Unit MODERN HISTORY

Course
Lingue e culture straniere
Study-unit Code
GP004920
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Filippo Maria Troiani
Teachers
  • Filippo Maria Troiani
Hours
  • 54 ore - Filippo Maria Troiani
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Base
Area
Discipline storiche, geografiche e socio-antropologiche
Academic discipline
M-STO/02
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
In the first part of the course will be addressed the main themes related to the birth and development of modern society in Europe from the end of the fifteenth century to the Napoleonic Empire, intertwining the political space with social events, economic and cultural issues related to the family, the status of women and abandoned children. In the second module we will analyze the historical events related to the foundation and the educational-assistance activity of the Educandato Bambino Gesù of Spoleto between the nineteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Reference texts
For the study of the first part of the course, students will use the slides on general pictures of modern history uploaded on Unistudium and for the part related to social themes the text by Giovanna Da Molin, Storia sociale dell'Italia moderna, Editrice La Scuola, 2014 (chapters 3/6/7/8 only. For the study of the second module on the female educandato Bambino Gesù di Spoleto, students will use the F. M. Troiani’s The Child Jesus of Spoleto, which they will find at the Lacomunaledue copy shop, corso Cavour, Perugia. Students with disabilities and/ or DSA who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to the services of the University, can apply for compensatory measures provided by law (e.g. textbooks in digital format; teaching materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, tutorials, provided if necessary in advance of lessons), for which see the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.
Educational objectives
To know the changes and the breakups that have marked deeply the history of Europe in the modern age, underlining the changes more than the continuities and the uniformities, to analyze the multiplicity of the political models, cultural, religious and of the working forms of the organization of the society in the European history. To reconstruct the trials that have brought to the today's condition, individualizing in the European expansion, in to rise of a world economy, in the connection of the contents through the emigrations of mass, in the planetary widening of the international relationships, in the formation of a cosmopolitan culture, the roots of the contemporaneity.
Prerequisites
With the purpose to understand and to face the course the student must possess the general notions concerning the chronological arc taken in examination by the course (1492 -1820), to know how to connect facts and events in the time, to reorganize data and concepts to know the principals conceptual and terminological tools of the discipline.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons with projection of slides and films that summarize the main contents. Students/s with disabilities and/or DSA, after consultation with the teacher, may request any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, tutorials), provided if necessary in advance of lessons, as well as the use of other technological tools to facilitate the study phase. For general information, consult the University Services on the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa
Other information
During the carrying out of the course you/they will have made of the students on the base UNISTUDIUM the materials used in the frontal lessons available.For urgent communications and appointments to write mail to the address filippo.troiani@unipg.it. Students with disabilities and/or SLD: for any information on University services, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or DSA
Learning verification modality
The evaluation consists of a final oral exam. The final oral exam consists of a 30-minute max interview related to the entire program of the course that aims to ascertain the knowledge of the topics covered and the mastery of the language, the ability to use the acquired knowledge and to connect it in the argument beyond the ability to discuss and deepen in various respects the different topics covered in the first and second module. Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies ensured by law, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of tests and exams. For general information, consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or SLD
Extended program
The course is divided into two parts. In the first (48 hours) we will deal with the social and economic changes and ruptures that have profoundly marked history of Europe in the modern age, emphasizing the changes, plurality of political, cultural, religious models and forms of organization of society. This will be achieved through the knowledge and study of: The modern age and its institutions A journey into the history of the family Europe and Italy of the 500s Abandoned children Europe and 600’s Italy Orphans: abandonment and care Europe and Italy in the 18th century Charity and assistance: between public and private In the second (6 hours) we will address the theme related to female models of assistance and education with a specific focus on the Educandato feminine Child Jesus of Spoleto
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Among the goals of the 2030 agenda that the course aims to pursue are the issues related to respect and equality between peoples, equal dignity, as well as the result to be achieved, In historical terms, an effective overcoming of gender inequalities achieved through a quality education system.
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