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.

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.  

CuCi 1 A From 9/25/23 To 11/4/23
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° One hundred years after the reconstruction of the ciborium of San Giorgio (1923-2023). New studies on the parish church D Fabio Coden (Coordinator)
(Verona) CuCi 1 B From 11/13/23 To 12/22/23
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Art, memory and terrorism: the duty to protect our cultural heritage D Olivia Guaraldo (Coordinator)
1° 2° The worlds of Italo Calvino D Giuseppe Sandrini (Coordinator)
(Verona) CuCi 2 A From 2/19/24 To 3/29/24
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Native-american glottology. Classes and seminars D Alfredo Rizza (Coordinator)
(Verona) CuCi 2 B From 4/9/24 To 5/31/24
years Modules TAF Teacher
1° 2° Native-american glottology. Classes and seminars D Alfredo Rizza (Coordinator)

Teaching code

4S003215

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/01 - MEDIEVAL HISTORY

Period

1° semestre lezioni Trento dal Sep 18, 2023 al Dec 21, 2023.

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Learning objectives

To deepen one or more aspects or specific themes of medieval society through the reading and the commentary, oral and written, of sources of various typologies and the reading and discussion of relevant historiographical contributions. To provide the student with the methodological and critical tools necessary for the initiation of independent research work.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Students are required to have a basic knowledge of medieval history and of Latin.

Program

Perceptions of Africa and Africans in medieval Europe. The Late Middle Ages.
Is it possible to propose a global history of the Late Middle Ages? And, in this perspective, how can we study the history of the representation of Africa and Africans? The course aims to answer these questions. It will do so through two case studies. The first, reconstructed through a dossier of sources proposed in class, will concern the cult of Saint Maurice and the context that led to the placement of a statue of Saint Maurice with sub-Saharan features to protect the tomb of Emperor Otto I in Magdeburg in the 13th century. The second, reconstructed on the basis of a recent monograph by the anthropologist Marco Aime, will examine the case of the pilgrimage to Mecca undertaken by the Sultan of Mali, Mansa Musa, in 1324 and its impact on the world economy of the time, demonstrating the full inclusion of sub-Saharan Africa in the economic and political links that linked Africa, Asia and Europe.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

The course will be mainly seminar-based and will be based on the reading and commentary of recent historiographical sources and interpretations. After having received the necessary knowledge, in the course of the lectures the students will try to analyse autonomously some of the proposed sources. They will then have to write a short essay on their own, based on indications given in the lectures, to be handed in before the exam.

Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs

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