Unit HISTORY OF WOMEN AND GENDER HISTORY
- Course
- Italian, classical studies and european history
- Study-unit Code
- A003097
- Curriculum
- Storia europea
- Teacher
- Erminia Irace
- Teachers
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- Erminia Irace
- Stefania Zucchini (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 24 ore - Erminia Irace
- 12 ore (Codocenza) - Stefania Zucchini
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- 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
- The course intends to represent an introduction to the knowledge of the main lines of research that have themed the history of women and gender. First, some of the most important historical research methodologies that have investigated the history of women will be analyzed. Secondly, specific case studies concerning Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern age will be illustrated.
- Reference texts
- 1) S. Feci, Storia di genere, in Dizionario di storia Treccani, 2010 (on line:
https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/storia-di-genere_(Dizionario-di-Storia)/#:~:text=La%20storia%20di%20genere%20indaga,spazio%2Dtemporali%20(ivi) );
2) N. Zemon Davis, La storia delle donne in transizione. Il caso europeo, in «DWF, Donnawomanfemme», 3 (1977), pp. 7-33;
3) J.W. Scott, Il “genere”: un’utile categoria di analisi storica, in J.W. Scott, Genere, politica, storia, a cura di I. Fazio, Roma, Viella, 2013, pp. 31-63;
4) G. Zarri, La formazione della “storia delle donne”, in G. Zarri, La memoria di lei. Storia delle donne, storia di genere, Torino, SEI, 1996, pp. 26-58;
5) C. Frova, Maestre e scolare. Tracce di percorsi scolastici di donne nell’Italia del tardo Medioevo e nel primo Rinascimento, in "Questa penna, questa man, questo inchiostro". Centri di scrittura e scritture femminili nel Medioevo e nella prima Età moderna, "Mélanges de l’École française de Rome - Moyen Âge", 131/2 (2019), pp. 285-295;
6) I. Graziani, Saper leggere e saper scrivere. Iconografie per la donna e la parola scritta dal Medioevo all’Età moderna in "Questa penna, questa man, questo inchiostro". Centri di scrittura e scritture femminili nel Medioevo e nella prima Età moderna, "Mélanges de l’École française de Rome - Moyen Âge", 131/2 (2019), pp. 385-401.
Texts 2-6 are available in pdf format on the Unistudium platform, on the page dedicated to this course.
Non-attending students will study the texts indicated above and also the volume by E. Plebani, Le scritture delle donne in Europa. Pratiche quotidiane e ambizioni letterarie (secoli XIII-XX), Roma, Carocci, 2019, Introduzione e Capitolo I, Scritture e testi medievali delle donne.
Students with disabilities and / or with SLD, after consultation with the teacher, can request any didactic materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, exercises), provided if necessary in advance of the lessons, as well as the use of other facilitating technological tools in the study phase. For general information, consult the University Services on the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Department Coordinator (prof.ssa A. Di Pilla). - Educational objectives
- The teaching (which is carried out in co-teaching mode: 24 hours by Prof. E. Irace and 12 hours by Prof. S. Zucchini) enriches the didactic offer of the CdS due to its interdisciplinary organization and the topics addressed, concerning the history of women and the gender history. Students will deepen their historical and historiographic knowledge and skills by learning to move with a transversal approach. The main knowledge acquired will concern the main issues concerning the history of women and gender in the medieval age and the early modern age. The main skills acquired will be the ability to develop logical-critical and historiographic reasoning in a diachronic manner, which will also enable them to develop awareness of the issues concerning the current position of women in society.
- Prerequisites
- It’s very important the good knowledge of the medieval and early modern history of Europe and also high standards of argumentative skills.
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons accompanied by use of powerpoint.
- 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.
Attention: students who cannot attend lessons (e.g. working students) and students with disabilities and / or SLDs must contact the teachers via email (at the address stefania.zucchini@unipg.it and erminia.irace@unipg.it) at the beginning of the lessons in order to agree on the procedures for carrying out the exam. - Extended program
- The course intends to represent an introduction to the knowledge of the main lines of research that have themed the history of women and gender. First, some of the most important historical research methodologies that have investigated the history of women will be analyzed. Secondly, specific case studies concerning Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern age will be illustrated.