2014/2015

2014/2015

DM270

M-STO/02 (MODERN HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HISTORY OF EUROPE

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

(22/09/2014 - 22/12/2014)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

FERRARESI ALESSANDRA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Good knowledge of Early Modern History ( XVI-XVIII centuries);
Language skills sufficient for use bibliography in foreign languages

Ability to read and to use historical sources,
Ability in selection and critical analisis of specialistic bibliography
Ability to link between different problem areas.
A solid knowledge of the historical method.

In a long-term perspective and compared, the course will follow the reflection, the claim and the affirmation of human rights in the light of political and religious conflicts in Europe between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries and of the meeting and the clash between European civilization and cultures outside Europe.

The course will be held as a seminar, preceded by a few preliminary lectures.

The knowledge of early modern history will be deepened on:
G. Ricuperati, F. Ieva, Manuale di storia moderna, Torino , Utet, 2006-2008, 2 voll.
A. Prosperi-P. Viola, Storia moderna e contemporanea, Torino, Einaudi (PBE), vol. I e II.
Storia Moderna, Roma, Donzelli, 1998.
The bibliography will be defined during the course also in relation to the interests of the students. It indicates, however, a bibliography of reference and guidance:
G. Oestreich, Storia dei diritti umani e delle libertà fondamentali, a cura di G. Gozzi, Bari, Laterza 20o1; P. Hazard, La crisi della coscienza europea, intr. di G. Ricuperat, Torino, Utet, 2007; S. Mousset, Olympe de Gouges et les droits de la femme, Lecce, Argo, 2005;
B. Kaplan, Divided by faith : religious conflict and the practice of toleration in early modern Europe , Cambridge (Mass.), Blelknap press, 2007; L. Hunt, La forza dell'empatia: una storia dei diritti dell'uomo, Bari, Laterza, 2010; V. Ferrone, Storia dei diritti dell'uomo, Bari, Laterza 2014

The students attending the course will write and discuss a paper on a subject which will be decided during the course. As for the oral exam, see the bibliography above.
Non-attending students will plan their exam (oral and written) with the course lecturer, at the beginning of the course.