Through an approach to the cultural history and historiography related to the 20th century, the course provides students with the skills to understand and critically reflect on the contemporary socio-cultural and economic processes. It also focuses on the public use of history, with the aim of acquiring the skills of its critical reading.

The course provides students with the skills to understand and critically reflect on the global socio-cultural and economic processes, through the knowledge of the use of the historiographical concept of mass consuption. The course focuses on the main topics of the history of 20th century. In particular the course addresses the issues related to the italian “economic boom” and the ideologies of market consuption, favoring the perspective of gender identity and subjectivity. 

Knowledge and understanding: the student acquires the knowledge of the fundamental issues of the history of the twentieth century, and of the main historiographical interpretations

Applying knowledge and understanding: The student acquires the ability to interpret historical sources and apply them to a given historiographical framework

Making judgments: the student acquires critical skills that enable him to understand and evaluate in an autonomous way the stoirographic nodes and the texts that analyze them

Communication skills: the student understands and knows how to use the specialized language of the discipline.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Frontal lessons, support of multimedia materials. 

Interview with the teacher is recommended, through questions and requests for further investigation.

Attendance

The are no attendance requirements

Course books

Paolo Viola, Il Novecento, Einaudi, Torino 2000

Emanuela Scarpellini, L'Italia dei consumi. Dalla Belle Époque al nuovo millennio, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2014.

Assessment

Oral examination. The examination consists of a few questions (always three) on the study texts and the topics addressed during the lesson

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

The teacher is available for clarification, suggestions, explanations by email and, by appointment, also via skype.

Course books

Paolo Viola, Il Novecento, Einaudi, Torino 2000 

Emanuela Scarpellini, L'Italia dei consumi. Dalla Belle Époque al nuovo millennio, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2014.

Assessment

Oral examination. The examination consists of a few questions (always three) on the study texts and the topics addressed during the lesson

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.