Ateneo - UPO

Early Modern and Modern History (XVIth-XIXth c.) and European history in the 19th century in a global context.

The course consists of 2 modules: A) “Storia moderna A” (which corresponds to "Storia moderna", prof. Tigrino) and B) “Storia d'Europa”; each module has its own specific assessment method (see the course descriptions). The overall assessment of the examination could take into account the student's ability to improve their ability to answer questions and their general ability to organise their work.

Basic historical knowledge.

Both modules include lectures. The first module also includes: critical reading and critical analysis of the main historiographic themes and of the historical sources of the texts of the course, with particular attention to teaching methods. Second module includes conducting in-class tests to critically comment on historical sources.

Those who have already taken the exam “Storia della società moderna [Social history]” in previous academic years are required to contact prof. Tigrino to redefine the texts for the exam. Students are advised to register on DIR (Didattica In Rete) for this course, where notices and communications will be posted, and where will be disposable some materials of the lectures. Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via reference office consulting the University webpage:
https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learningdisabilities.
Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

The course consists of 2 modules: A) “Storia moderna A” ("Storia moderna" prof. Tigrino) and B) “Storia d'Europa”; each course has its own specific assessment method (see the course descriptions). The overall assessment of the examination could take into account the student's ability to improve their ability to answer questions and their general ability to organise their work.

The course consists of 2 modules: A) “Storia moderna A” ("Storia moderna" prof. Tigrino) and B) “Storia d'Europa”. The first module will focus on the main issues of early modern and modern history, and on the more recent debates in social, economic, political and cultural history, also with interdisciplinary comparison. The topics of the course will be constantly analyzed in connection with the current applications in history research and teaching methodology. Outline of the lectures: • Historiography and the issues of social, economic, political and cultural history. • Early modern and modern history: objects and sources. • Society, economy and culture in early modern history. • The European colonisation of the world. • Political history. • Religious history. • Crisis and trasformation in early modern Europe. • Reforms and revolutions. • The Industrial Revolution. In the lectures of the course dedicated to social and cultural history, extensive reference will be made to gender issues in historiography. The second module will give a survey of the most relevant problems and events in Europe from 1789 to 1870. •teaching unit 1: Presentation and the Industrial Revolution (Banti, 3-28) - teaching unit 2: The French Revolution, Napoleon and Europe: the political modernity of revolution and counterrevolution (Banti, 49-124) - teaching unit 3: Europe after 1815 and the Restoration (Banti 125-146) - teaching unit 4: The revolutions of 1820-31 in Europe and America (Banti 147-164) - teaching unit 5: The national question in Italy and the political diaspora (Banti 165-180) - teaching unit 6: The social question. Chartism and socialism in Europe (Banti 251-266) - didactic unit 7: Marx the Manifesto - didactic unit 8: 1848-49 in Europe : constitutional and diplomatic-military aspects - didactic unit 9: 1848 in Italy – didactic unit 10: The decade of preparation in Italy, Italian unification and the problems of united Italy 1849-1870 - didactic unit 11: France in the Second Empire and the unification of Germany - didactic unit 12: The construction of democracy in America - didactic unit 13: Colonialism and imperialism in the second half of the 19th century - didactic unit 14: Mass
society in the second half of the 19th century (Banti, 376-400) – didactic unit 15: The European politics of modernity: socialist movement and political and trade union parties (Banti, 400-433).