not planned.

The course aims to provide:

knowledge and ability to understand the most relevant factors of European history and cultural identity; 

applied knowledge and understanding skills, with reference to the value of cultural heritage;

grasping continuities and ruptures in historical processes;

communication skills, in the correct use of sectorial language;

ability to use historical knowledge and categories.

The course aims to provide a general outline of the history of Europe and its cultural identities in the long run.

Lecture topics will cover:

1.     Ancient Rome: a city and its mighty Empire

2.     The characters of the Middle Ages

3.     What’s about Renaissance?

4.     The emergence of modern Europe, 1500–1648

5.     The great age of monarchy, 1648–1789

6.     Revolutions and the growth of industrial society, 1789–1914

Case studies related to cultural heritage will be examined for each of the topics.

No textbooks are provided; instead, freely accessible online materials are provided.

Students must study the item “History of Europe” in Wikipedia.org:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Europe#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20Europe%20is,era%20(since%20AD%201500) starting from “Ancient Europe – Ancient Rome” and arriving to “Imperialism” (about 20 total pages in the printable version).

For a useful timeline, an important overview in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SdpvpvVrLY (printed version: M. Baker, J. Andrews, Timeline of World History, Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, 2020).

It’s very important to locate historical events in space. For maps, you can refer to: https://timemaps.com/history/

• Teaching is historical in nature.

  
  

  Types of lessons adopted: distance learning in asynchronous mode.

  
  

  Instrumentation adopted: textual and audiovisual materials found on the web or provided in digital form.

• The exam is oral: it's a interview on the topics listed in the "Contents" section.

  The evaluation criteria are as follows:

  quality and correctness of content (60% of the overall assessment);

  ability to critically rework content (20% of the overall assessment);

  expository correctness and use of appropriate language register (20% of the overall assessment).

  
  

The course is delivered in English only.

English