

1. The origins of the First World War.
2. The Great War and its legacies.
3. The Russian Revolution.
4. The postwar period in Europe and the origins of totalitarianisms.
5. The great crisis of the 1930s.
6. Italian fascism: origins, characters and ideology.
7. The Weimar Republic and the rise of National Socialism.
8. Fascism and the building of consensus.
9. The Soviet Union and Stalinist communism.
10. The origins of World War II and its developments.
11. The resistance in Italy and Europe.
12. Post-World War II and the new world geopolitical balances.
13. The golden age and the rise of the welfare society.
14. Youth protests, social conflicts and struggles for rights.
15. Republican Italy: from the postwar period to the economic boom.
16. Terrorism in Italy and the crisis of the first republic.
17. Europe, the United States, the USSR in the 1980s and 1990s.
18. After the end of perfect bipolarity: a restless world.

Bibliography

1. One textbook of your choice from:

T. Detti-G. Gozzini, Storia contemporanea, vol. 2, Il Novecento, Pearson, 2021 (and subsequent editions) chapters 1-20.
G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Storia contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, 2019 (and subsequent editions) chapters 1-20.

2. One book of your choice from the following:

F. Fabbri, L’alba del Novecento. Alle radici della nostra cultura, Laterza, 2022.
E. Gentile, Fascismo. Storia e interpretazione, Laterza, 2005 (e successive edizioni).
F. Romero, Storia della guerra fredda. L’ultimo conflitto per l’Europa, Einaudi, 2009.
S. Colarizi, Novecento d’Europa. L’illusione, l’odio, la speranza, l’incertezza, Laterza, 2015 (and subsequent editions).

T. Detti-G. Gozzini, L’età del disordine. Storia del mondo attuale 1968-2017, Laterza, 2018 (and subsequent editions).

Non-attenders should add the following text to the bibliography:

T.W. Zeiler, L’economia mondiale dal 1945 a oggi, Einaudi, 2014.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Teaching modalities
The course is in-person with lecture recording.
It provides for alternating between lectures and viewing of audiovisual materials.

Learning assessment procedures

Examination procedure
1. Assessment methods: structured written exam in open and closed questions.
2. Objectives: to verify the ability to disply concepts using appropriate historical terminoloy, the ability to link events and to place them adequately within the individual national contexts, the knowledge of the different historiographical interpretations of the most relevant historical processes.
3. Contents: the questions will focus on the topics covered during the course and developed in the volumes indicated in the bibliography.

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

4. Assessment methods: score expressed in thirtieths, resulting from the sum of the points assigned to each of the questions.
The regulation of the degree program requires compliance with the propaedeutics of the modules: it is therefore not possible to prepare the module P without having passed the module I.
Students are not advised to deal with the form I and the P form in the same appeal.

Other information

Students-Erasmus students (and students hosted under other international mobility programs) attending classes can choose from the following options:

1. Written exam (also in English).
2. Oral exam (in English, French).

Other textbooks in the following languages may also be used: English, French, Spanish.

This syllabus is valid until the February 2024 call.

For more details: contact the lecturer during his office hours.

Exam language

Italiano, inglese, francese