Italian Contemporary History: syllabus
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Luca Pes, Venice International University
Unit 1 Week One. Two interactive lectures: (1) introduction to the course; (2) time-line 1796-2003.
Unit 2 Week Two to Six. Ten interactive lectures building, in more details, the narrative of Italian History: (3-4) Risorgimento 1796-1860; (5-6) Liberal Italy 1861-1922; (7-8) Fascist Regime 1922-1945; (9-10) The Republic 1945-1994; (11-12) Recent Trends 1994-2003. In these five weeks students are expected to do set readings, write comments on them through e-mail and participate in class, raising issues, asking questions and contributing to discussion. The Professor will be available after class to help define topics of short oral presentations.
Unit 3 Week Seven to Twelve. Six interactive lectures and six classes in which students give their oral presentations. Themes in Italian History: (13-14) religion, (15-16) geography, (17-18) arts and culture, (19-20) economy, (21-22) society, (23-24) politics. After-class definition and periodic revision of final research papers.
Unit 4 Exam Week. One session devoted to the presentation and collective discussion of final research papers.
The structure may be subject to change depending on number of students registered in the course and the topics chosen.
