Course Details

METHODOLOGY OF HYSTORICAL RESEARCH

LE0283

Course
METHODOLOGY OF HYSTORICAL RESEARCH
Code
LE0283
Academic Year
2024/2025
Curriculum Year
2024/2025
Degree Programme
PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNICATION
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
-
Lecturers
Credits
6
Lecture Hours
30
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-STO/02 - Modern History
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OPZ - Opzionale
Year
1
Teaching period
Primo Semestre
Campus
VERCELLI
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
STORIA, METODI DELLA RICERCA STORICA
Reference Texts
Regular attenders will be examined on lesson notes and on two of the following books: Marc Bloch, Apologia della storia o mestiere di storico, Einaudi, Torino 1969 or later editions; Edward H. Carr, Sei lezioni sulla storia, Einaudi, 1966 or later editions; Giuliana Albini, Alice Raviola, Nel tempo e nello spazio. Manuale di metodologia dello studio della storia, Pearson, Milano 1922; Peter Burke, Storia e teoria sociale, Il Mulino, 1995; Scipione Guarracino, Le età della storia. Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2001; Peter Burke, Testimoni oculari. Il significato storico delle immagini, Carocci, Roma 2002; Marcello Mustè, La storia: teoria e metodi, Carocci, Roma 2005; Prima lezione di metodo storico, a cura di Sergio Luzzatto, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2010; Pietro Rossi, ll senso della storia, ll Mulino, Bologna 2012; Francesco Benigno, Parole nel tempo. Un lessico per pensare la storia, Viella, Roma 2013; Sandro Rogari, La scienza storica, Utet, Torino 2013; Walter Panciera e Andrea Zannini, Didattica della storia. Manuale per la formazione degli insegnanti, Le Monnier, Firenze 2013; Gian Paolo Romagnani, Storia della storiografia, Carocci, Roma 2019. Non attenders will study Marc Bloch's Apologia della storia and two other books among those listed above.
Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to become aware of the historical dimension of knowledge and to get acquainted with the methods, practices and rules of historical research and of historical communication, also in order to teach history in secondary schools.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Oral lessons with references to both research methodologies and teaching methodologies
Assessment Methods
Oral exam lasting at least 20 minutes, aimed at checking whether the student has achieved the required formative goals in the fields of hitsory of historiography (30%), methodology of historical research (30%), public use of history (20%), teaching history (20%)
Detailed Syllabus
The main lines of history of historiography. Historical research and historical interpretation. Historical periodization. History between science and narrative. Causality in history. Teaching history at school. Historical sources. Where to research: Archives, libraries, the Internet
Expected Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to become aware of the historical dimension of knowledge and to get acquainted with the methods, practices and rules of historical research, of historical communication and of teaching history
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