Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze storiche

 To hightlight the evolution and the great importance of the history of historiography on the basis of the studies of a large number of modern and contemporary historians. Times and occurrences here considered are different and distant from themselves as far as the chronological and the geographical ground is concerned : decline and fall of the roman empire, enlightenment, reformations in eighteenth century, french revolution, roots of russian populism,  poliitics in twentieth century. The historians however can't, in their scientific interpretations of  the present perfect or of the simple past, evade the solicitations of the time in which they live, work and think. Is always the historical research about every past, as Benedetto Croce wrote, also a contemporary history ?

On the way to doing a frequent and direct contact with the students, the teacher will stimulate their opinions and their interests. So, he’ll try to verify, as already happened in the past years, their state of learning. In any case, this procedure will be explained beginning the first lesson. The results of the dialogue with the students will be the knowledge and the ability of learning, the talent in the application to the studies knowledge and learning, the following and precious autonomy of judgement, the communicative capabilities and the personal success in the research and in the studies.

 The duration of every lesson will be two hours. A long time, in the first hours,  shall be dedicate to explain the nature and the cultural tranformations,  over tre centuries, of the history of historiography

The teacher will consider the students, during the oral examinations, on the basis of the acquired knowledges and of the abilities in understanding and in the expression. The teacher moreover will consider  the general culture, not only in the historiographical fields,  but also, on the whole, in the linguistic and classical fields. The in-depht end necessary knowledge of some stranger languages will be appreciated very much.

 Rudiments of history of historiography

 

Texts for final examination

 Santo Mazzarino, La fine del mondo antico. Le cause della caduta dell'impero romano, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2008

 Bruno Bongiovanni e Luciano Guerci, L'albero della rivoluzione. Le interpretazioni della rivoluzione francese, Einaudi, Torino 1989 (the teacher, during the lessons, on the subject of this volume,  will indicate the most historiographical essays which have to be studied in the wider deep way for the final examination)

 Adriano Viarengo,    Franco Venturi, politica e storia nel Novecento, Carocci, Roma 2014

 

  Wide bibliographical informations, with the history of historiography main centre of attention, will be supplied  during the course.

 The course is unitary and involves immediately, after the pass of the examination, 6 credits. A very high and, if possible, uninterrupted frequency, is recommended.