Unit CULTURAL HISTORY IN THE EARLY MODERN AGE
- Course
- Italian, classical studies and european history
- Study-unit Code
- A000195
- Curriculum
- Storia europea
- Teacher
- Erminia Irace
- Teachers
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- Erminia Irace
- Hours
- 36 ore - Erminia Irace
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline storiche, filosofiche, antropologiche e sociologiche
- Academic discipline
- M-STO/02
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- italian
- Contents
- Connected histories and the history of Italy in the early modern age.
In the international historiography of the last decades the research directions of world history have been widely developed. By entering this area, the course aims to analyze the application of the interpretative model of the "connected histories" to the history of Italy in the early modern age, focusing in particular on the multiple relationships between Jewish communities and the Catholic majority. - Reference texts
- 1) L. Di Fiore, M. Meriggi, World History. Le nuove rotte della storia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2020, pp. 3-134 (the previous editions are also good; there is also an ebook version);
2) M. Caffiero, Storia degli ebrei nell’Italia moderna. Dal Rinascimento alla Restaurazione, Roma, Carocci, 2017;
3) G. Maifreda, Italya. Storie di ebrei, storia italiana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2021
(text also available in ebook format).
This program is also valid for non-attending students. - Educational objectives
- The course aims to strengthen the critical knowledge and skills of the students through the analysis of the specific monographic topic of the course. Particular attention will be paid to the development of skills related to the analysis and interpretation of the historical sources as well as the scientific literature on the subject of the course.
- Prerequisites
- It’s very important the good knowledge of the early modern history of Europe and also high standards of argumentative skills.
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons that will be given in the presence (on campus) and / or distance lessons through the e-learning platform Teams, on the basis of the indications approved by the Ministry of the University and the University of Perugia in reference to the health emergency caused by Covid-19.
- Other information
- a) further information will be provided during lessons;
b) information and materials useful for exam preparation can be found on the Unistudium platform: https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/login/index.php on the page dedicated to this teaching. - Learning verification modality
- Oral exam that lasts about 20 minutes around the course topics. In particular, the critical-interpretative skills of the students will be evaluated, attesting to the good understanding and the ability to expose the subject matter of analysis in a complex and arguable way
- Extended program
- Connected histories and the history of Italy in the early modern age.
In the international historiography of the last decades the research directions of world history have been widely developed. By entering this area, the course aims to analyze the application of the interpretative model of the "connected histories" to the history of Italy in the early modern age, focusing in particular on the multiple relationships between Jewish communities and the Catholic majority.