GLOBAL HISTORY
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The final examination will involve a four-question oral test, graded in thirtieths, which will consist of the following:
1) two questions aimed at testing content knowledge related to the reference texts of the first part of the course.
2) two questions aimed at testing content knowledge related to the reference texts of the second part.
The grade for the oral test (graded in thirtieths) will take into account the accuracy and quality of the answers (60 percent), as well as the communication skills and ability to adequately substantiate statements, analyses and judgments shown during the interview (40 percent). Attending students who have submitted their final paper in class will have to answer three questions. The minimum grade for passing the test is 18/30.
The course aims to provide students with a solid basic knowledge of issues and problems related to the study of the modern age through methods and approaches proper to global history.
Expected learning outcomes therefore include:
- Basic knowledge of the economic, cultural, technological, political and environmental aspects that marked the history of global relations in the modern age;
- ability to identify the tools needed to understand the social, political and evolutionary dynamics of connections on a global scale;
- ability to interpret acquired information in light of historical and historiographical processes.
- ability to argue and disseminate the acquired information in light of historical and historiographical processes.
The teaching aims to investigate the dynamics that characterized global relations in the modern age politically, economically, socially and culturally, taking into account the subsequent developments of these processes through the study of the factors (implosion of ancient imperial configurations, industrial revolution, population growth, transportation revolution, mass emigration) that will enable the transformation of ancient global connections into a more accomplished form of integration of societies and economies.
The teaching is divided into three parts.
In the first part of the course (of approximately 28 hours), the main fields and tools of investigation of global history studies will be explained, while also highlighting the limitations and problems that have marked the debate around the emergence of this approach. The processes that characterized the structuring of global relations in the modern age will then be explored, specifically:
-European states and overseas empires
-Asian states and territorial empires.
-International markets and global networks of exchange.
-Populations and cultures on the move
-Demographic and ecological formations and structures.
-Diffusion of religion and culture
The second part (of approximately 28 hours), of the course will be aimed at delving into the history of the "First Globalization" through the study of the economic, political and technological factors behind the consolidation of new and more sophisticated forms of integration and control of markets, societies, and resources. The course will focus specifically on the following topics:
- Crisis and dissolution of modern-age colonial empires in global perspective
- New forms of imperialism, industrialization and free trade.
-World capitalism and world crises.
The third part of the course includes a series of interdisciplinary seminars in "crossover" mode (i.e., with the presence of other faculty members from the graduate program or outside guests) in which some topics covered in class will be explored in depth through different keys.
The educational objectives of the course will be achieved through the mode of face-to-face lectures (totaling 68 hours), during which documents, images, short videos and films will be presented and discussed. Attending students will be offered the opportunity to prepare a final paper on a topic agreed with the lecturer (in the form of a PowerPoint file of the length of 10-15 slides, which will be presented orally in class. Those who attend at least 50 percent of the class hours will be considered attending.
The lecturer receives students by appointment. Send an e-mail to catia.brilli@uninsubria.it