Course description and learning objectives

The course aims at investigating historically and historiographically the Cold War years and the Italian historical period known as “Prima Repubblica”.
The course is divided into two modules tightly integrated: in the first module the lecteurs analyses the historical events and matters and the historiographical interpretations; the second module is focused on the Italian history, especially from the partisan war to the birth of the Italian Republic; the Lead Years; the 80ies and the end of the First Republic.
The course aims therefore at making the students able to analyze and evaluate the proposed historical themes.
The expected learning outcomes are:
• Knowledge and understanding of the historical period;
• Ability of arguing the historical and historiographical themes;
• Ability of interpreting the historical and historiographical themes.

Final assessment
The students’ knowledge will be assessed through an oral interview: one question about the Italian History and a second one about the International contest. The students are required to argue and critically analyse the historical events and matters.
The final mark is calculated in 30ies. It will take into account the accuracy and quality of the responses (60%), as well as communication skill and the ability to adequately justify statements, analyzes and opinions shown during the interview (40%).