2018/2019

2018/2019

DM270

SPS/14 (HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS OF ASIA)

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

AFRICAN AND ASIAN STUDIES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

1st semester (01/10/2018 - 14/12/2018)

6

40 lesson hours

English

ORAL TEST

ZACCARIA MASSIMO (titolare) - 4.5 ECTS
VALSECCHI PIERLUIGI - 1.5 ECTS

No

The course explores the Indian Ocean as a venue of historical contacts and cultural exchanges.
The course is divided into three parts: the first one provides an overview of the rich historiography that has flourished around the Indian Ocean. Students will also be introduced to the principal phases of the history of the region, with particular attention to the role of Islam and European colonial expansion.
The second part will focus on mobility, trans-national networking and anti-colonial activism in the Indian Ocean region. Two particular types of networks will be scrutinized: labor networks and anti-colonial networks. Both cases will be analyzed through a global and trans-imperial approach.
The third part will consider the period 1960s to today through a series of localized case studies.Frontal learning, class discussions and presentations.

Frontal learning, class discussions and presentations

E.A. Alpers, The Indian Ocean in World History, Oxford University Press, 2014;

Heather Streets-Salter, World War One in Southeast Asia. Colonialism and Anticolonialism in an Era of Global Conflict, Cambridge [etc.], Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Additional reading will be provided for every lecture topic.

Oral exam

Student not attending the course: the evaluation will be based on an oral exam; candidates will have to demonstrate familiarity with the issues and topics discussed during the course.