The course will focus on the the major geopolitical, institutional, religious and social issues of the centuries of modernity in a non-Eurocentric key, starting from the geographical discoveries up to the first decades of the XIX century, deepening the problems of the Atlantic, European, Mediterranean and Asian space between the XV and XIX centuries. Particular attention will be given to the birth of the Ottoman Empire and its relations with European powers and with the Mediterranean space
1) Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, L’età moderna. Una storia globale, Editori Laterza, Bari-Roma 2020
2) Jason Goodwin, I Signori degli orizzonti. Una storia dell’Impero ottomano, Einaudi, Torino 2009
Learning Objectives
In line with the topics described in the program, at the end of the course students will have to demonstrate that they have acquired knowledge and understanding skills about the issues addressed, which extend and/or strengthen previous ones and which allow to develop and/or apply original ideas in a context of historical research; to be able to apply them critically not only within the classroom but in wider and interdisciplinary contexts. Students must be able to integrate the knowledge acquired, manage complexity and demonstrate that they have acquired autonomy of judgment in reconstructing and analyzing the historical issues faced in the classroom; to know how to communicate their conclusions, as well as the knowledge and ratio underlying them, to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors in a clear, critical and unambiguous way; to have developed those learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a more self-directed or autonomous way
Prerequisites
General knowledge of modern history (15th-19th century)
Teaching Methods
The training course of the course aims to provide students with the knowledge and methodological tools necessary for the study and critical analysis of the texts provided by the exam program and teaching aids by the teacher (power point, slides and sources). The 36 hours foreseen for the teaching activity will be distributed between lectures, viewing of historical documentaries, reading and critical analysis of the sources.
Further information
The program is the same for everyone (attending and non-attending)
Type of Assessment
The exam will take place orally and will consist of various questions on the topics covered during the course:
- methodological introduction
- basic concepts of the history of modern history
- theoretical knowledge and application of analysis tools for understanding the dynamics relating to the modern history in the centuries in question.
In addition, the student's argumentative and critical reflection ability in dealing with and elaborating the proposed topics and his ability to historical analysis will be assessed. There are no ongoing tests. It is necessary to demonstrate a sufficient level of preparation in all parts to pass the test. The final evaluation consists of the set of evaluations obtained in all the proposed questions.
Course program
Geographical conquests and birth of modernity, Ottoman rise and expansionism, Renaissance Europe, the Mediterranean between Charles V and Suleiman, the discovery of Asia, Lutheran reform and the wars of religion, European instability and rise of English power, birth of the Atlantic space, the Ottoman lake, Africa in modernity, the non-Mediterranean Mediterranean, the world Revolutions: American and French, the America of the Americans, the Mediterranean from the periphery to the center, the "great sick" Ottoman Empire, the Romantic Europe